Hometown Stories

Season 7, Episode 12

Episode Title: Learning to Teach

Air Date: 2018-04-22

Overview:

Kasumi Takebayashi is a novice teacher in charge of a classroom full of energetic and mischievous 2nd graders. Yurika Oishi has been teaching for 5 years, and still struggles to find time to get to know her students better. The two have a common source of inspiration – a model teacher portrayed in a classic movie. This documentary follows these two young women as they overcome numerous challenges and strive to become ideal educators in the spirit of their role model.