Cheers for Miss Bishop

A midwestern American schoolteacher devotes herself wholeheartedly to her students. But her professional success also means personal sacrifice. A heartfelt and well-acted film bearing more than a passing resemblance to ‘Goodbye, Miss Chips,’., A dedicated college teacher reflects back on her 50-year career on the occasion of her retirement, and her students wonder why she never married., Based on the novel by Bess Streeter Aldrich, a Midwestern teacher (Martha Scott) stays at the same school for 50 years, beginning in the 1880s. The film earned an Oscar nomination for Best Score., The sentimental story of a young girl who graduates from a new college and stays on to teach English for over 50 years.