Unrealistic Teacher

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How the Media Portrays an Unrealistic View of the Common Teacher Upon research, scholarly articles present the common teacher in the media as unrealistic, which therefore corrupts the mind of both educators and students. Due to this students will have to cope with the disappointment that their teachers do not fulfill the imagined views of educators conveyed in their mind through television and movies. This also leads teachers to believe that they have a challenging role to fill. One popular Television show that is not discussed by many scholars is the Magic School Bus. Despite its lack of conversation it is great example of a pop culture phenomenon that sends viewers (in its case children) unrealistic visions of what teachers are like. Many teachers in reality today are deprived of appropriate …show more content…

In an article The Good Teacher, Images of Teachers in Popular Culture Harris emphasizes “…ironically many cinematic representations do not necessarily bring us closer to defining a good teacher because, in the construction of a media text, the demands of drama override those if authenticity” (Harris). This quote has been proven true from explicit examples in pop culture and scholarly resources. The Magic School Bus is an example of this due to Ms. Frizzle’s ample assets, not following standards, and endangering students. An article from the Washington Post By IMPACT Standards, Ms. Frizzle Would Fizzle notes that “We remember watching episodes of The Magic School Bus with our children, hoping that our toddlers would someday have teachers (like) Ms. Frizzle” (Strauss 1). This quote clearly proves how even parents, as well as students and educators, do not know how impractically The Magic School Bus represents teachers making it a prime example in the unrealistic portrayal of teachers in the

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