"Bad Teacher"

First off, I saw this movie last week and it is very funny, I highly recommend it (for adults). There are actually a few teacher roles in the movie, and you can get the gist of them by watching the youtube trailer clip.

*Cameron Diaz plays the 'bad teacher' who is in the profession for all the wrong reasons, "summers off, no accountability" (she says). She is in the profession until she can find a rich husband so her teaching degree is the stereotypical "Mrs. Degree". Everyday she goes to school hungover and shows a movie.
The "Mrs. Degree" is the term for women who get teaching degrees in order to have an "easy and enjoyable" job before finding a rich husband (becoming a Mrs.) and leaving the field to stay at home. I actually had classes with women at DePaul who would jokingly say they were getting their "Mrs. Degrees" when asked what they were in school for. Unfortunately it is women like them who un-professionalize our field.
Cameron Diaz decides to start teaching when she finds out about the teacher bonus for the highest test scores. Her motives here are the same however, she wants the bonus to get a boob job, to get her rich husband.
Like I said before, she would go to school everyday and show a movie remaining completely passive towards the students. All of the students remain equally passive and like having a class where they don't have work, except for the "class nerd" who routinely complains.
Additionally, there is the young, rich & attractive substitute teacher who is "there for the kids and experience" (played by Justin Timberlake). As well as the "passionate/good teacher" Ms. Squirrel who eventually burns out and goes crazy because of Cameron Diaz's character.
This movie says a lot about real education problems going on today and plays on the stereotypical teacher roles. It touches on issues surrounding standardized testing as well as the problems with teacher accountability.