Mr. Holland's Opus

I guilted Rachel into watching it. It's a sappy movie about teachers. Yeah, well, I cried, and I liked it, so there. As a teacher, I'm afraid I'm a lot like Mr. Holland. What is my opus? Is it my writing or is it my teaching profession? Or is it neither? Maybe the point of the movie is that it should be my family. It's amazing how much influence we have. Especially as teachers. 180+ students each year multiplied by each year you teach. In ten years that's 1800 people. In twenty years it's nearly 4000. Wow. I doubt anyone will ever throw me a graduation symphony, though. Maybe they'll get together and act out one of my plays. I better make sure I've taken out all the swear words, then.