Mr Holland's Opus Analysis

Mr. Holland’s Opus
Our work will be sent it about the teachers' roles in the film.

1) How do the reasons for the main character to become a teacher influence his attitude to works teaching?
At first, the protagonist didn’t feel comfortable being a teacher because he thought that teaching wasn’t a great job, much less for their students, disinterested and spiritless. But then he discovered his vocation was teaching life through music.

2) When and how does the teacher’s attitude change?
His attitude changes when a first student couldn’t play her clarinet and she needed help, so Mr. Holland gave her the help what she needed, like private lessons. The same happened with other student who needed his help too. He dedicated extra time to help him, and finally he could did it.

3) describe the teacher’s and student’s roles through the film.
Mr. Holland’s role: plays four roles in his everyday life. These roles are musician, teacher, father, and husband. Like anyone, Mr. Holland was both successful and unsuccessful at each of these roles. As a musician, he is a very good pianist who can compose good music quickly, a good skill to have to be a famous musician. As a teacher, in the beginning of the movie he really didn't want to pursue a career as a teacher, but in the end that is the only thing he wanted to do. As a teacher he is very successful overall as he starts the school marching band, and he directed it and in this way he really teaches his students to appreciate music. As a father, he is not very successful at all at being a father. Often he chooses his school over spending time with his son and he blows up at Cole when he can't understand what he is signing, therefore unsuccessful. However, when his son addressed him that he wasn't being a good father, he at least tried for a while to be a better one. Overall this to me would have to be his most unsuccessful role. And last but not least, as a husband he loves his wife Iris. He is somewhat successful at the beginning of the movie by being happy for his wife when he finds out she is pregnant and helping prepare for the arrival of Cole. However after Cole is born things seem to go downhill from here, he yells at her a lot and is generally pretty crabby about things. This would probably be his almost worst role.

4) Describe a teacher’s role in the institution. Is the teacher profile suitable for that school? Why, why not? Does he participate in school projects? How? How does that influence a teaching learning process?
Mr. Holland is a teacher of music in the institution. When he assumes the role of a teacher he finds that instructing students in music appreciation has bigger. The headmistress gives to him, the best to the students and when he finds that his students aren’t receptive he tries to do the music the best way to teaching to appreciate it. His profile isn’t suitable for that school, because he teaches though music that students love, for instance, the rock and roll, and the institute’s managers aren’t comfortable with that because they thought that this type of music is something evil and it hasn’t discipline. He participates in school projects like the orchestra band.

5) How does the teacher's private life influence the teacher's attitude to work teaching? Does teaching bring about any changes to describe his private life?
Teacher’s private life influences the teacher’s attitude to teach because he teaches how to love music, something that studied and loved. Yes, teaching brings a lot of changes in Mr. Holland’s private life because he dedicated his time in his students, and not in his son Cole or his wife.

6) Write a brief review of the film. Say whether you would recommend for teaching trainees or teachers and why.
Mr. Holland’s Opus is about a professional musical performer who wants to turn his efforts to composing a piece of orchestral music, but he needed a job that pays enough to support himself and his wife Iris. Although leaves enough free time to compose music, Holland accepts a position as a high school music teacher. At first he didn’t want to be a teacher but then he realized that he could change his student’s life. He inspires troubled students to make something of themselves, change their lives for the better He often has to battle the school administrators who don’t approve of his using rock-and-roll as a teaching tool, and who threaten to cut the music program in order to reduce costs.
I really enjoyed this film so I would recommend it for teaching trainees because is a view about our future as teachers, is a good example and is a great story.