I am teacher, public education has only been intruded by the far left and has been more liberal leaning for a good while now. I flat out said NO to teaching radical LGBT, gender identity BS and the normalization of trans weirdos. Our district collectively hates our new "equity" liaison who believes the district should have more black and brown teachers because she believes one's race is basically the most important quality. A woman who was hired because of the false racial narrative being pushed ever since Fentanyl Floyd overdosed. We NEED a more conservative based system badly.

Recognizing from Mrs. Jacobs that the examples he is choosing in a high school music class are being reported and discussed in students' lives brings up the very essence of what being fair and "righteous" and open to all preferences and ways to convey learning, Mr. Holland delivered the right response perfectly. It's the very same conversation that takes place in almost any classroom these days about curriculum and such---just a different generation of young people learning about "different" topics

Yeah, but the education system in America was 10x what it is today. We used to lead the world in education, and now we’re near the bottom. I’ll take those stuffy teachers any day because at least they knew what they were doing.

That makes sense. If Walter's was principal he'd have gotten rid of Mr Holland that first time budget concerns came up.

@@rogergarrison4271 An ironically, he eventually does later on in the film.

@@scottdecker9115 yeah I remember that too

Didn't Wolters leave to be superintendent elsewhere in another draft?

I think it came off as highly natural and believable personalities and interactions.

It really takes a special person to be a good principal. Ours is one of my heros.

This comment right here. Exactly. That argument was brilliant. And the vice principal just resented his ass for 30 more years! Asshole couldn’t wait to cut the music program!

@@erinjohnson1124 Maybe it was because Mr. Holland kept that Chevy Corvair for all those years. Walters didn't seem to like that type of car.

I was just watching another movie recently where the teacher said that when Stravinsky was conducting his first symphony, eggs were thrown at him. That music truly was revolutionary in its own right. At the time, people hadn’t heard anything quite like it.

Yes. One of the memorable lines in the entire movie, if not the most memorable.

Don't be, the principal handled this VERY well. She respected Holland's opinion, even if her assistant principal didn't.

I totally agree.