As a teacher, parent, and writer, I’m incredibly annoyed with myself for not having this idea myself.

When his 10th grade son, Jesse, threatened to quit high school, his father David took action. He gave his permission to drop out, but only on the condition that his son agree to watch three movies a week.

Duh.

Of course, there was a hitch. Dad chose the films. Oh, and Dad happened to be a novelist, film critic, and TV documentary host in Toronto.

You can read the rest of the story here.

And here…because, yes, there’s a book about this three year journey–a memoir entitled The Film Club.

Just my luck. All of my kids opted to stay in school.