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<p>The <a href="http://pullquote.typepad.com" target="_blank">cinetrix</a> <a href="http://pullquote.typepad.com/pullquote/2007/04/seconds_of_plea.html" target="_blank">relates an all too familiar experience</a> and solicits lists of "your favorite evil teachers in film." I commented my favorite evil teacher (Mr. Vernon in <em>The Breakfast Club</em>), but the more I thought about it, the more it seemed that the students are really the evil ones in this scenario&mdash;and aren't the movies full of evil students? My favorite evil student is the awful little girl who ruins the lives of two nice teachers in <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054743/" target="_blank"><em>The Children's Hour</em></a>.* Then there are the two scheming nymphets in <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120890/" target="_blank"><em>Wild Things</em></a>. </p>
<p>Wait a minute&mdash;are all the evil movie students girls? Surely not, but I can't think of any bad boys just now. </p>
<p>Speaking of students, mine were especially good yesterday. I enjoyed some surprisingly perceptive comments on <em>Brazil</em> and two fruitful discussions of an essay by Robin Tolmach Lakoff. Way to pull it out at the end of the semester, kids. I had resigned myself to getting through the rest of the semester on quizzes and punitive in-class writing.</p>
<p>In other news: Only four more class meetings in the Spring 2007 semester. In spite of yesterday's good show, I'm ready to bid this crop of tomorrow's leaders farewell.</p>
<p class="note">*Adapted from the Lillian Hellman play. The <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028356/" target="_blank">1936 film</a> is also good. I love just about anything with <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0643353/" target="_blank">Merle Oberon</a>.</p>