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Eric Herrenkohl describes a recurring conversation that he has with all of

Kurtis J. Swope, an associate professor at the US Naval Academy, describes unexpectedly running into a former student at a local restaurant. Their conversation is brief—mainly about the student’s courses that semester and his plans following graduation. Although the encounter is pleasant, it leaves Swope with an unsettling feeling: “After we talked, it occurred to me that I had heard him speak more during this short conversation than he had during the entire semester he took my course.”

Distinguishing an exceptional or truly gifted teacher from all the others is relatively easy. We immediately know one when we see or experience one—but articulating the distinction is somewhat elusive business. Over the years Hollywood has supplemented, or even more likely, constructed the ways in which we conceive of teachers. Countless films have produced this ubiquitous, misty-eyed, self-deprecating freedom fighter—part teacher, part miracle worker—capable of shaking up the education system and surmounting the insurmountable.

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