Word: classroom
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...story revolves around David Williams, an American history professor under siege by his colleagues and the board of trustees for his refusal to sign a loyalty oath. Played by Jason Cooper, David evinces all the moist-eyed idealism of a true patriot; in both his home and classroom, he has large portraits of his personal hero, Abraham Lincoln, and teaches to his students a mixture of red-white-and-blue rhetoric and history. His wife Elisabeth (Amy Brown) and daughter Joanne (Genevieve Roach) complete the wholesome family portrait. But a closer inspection of the Williams reveals the growing stress fractures...
...flew with him to Oslo when Mandela accepted the Nobel Peace Prize. Those were great public moments, but McLeod has some private memories too. "On a campaign trip he stopped at a home for disabled children. Some kids were singing, and instead of moving on, he went into their classroom and joined them in the song. Before he left, he singled out a little black girl and bowed so low that he could softly bump her forehead with his. She's too young to vote, and probably too young to know who he is, but with that kind of attention...
...although a bum, is one hell of a guy. One hell of a guy. He is full of jokes; when a stuffy Disability administrator asks, "What state were you born in?" Simon answers, "Infancy." He reads Zola. He cooks. He fixes cars. He defends the Constitution brilliantly in a classroom showdown with Money's thesis advisor, that sneering elitist bastard Professor Pitkannan (played with relish by Gore Vidal) who finds the document vulgar and crude...
...bottom line is, Harvard may be impressive and all, but the real lessons are learned outside of the classroom--mostly from homeless guys. So is "With Honors" Alek Keshishian's grand reflection on the uselessness of his Harvard education? Nah, he's just playing the Hollywood game, rising in the ranks by making this ridiculous, formulaic, manipulative flick...
...move to the most striking category of individual at Harvard College, the notorious Jockicus. The Jockicus tends to capture one's attention precisely because he doesn't seem to belong at Harvard--at least not in a Harvard classroom, and yet he is so often encountered there...