Please, not Mr. Holland, writer of an opus! Caesar, not being in the draft is only a minor inconvenience. In some ways it was more fun to not be in the draft than it is now to be in the draft. Continue the rebel draft tradition!
My faculty needs an assistant principal/vice-chancellor/whip hand. I choose Master Palemon of the Seekers of Truth and Penitence, otherwise known as the Torturers Guild, from the series by Gene Wolfe called the Book of the New Sun.
Upping my hottiness factor and adding a music teacher: Mlle Davenne, the piano teacher from Louis Malle's Au Revoir, Les Enfants:
I'll post an update when I get home, but I'm going to snag my Elementary Ed/Family Living teacher in this round. I select: Nanny from The Muppet Babies.
ROUND 1: 1- Me- John Keating 2- Gringo- Ms. Burke 3- Ismitje- Dr. J 4- Norsk Troll- Jean Brodie 5- TheSlipperyOne- Freddie Shoop 6- Howard Zinn- Sean Maguire 7- IceBlink- Mr. Hand 8- Anteaters FC- Indiana Jones 9- bungadiri- Jack Aubrey 10- Via_Chicago- Yoda ROUND 2: 1- Jacen McCullough- Albus Dumbledore 2- GringoTex- Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher" teacher 3- Ismitje- Dr. Teeth 4- Norsk Troll- Coach Norman Dale 5- TheSlipperyOne-Professor Dave Jennings 6- Howard Zinn- Dr. Frederick Frankenstein 7- IceBlink- Severus Snape 8- Anteaters FC- Miss Cross 9- bungadiri- Thufir Hawat 10- Via_Chicago- Professor Grady Tripp ROUND 3: 1- Jacen McCullough- Lisa from Weird Science 2- GringoTex- Dean Wormer 3- Ismitje- Dr. Hans Zarkov 4- Norsk Troll- Mr. Chipping 5- TheSlipperyOne- Dr. Diane Turner 6- Howard Zinn- Miss Bliss 7- IceBlink- Mr. Ray 8- Anteaters FC- Jaime Escalante 9- bungadiri- Ho'ed up Jane Eyre 10- Via_Chicago- Principal Skinner Round 4: 1- Jacen McCullough- Izumi 2- GringoTex- High noon school marm 3- Ismitje- Dr. Rosenrosen 4- Norsk Troll- Captain John H. Miller 5- TheSlipperyOne- Dewey Finn 6- Howard Zinn- Bim 7- IceBlink- Professor Charles Xavier 8- Anteaters FC- Dean from the Simpsons 9- bungadiri- Teshoo Lama 10- Via_Chicago- Mr. Miyagi Round 5: 1- Jacen McCullough- Dick Solomon 2- GringoTex- School Teacher from Truffaut's "Small Change" 3- Ismitje- Dr. Cliff Huxtable 4- Norsk Troll- Mark Thackeray 5- TheSlipperyOne- Emma Frost 6- Howard Zinn- Veronica Vaughn 7- IceBlink- Miss Crabtree 8- Anteaters FC- The Professor 9- bungadiri- Ms. Frizzle 10- Via_Chicago- Jenny Calendar Round 6: 1- Jacen McCullough- George Feeney 2- GringoTex- The Teacher of the Wild Child 3- Ismitje- Dr. Ludmila Krobopkin 4- Norsk Troll- Gabe Kotter 5- TheSlipperyOne- Chun, Master of Sinanju 6- Howard Zinn- Father Barry 7- IceBlink- The Fonz 8- Anteaters FC- Mr. Bergstrom (aka Mr. Nerdstrom and Mr. Boogerstrom) 9- bungadiri- Maggie Eagle Bear 10- Via_Chicago- Joseph Pagnol Round 7: 1- Jacen McCullough- Sister Mary Clarence 2- GringoTex- PENDING 3- Ismitje- JL Chamberlain 4- Norsk Troll- Tom Crick 5- TheSlipperyOne- Stiffler 6- Howard Zinn- Louanne Johnson 7- IceBlink- Moche the Beadle 8- Anteaters FC- Etheline Tenenbaum 9- bungadiri- Prospero 10- Via_Chicago- Jonathan Shale Round 8: 1- Jacen McCullough- Basil Hallward 2- GringoTex- PENDING 3- Ismitje- Dr. Peter Venkman 4- Norsk Troll- Koro 5- TheSlipperyOne- Dr. Seth Brundle, the Brundlefly! 6- Howard Zinn- PENDING 7- IceBlink- Mrs. Wormwood 8- Anteaters FC- Jack Gladney 9- bungadiri- Master Palemon of the Seekers of Truth and Penitence 10- Via_Chicago- Mlle Davenne Round 9: 1- Jacen McCullough- Nanny from Muppet Babies 2- GringoTex-PENDING 3- Ismitje- On the Clock 4- Norsk Troll- 5- TheSlipperyOne- 6- Howard Zinn- 7- IceBlink- 8- Anteaters FC- 9- bungadiri- 10- Via_Chicago- At the start of round 9 (of 10), Gringotex has 3 picks pending and Howard Zinn has one pick pending. Ismitje is on the clock.
I need a university president and am ready to make my selection. I present to you: PROFESSOR QUINCY ADAMS WAGSTAFF, former president of Huxley College. But I hear that he is currently free. If nothing else, budget and other state of the university type meetings won't be boring! I'd like to see ol' Wagstaff turned loose on those Harvard faculty . . . (in case you're wondering: "Horse Feathers," Marx Brothers 1932)
For the 9th Round, Norsk Troll selects: Professor R. J. Lupin Because he's a good teacher, a good guy, and he really needs a job. If he eats one or two students occasionally, well, we'll just try to make sure they're the underperforming ones. (I hesitated on taking a teacher from Hogwarts since Dumbledore had already been chosen, but there are so many tempting ones, that I figured "what the heck" - anyway, my 10th round pick is in the bag, as no one will ever pick it). Norsk Troll's Faculty: Jean Brodie (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie) Coach Norman Dale (Hoosiers) Mr. Chipping (Goodbye, Mr. Chips) Captain John H. Miller (Saving Private Ryan) Mark Thackeray (To Sir, with Love) Gabe Kotter (Welcome Back, Kotter) Tom Crick (Waterland) Koro (Whale Rider) R. J. Lupin (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)
I seriously considered this right after taking Snape. I considered it again later too. Great teacher. I'm glad someone wasn't worried about too much HP.
No, but I actually thought about him. You shouldn't post him, though, in case anyone else was thinking along those lines - this is, somewhat, a humourous tongue-in-cheek draft, after all.
Sorry...all of the crap that's gone on in MLS lately (Red Bull, Doug Hamilton dying) hasn't made me want to come on here in a while... I pick Bleeding Gums Murphy, Lisa Simpson's saxaphone mentor.
Yes, I suppose enough time has elapsed. I'm not worried about anyone picking this draftee anyway. I am always impressed by people who screw up early in life and make good later -- those crazy kids who grow up to be doctors, lawyers, and, yes, teachers. This one was as bad as they come, but he made it right later on. He could relate to the idiot kids in his class better than other teachers, because he was there, man.... he was there! And he even became a mentor to poor, little Leonardo DiCaprio. I choose............................. Mr. Mike Seaver! (please note... I do not select crazy Christian fanatic, Kirk Cameron)
Okay, I think it's my turn. I pick Miss Honey, from Matilda, mostly because of her potential. This potential was ripened a little when she showed up as the vulnerable and soulful and vulnerable and troubled and vulnerable prof. of arcane religious stuff who was drawn into it because her dad was possessed in Fallen. It came to near fruition when she showed up again as the randy and slightly amoral art collector/private museum curator who was chasing Henry Darger-style art down in NC, in June Bug.
Yeah, Embeth Davidtz! w00t! Great pick. For my ninth pick, I'm taking a character from one of my favorite novels by one of my favorite authors: Creakle from Charles Dicken's David Copperfield (and I totally needed a mad disciplinarian):
For the first pick of the tenth and final round, I select a Shakespeare teacher. (I've got an English teacher AND a Shakespeare teacher, with NO math teacher. Guess what my major was in college? ) I choose Army Shakespeare instructor Bill Rago.
Okay, I'll assume I'm up and move us along. I've saved my babe factor for the end: CAROL VESSEY, of the t.v. show Ed. Nothing funny to say here (big change for me!), just a good English and creative writing type.
Oh man, I wish I had remembered her ... For my 10th and final selection, I need a music teacher, so I select: Joachim Dallayrac, from the movie Le Maître de musique (a/k/a The Music Teacher) (1988), starring José van Dam in the title role.