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I see that Denmark is reopening its schools, against some opposition. You may be interested in a fascinating Netflix documentary series about Danish schools called ‘Rita.’ It follows for five seasons and many episodes (40?) the trials and tribulations of an experienced teacher as she navigates her career. It shows how the relationships she has to foster with other teachers, administrators and parents shapes her days; and along the way she mentors a young, idealistic fresh-out-of-school trainee (Hjørdis) who eventually achieves success once she adopts some of Rita’s methods. The way Rita handles the school principal has to be seen to be believed.

Topics include bullying, sexual identity, immigrant kids, school budget battles and appropriate work-life balance. Among other things, Rita teaches English and there are fascinating insights into such classics as ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’

This documentary series was shot long before CoVID. I would love there to be a sixth season detailing Rita’s approach to social distancing.

It’s in Danish of course. But the subtitles are good and after a while you won’t need them. I heartily recommend ‘Rita.’ Don’t watch it with your kids or grandkids if they are school age because you don’t want them to learn some of the tricks of the teaching trade.

Never mind

I saw the prequel



Yeah, I should have followed BSG's advice

Loved that movie.

BoSoxGal wrote: ↑

Mon May 04, 2020 7:59 pm

Never mind

I only said this because I wasn’t allowed to delete the post I wrote (seems that I no longer have permissions to delete even a post nobody has replied to, weird that) and what I’d written was asking where to find Rita streaming - which I’d initially overlooked was included in exkA’s post.

I thought you removed a reference to Educating Rita. Your reason was a lot better than that!