There was a time when teachers were inspirational, strict masters, mortarboard wearing, chalk throwing, lecture-giving figureheads. These days they usually end up learning life lessons.
The latest is Nala Films’ Mr Burnout, which sees a bitter English teacher fall from grace and his coveted position of teacher of the year as a decade of teaching slowly wears him down. But then he accepts a bet from sexy colleague to get three of his worst students into a high-quality college and rediscovers his passion for education.
Written by Eric Gravning, the comedy spec script is now awaiting a director while writing on the board 100 times “I will not fall prey to the usual school film clichés”.