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Mona Gray is a quirky young woman who hides in a private world of numbers after her beloved mathematician father falls ill. But when Mona is offered a job as an elementary school math teacher, she will introduce the students to her own eccentric gift for numerical obsession. Can the joys of arithmetic multiplied by a shy romance with the school science teacher help Mona discover a new life she can count on?
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Pam Hoog arrives in a small town in Tennessee to live with her Aunt Nora while trying to start a new life. Needing insurance for her son, Ms. Hoog is given the task of teaching history to some of the town's most difficult students. The students almost get her to quit but with the help of her treasure-hunting friend, she carries out a plan that will change the course of her life and the lives of everyone around her.
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Kim Ha Neul stars as Mi Kyung, a woman recently released from prison who gets on a boat to an island called Paradise just because she saw it written on a flier on the train. She meets a kind-hearted teacher, who accepts her for who she is despite knowing her past, and learns to open up her heart again. When she rescues a student from making the same mistake that landed her in jail years ago, Mi Kyung finds herself once again in turmoil.
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Let other coeds wait tables or shelve library books. Burlesque queen Hot-Garters Gertie is working her way through college one article of clothing at a time! Hoping to leave the daily bump 'n' grind behind, gorgeous Gertie enrolls at Midwest State, where she proceeds to complicate the lives of a handsome theater arts professor, Midwest's star quarterback and jealous rival 'Poison' Ivy Williams.
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Richard, a buttoned-down college lecturer, who after learning he has six months to live, transforms into a rebellious party animal. To the shock of his wife and school chancellor, and the delight of his students, Richard leads a hilarious crusade against authority and hypocrisy in this dark comedy.
10) Little monsters
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A washed-up musician teams up with a teacher, and a kids show personality to protect young children from a sudden outbreak of zombies.
11) A song is born
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Seven professors are working on an encyclopedia of music, but are stuck on the subject of 'swing' when a nightclub singer takes up refuge in their house to hide out from her gangster boyfriend and the police.
12) Our Miss Brooks
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A teacher in a high school tries to date the shy biology teacher while constantly butting heads with the principal and renting a room in someone else's house.
13) School of life
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Charismatic and hip Mr. D. is a teacher whose lessons extend far beyond the classroom. A heartwarming tale of learning to appreciate every moment we're given, a funny and touching story about life in school, but more importantly, the human spirit.
14) Pygmalion
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Professor Higgins attempts to transform an unkempt London flower girl into a society belle.
15) Guest of honour
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Accused of abusing her position of authority with seventeen-year-old Clive and another student, Veronica is imprisoned, despite the accusation being an elaborate hoax instigated by a bus driver. Convinced that she deserves to be punished for crimes she committed at an earlier age, Veronica rebuffs her father's attempts to secure her early release, and both have to work through these complicated emotions with the help of Father Greg, who may know more...
18) Summer school
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Schools out and Ocean Front High gym teacher Freddy has big plans: summer in Hawaii. But the school's vice-principal is going to have Freddy teach remedial English. The laid-back teacher has a class full of misfits. The no-nonsense history professor down the hall is keeping an eye on all the shenanigans.
20) The audition
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Anna Bronsky is a violin teacher at a music-focused high school. Despite the opposition of all other teachers, Anna drives through the admission of a student, Alexander, in whom she detects a remarkable talent. Committed, she prepares him for the intermediate exam and neglects her family, her son Jonas, who she brings into competition with her new student, and her husband Philippe. Come the day of the exam, events take a tragic turn.
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