O Captain My Captain: An Excellent Teacher

In Dead Poet's Society, Robin Williams plays an unconventional teacher who is determined to teach his students to "suck the marrow out of life."  He acknowledges the way students have been taught before and then provides them with a new lens to view the same dry old material.  While keeping the class lighthearted with jokes and accents, Williams delivers a serious message that every once and while, you need to look at the world from a new perspective.  It is clear that this is not a teacher intent on wasting students' time.  More than that, his students know their time is not being wasted! With a teacher that keeps them guessing,  the students are always on their toes.  This creates a learning environment of excitement and possibility.   It is in this type of environment that standing on a desk seems a perfectly acceptable end to a lesson.  This is the sort of classroom I want to have; a class where the unimaginable seems to fit just perfectly.