I only watched the pilot episode (you can too, here's the link: http://www.cbs.com/shows/bad-teacher/video/), but I'm not sure whether or not this show will become a weekly event for me. I was initially drawn to the show because I thought that watching teachers on television would relieve some of the stress of the actual daily grind. I was disappointed to find that in an attempt to draw laughs, the show portrays teachers as being self-serving individuals who enter the profession based on ulterior motives. While Ms. Davis does eventually become a hero by helping the safety patrol stand up to the school's clique of mean girls, she does so only after flaunting her disdain for the teaching profession and putting together a career day in an attempt to snag a date. I realize that sitcoms are not supposed to reflect reality, but with all of the criticism directed towards the teaching profession by politicians, I wonder if a show of this nature is what we need piped into America's living rooms right now. If this show does gain traction (it does have a great cast), I hope that some of the actors will at least use their role as television teacher to speak out in support of America's educators. I invite you to judge for yourself. The next episode airs Thursday at 9:30.
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Bad Teacher: A Real Teacher's First Impression
I don't watch a lot of television. In fact, I cancelled cable television two years ago. However, I recently heard about CBS's new TV show, Bad Teacher and decided to give it a try. The TV show is based on a 2011 movie of the same name. To summarize, Bad Teacher Meredith Davis (played by Ari Graynor) fudges her resume and enters the teaching profession after going through a nasty divorce. Motivated by the thought of using her position to seduce the students' rich, single fathers, she becomes a social studies teacher at an upper-class middle school. At the school, she joins a set of colleagues that includes blasts from the past such as the school's principal played by David Alan Grier (In Living Color, aka Homey D. Clown) and a fellow teacher played by Sara Gilbert (Roseanne, aka Darlene) .
I only watched the pilot episode (you can too, here's the link: http://www.cbs.com/shows/bad-teacher/video/), but I'm not sure whether or not this show will become a weekly event for me. I was initially drawn to the show because I thought that watching teachers on television would relieve some of the stress of the actual daily grind. I was disappointed to find that in an attempt to draw laughs, the show portrays teachers as being self-serving individuals who enter the profession based on ulterior motives. While Ms. Davis does eventually become a hero by helping the safety patrol stand up to the school's clique of mean girls, she does so only after flaunting her disdain for the teaching profession and putting together a career day in an attempt to snag a date. I realize that sitcoms are not supposed to reflect reality, but with all of the criticism directed towards the teaching profession by politicians, I wonder if a show of this nature is what we need piped into America's living rooms right now. If this show does gain traction (it does have a great cast), I hope that some of the actors will at least use their role as television teacher to speak out in support of America's educators. I invite you to judge for yourself. The next episode airs Thursday at 9:30.
I only watched the pilot episode (you can too, here's the link: http://www.cbs.com/shows/bad-teacher/video/), but I'm not sure whether or not this show will become a weekly event for me. I was initially drawn to the show because I thought that watching teachers on television would relieve some of the stress of the actual daily grind. I was disappointed to find that in an attempt to draw laughs, the show portrays teachers as being self-serving individuals who enter the profession based on ulterior motives. While Ms. Davis does eventually become a hero by helping the safety patrol stand up to the school's clique of mean girls, she does so only after flaunting her disdain for the teaching profession and putting together a career day in an attempt to snag a date. I realize that sitcoms are not supposed to reflect reality, but with all of the criticism directed towards the teaching profession by politicians, I wonder if a show of this nature is what we need piped into America's living rooms right now. If this show does gain traction (it does have a great cast), I hope that some of the actors will at least use their role as television teacher to speak out in support of America's educators. I invite you to judge for yourself. The next episode airs Thursday at 9:30.
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