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Writer-director Alexander Payne and co-writer Jim Taylor seemed on a winning streak with Election and About Schmidt: both were inventive and quirky, two qualities their newest collaboration, Sideways, unfortunately lacks. The film follows Miles (Paul Giamatti), a burned-out teacher and struggling novelist, and his best friend Jack (Thomas Haden Church) on a road trip through California’s wine country organized to make the most of Jack’s last days of bachelorhood. Despite their somewhat incredible friendship—they have completely opposing interests, outlooks and goals—the acting is exceptional...
...Harvard’s publication, “Sexual Harassment: Guidelines in the Faculty of Arts and Science,” the policy on student-faculty relationships is the former—the ban regards only students a teacher is teaching...
According to the guidelines, “Amorous relationships that might be appropriate in other circumstances always have inherent dangers when they occur between any teacher or officer of the University for whom he or she has a professional responsibility (i.e. as teacher, adviser, evaluator, supervisor). [...] Officers and other members of the teaching staff should be aware that any romantic involvement with their students makes them liable for formal action against them...
Even when I studied abroad in Ireland, Dyan followed me. My poetry teacher noticed that I had a Dylan quote as my email signature, and he immediately engaged the class in a discussion about whether Dylan lyrics were actually poetry. After class a group of us went to the “artsy” pub in town and kept talking. Once again, Bob had opened a door to new friendships...
...ever wanted to do was to be a high school teacher,” Sullivan said. “I just wanted to be a high school coach, I never wanted to be a college coach...Ironically my high school coach [Rollie Massimino] ended up becoming the Villanova coach, so that was that...