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Reel-life professors who we wished taught us

We would have really loved if any of these professors from some of the greatest movies ever made, walked into our classrooms…

We would have really loved if any of these professors from some of the greatest movies ever made, walked into our classrooms… 

Robin Williams as the passionate English literature professor John Keating in The Dead Poets Society, who used unorthodox teaching methods to let the students grow out of textbooks.

 

Jack Black, the wannabe rock star in School of Rock, who poses as a substitute teacher in an elimentary school and turns his class into a rock band. 

John Houseman as Professor Kingsfield, the uncompromising Harvard law professor in The Paper Chase, who was sarcastic nonetheless.

The transfiguration genius at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter series, who was stern in her teaching methods but also had a motherly, comforting side.

Hilary Swank as Erin Gruwell in Freedom Writers who inspires her students to learn tolerance, apply themselves and learn beyond the textbooks. 

Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier, better known as Professor X of the X Men series – a science genius and top-level telepath, who promoted mutant rights and favoured non-violent means of gaining them. 

Rex Harrison as the haughty and well-heeled professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady, who teaches English pronounciation to a flower seller, Eliza Doolittle played by Audrey Hepburn, and passes her off as a high-society, well-polished woman.

Russel Johnson as the incredibly talented professor Roy Hinkley in the American sitcom Gilligan’s Island, who made dry cell batteries out of coconuts and palm fronds. 

Denzel Washington as professor Melvin Tolsen in The Great Debaters, who leads his school’s first debate team to challenge Harvard in the national championship.

Naseeruddin Shah as Aman Verma in Sir, who teaches his stammering student Pooja to come out of her inhibitions.  

  

 

    

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