A Night with Robert Reich

I spent part of my evening attending a virtual watch party for The Last Class with Robert Reich. It was excellent. If you get a chance to see it at a local theater or during a future virtual showing, I highly recommend it.

If you are curious about where it is playing, you can check online here:
https://www.thelastclassfilm.com/where-to-watch

From the website, a brief description:

Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich might be famous for his public service, best-selling books, and viral social media posts, but he always considered teaching his true calling. The Last Class captures a master educator wrestling with the dual realities of his own aging and his students inheriting a world out of balance. Reich confronts the impending finality with unflinching candor, humor, introspection, and a rawness of emotion he has never shared publicly before.

One thousand students fill the biggest lecture hall on campus, the last class to receive Reich’s wisdom and exhortations not to accept that society has to stay the way it is. His final assignment: Who will be the teachers of tomorrow?

This video is for anyone who has taught, is currently teaching, or simply wonders what retirement looks like for someone passionate about their work. It is thoughtful, moving, and surprisingly hopeful. I hope you take the time to treat yourself when the film comes around to your community.

A bonus is that the course Reich teaches in the film is available, free of charge, at: https://www.inequalitymedia.org/wealth-and-poverty