Joan of Arcadia (TV Series)

St. Joan (2003)

Dan Desmond: Mr. Paul Dreisbach

Quotes 

• Mr. Paul Dreisbach : The English Longbows rain arrows on the French knights in their armor. Angry, the French charge across the plowed field. Then tragedy. What tragedy? Class?

  [a student raises his hand] 

  Mr. Paul Dreisbach : Who knows?

  [seeing Joan is asleep and snoring loudly, he picks up a trash can and drops it on the floor] 

  Joan Girardi : [jerking awake]  I didn't do it.

• Mr. Paul Dreisbach : I was absolutely certain you had cheated. Why? Because I've been teaching for thirty years, and I know perfectly well when I'm not getting through to students, and... I wasn't getting through to you.

  Joan Girardi : To be perfectly fair, Mr. Dreisbach, I think you're really only getting through to Steve Zakheim.

  Mr. Paul Dreisbach : Yeah, I know. And that's my fault. Somewhere along the line, I got discouraged, and I started... just phoning it in. I'm aware. It's a... it's a teacher's greatest fear. You know, before this event, I was going to quit. This was going to be my last year, and, uh... it was causing me a lot of pain, because I wasn't going out in a blaze of glory. I was... I was surrendering in defeat, like the French at-at Agincourt, floundering in the mud of my-my students' indifference. But I made you care about history, Ms. Girardi. I don't know how I did it, but I did. And that's the whole point. You inspired me to take back my crown. I thank you.