Today I watched Buffy The Vampire Slayer, “Teacher’s Pet.” In this episode Xander and the rest of the guys in his class are awe struck by their new biology teacher, Miss French, after their old one was found dead without a head in the cafeteria’s freezer. Miss French asks the class who would like to volunteer to help fertilize insect eggs after school. All the guys raise their hands. Buffy finds out that the first guy to volunteer never came home after school and Xander is next to volunteer. Miss French invites Xander over that night to her house because she had a meeting to go to during the school hours he was supposed to help. Buffy tries to stop him but he won’t listen. He gets to Miss French’s house where he is greeted by her and a martini. It knocks him out and he wakes up in a cage with the other guy that volunteered the day before. Buffy ends up saving the day like always but the main theme in this episode is how students will react when they are more attracted to their teachers.
The episode portrays how easily students can be influenced by their teachers just by looks. Students are more likely to work harder in a class and participate more when they think the teacher is attractive. In this episode the guys are the ones falling over their teachers but it is not just guys that are known to do this, girls will, too.
Another thing I noticed in this episode is the way the principal handled the people who saw the dead teachers body. It showed that some things are not done to ensure the well being of a student but just a process that the students must go through due to school protocol.
I agree with you when you say how easily students can be influenced by teachers. Especially when it comes to looks. Sometimes it can cause students to be unfocused as well, considering they can't concentrate because all they're thinking about (or looking at) is their teacher.
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