It’s that time of year again. School is lurking on the other side of Labor Day weekend (or 
has even begun for some sad souls) which means it’s time for me to get idealistic. Although I am not teaching full-time while I attend seminary, my heart is still in education; I still love the craft that is teaching. Here are a few of my favorite inspirational (education) movies that keep loving and dreaming about teaching. What films inspire you?
While there may be a bit of romanticism laden in some of these films, there is a beautiful common thread among them that weaves teaching together with love and compassion for the students and subjects being taught.
There was another great Teacher who once weaved those things together. “When he [Jesus] went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things” (Mark 6:34 ESV).
What inspires you? For you teachers out there, how do you weave together teaching, compassion, and love?
