"Lions For Lambs"

When looking at the video that was going to be played during the Monday lecture my first thought was that I should probably bring coffee. The title did not look familiar to me and watching a video in the dark with less than 5 hours of sleep the night before did not sound like my cup of tea :)But I turned out to be pleasantly surprised.
When the movie started I remembered having seen the previews for it and thinking that it looked pretty interesting and it turned out that I was right. I enjoy movies that have a couple of different perspectives going through out the film, it always keeps you interested! I have never been one to be interested in politics or big world issues but after watching this movie I wanted to know more. I felt that I was just barely understanding what the characters were arguing about and looking back I wish I would have known a little bit more.
I would never have guessed that "Lions for Lambs" could ever be connected back to teaching. So when the movie started I was a little confused on how I was supposed to be interpreting and learning from this film. But the conversation between the professor and the student definitely incorporated a different kind of teaching style and made you think about what it means to be a good teacher.
From the movie I realized that an important part of teaching is being able to identify the students that have potential to be better students and challenge them.