Carl Sagan's TV series Cosmos, Sagan's series and general life philosophy showed an openness and unending interest in the vastness of the universe. At the same time, he explained science in a way that made it interesting and understandable to someone without a science background.
and the fourth season of the television series The Wire, which focuses on the education system in Baltimore. The show's other seasons focused on the drug trade, gang violence, police units, and racism of the city, which all also play into the issue of education. Earlier in the season, the teacher, Mr.Prezbolewski, is struggling to teach fractions to his 6th grade class. He can't get his class to focus and most of the students seem not to care. He is being told by the school's administration that he should be teaching to the test and needs to follow the edict laid forward by the No Child Left Behind Act. In this clip, he figures out how to
"trick" his students into learning.
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