Teacher Identity: Mr. Holland's Opus

For those of you who have not seen this movie, Mr. Holland's Opus is a film that depicts the career of high school music teacher Glenn Holland. Mr. Holland left his career as a musical performer to become an educator. He quickly faces a great deal of oppression from other faculty members and resistance from some of the students. As a result of his stressful profession, Mr. Holland's home life begins suffer. I think that although Oregon is much different than inner city Chicago, some of the issues in this movie are one(s) that we can relate to.
The clip that I have chosen as my teacher identity piece is an excerpt from the movie when one of Mr. Holland's students has chosen to quit the clarinet after she experiences great frustration with the instrument. I am inspired at how Mr. Holland works with this student one on one and helps her to see music from a different perspective. In addition, he holds her to a high standard of performance all while encouraging her with positive feedback. He finds the musician in her that she wasn't able to see on her own.