Lately I find myself drifting towards watching movies rather than reading. Having a bit of a brain fizz from teaching this year. It’s been a stressful year, as was the year before, and the one before that one. Reading, my usual standard of decompressing, is not the tonic is once was.
I am turning towards old favorites, movies that make me feel good, or are entertaining or offer a sense of escape. Here are a few that have helped me cope through the odd and strenuous days from teaching, grading, coping with students present and those missing, not to mention coping with parents and policies.
The Prisoner: I relate to how Patrick McGoohan tries to find answers to the question of “Why Am I Here?”
Field of Dreams: Believing in the impossible is encouraging
Thin Man Series: Solving mysteries in a humorous fashion is something I understand as I try to track down missing assignments from missing students.
Cadfael: Derek Jacobi as a mystery solving monk from the Middle Ages provided inspiration to making sense of the insensible
Silverado: A good laugh, and I need those lately
The Hunger Games series: Katniss is resourceful, loyal, and tenacious. She might consider becoming a teacher.
Stranger than Fiction: definitely English teacher humor at work here.
Animal documentaries are quite soothing and inspiring as critters deal with their environment
I also discovered a 24 hour Western station. There is something satisfying about the good guys getting the bad guys.
Wouldn’t it be amazing to pop in a time machine and travel to better times, let alone experience new adventures and be home by tea time?
What movies or series do you gravitate towards for escaping or coping?
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Pam Webb 