Education Introduction Mr. Holland’s Opus is a 1995 American drama film directed by Stephen Herek. It stars Richard Dreyfuss in the title role and the cast includes Glenne Headly‚ Olympia Dukakis‚ William H. Macy and Jay Thomas. Mr. Holland’s Opus is presented as a video biography of the 30-year career of the eponymous lead character‚ Glenn Holland‚ as a music teacher at the fictional John F. Kennedy High School in Portland‚ Oregon. Glenn Holland (Richard Dreyfuss) is a musician
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3/28/2011 Assessment of Mr. Glen Holland‚ as represented in the movie Mr. Holland’s Opus According to Erik Erikson’s Stages of Development. This paper is an assessment of Mr. Holland‚ as represented in the movie Mr. Holland’s Opus (19) using Erik Erikson’s Theory of development. The underlying theme that stretches throughout Erikson’s theory is that of balance (Hergenhahn & Olson‚ 2003). Erikson (1963) divided the life cycle of an individual into developmental stages (Meyer
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Mr. Holland’s Opus is about a man named Glenn Holland who is a white male music teacher‚ who began teaching music at John F. Kennedy High School‚ around the age of late 20’s to early 30’s. Mr. Holland began teaching because he felt that he could earn some money to support him and his wife‚ while he was reaching his goal of becoming a composer. In the beginning of his teaching career‚ Mr. Holland felt that teaching was all about arriving to school on time and giving lectures and test to his students
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Mr. Holland’s Opus Mr. Holland’s expectations of being a teacher were unrealistic. He thought that he would have a lot of free time to write his music. He also thought that his job stayed at school. At the end of the day he wanted to just go home. It did not work that way though. This ended up changing. He became very involved‚ so involved that when he lost his job‚ he wasn’t fighting for his job but instead for the education of the students. Teaching is something that requires commitment
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Mr. Holland wasn’t excited to be a teacher and that really reflected his teaching ways at the start of the movie. Burning the beginning all he was focused on was getting in and out of the school without having to put any extra effort into the job‚ he was mainly focused on making his music and wasn’t worried about anything else. After his wife had told him that they were having a baby‚ he realized he just might be stuck working as a teacher for more that the 4 years that he originally planned. But
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Mr. Holland’s Opus Our work will be sent it about the teachers’ roles in the film. 1) How do the reasons for the main character to become a teacher influence his attitude to works teaching? At first‚ the protagonist didn’t feel comfortable being a teacher because he thought that teaching wasn’t a great job‚ much less for their students‚ disinterested and spiritless. But then he discovered his vocation was teaching life through music. 2) When and how does the teacher’s attitude change? His
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"Mr. Holland’s Opus" tells the story of 30 years in the life of a high school music teacher named Glenn Holland‚ who takes the job in the first place as a temporary measure. His real work‚ he believes‚ is to compose music. Teaching is just a way to pay some bills. He realizes only gradually that it is‚ in fact‚ his destiny. Like they say‚ "What you’re doing instead of your real job is your real job.” Holland and his wife Iris are a couple fueled by his heady ambitions. He will be a great composer
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The movie Mr. Holland’s Opus is a movie about a man who wants to make music. But he and his wife need money‚ so he take a job at the local school to be a music teacher. He hates it at first and wants to quit‚ but when he starts helping his student‚ Gertrude lang‚ play the clarinet he begins to see how he is changing his students lives. The importance of music education in rural schools is important. It gives the students a way to express themselves. Learning to play an instrument can give them the
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Mr. Holland’s Opus Have you ever experienced a film that touches your heart on such a sentimental degree that you actually lose yourself in the film itself? In my life there are only a few that have affected me on such a level and one of them is the movie “Mr. Holland’s Opus.” This is a heart-felt film about a brilliant music composer’s life and how he had to sacrifice his dream in order to teach music to students‚ who had little or no interest‚ found his passion for teaching and delivered it
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MR. HOLLAND’S OPUS MR. HOLLAND’S OPUS is a film by director Stephen Herek‚ written by Patrick Sheane Duncan‚ and produced by Ted Field‚ Michael Nolin‚ and Robert W. Cort. This emotional drama is a classic fictional story about Glenn Holland (Richard Dreyfuss)‚ a man with a deep love of music‚ who has a desire to write at least one symphony of lasting significance. The story starts when he unenthusiastically accepts a job as a high school music teacher at John F. Kennedy High School
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