I hope Coach Taylor knows just how lucky he is to be married to her.

But when he has to take care of a group of teenaged mutants, his paternal side starts emerging.

He has all the gravity of grown-up Professor X, but with hair!

An F for his morals but an A for, well, everything else we see. — Sandra Gonzalez

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The idea that anyone would let Dave Lee Roth drive the school bus.

His strong will made it all the more fulfilling when they finally had that one amazing kiss.

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Elizabeth Halsey (Cameron Diaz),Bad Teacher

No noble educator here.

Friday Night Lights, Connie Britton | Whether she’s acting as a guidance counselor or a principal, who would ever mind being sent to Mrs. Taylor’s office? She’s smart, all-business when she

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Diaz’s middle school teacher isa heartless, coarsely self-centered, and manipulative schemer.

But she looks so good while she does it.

But it’s a downright tragedy that boffins have yet to find a way to make phys ed.

X-Men: First Class | There are some deviations in the story. That’s all we can say.

teachers as hot as this.

We’re betting the number of ‘‘troubled teens’’ quadrupled within her first week.

No wonder Kevin Arnold had such a huge crush on her.

The only thing more unbelievable than model Lillian Müller’s pedagogic portrayal in the clip for VH’s 1984 hit single? The idea that anyone would let

Also, we hear she sells students marijuana tablets.

Idealism: It’ssohot right now.

I hope Tami Taylor knows just how lucky she is to be married to him.

Michael Vartan, Never Been Kissed | We love that he fought his attraction to Josie when he thought she was a student. His strong will made it all the more fulfilling

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Holly Holiday (Gwyneth Paltrow),Glee

What’s not to love?

She also knew how to rock a leather jacket.

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Mark Thackeray (Sidney Poitier),To Sir, With Love

His poise.

Though her elementary school pupils were too young to appreciate her quirky brand of sex appeal, that didn’t stop Jess from scheduling private lessons with

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Having that man in our classroom would definitely have increased participation.

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We can’t even front.

We’d do anything to be this teacher’s pet.

Bad Teacher, Cameron Diaz | No noble educator here. Cameron Diaz’s middle school teacher is a heartless, coarsely self-centered, and manipulative schemer . But she looks so good while she

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Giles (Anthony Stewart Head,Buffy the Vampire Slayer

The tweed!

Thataccent, for Pete’s sake!

Ripper might just be the sexiest librarian ever.

Weird Science, Kelly LeBrock | It’s disappointing that we never got all those jet packs science once promised us. But it’s a downright tragedy that boffins have yet to find

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Jenny Calendar was a lucky lady.

(Well, until the whole ‘‘getting brutally murdered’’ thing.)

You just wanted one, right?

Bradley Cooper, The Hangover | Well, we can only judge by how he shepherds his hungover friends around, but Phil seems like an excellent (to look at) caretaker. — AW

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That’s pretty cool.

She’s on the case.

Just give her time to work up a brief.

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Buffy the Vampire Slayer | In the seventh and final season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Buffy returns to Sunnydale High to help out troubled teens as a counselor.

The Vampire Diaries | He’s a widower with an obsession with vampires but it all makes sense for anyone who knows this history teacher. — AW

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The Wonder Years | Robert F. Kennedy Junior High School’s 7th grade English teacher was as sensitive and brainy as she was beautiful — she even wrote a play

Mean Girls, Tina Fey | She’s good with numbers, she has Liz Lemon’s sharp tongue, and she’s a pusher — meaning that she’ll always drive you to be all that

Jason Ritter, Parenthood | We were hoping that he could teach Sarah a thing or two but alas it was not meant to be. — AW

Freedom Writers, Hilary Swank | To Ms. Gruwell, no students are unteachable — even if they’re at-risk kids from a rough neighborhood in Long Beach. Idealism: It’s so hot right

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Mark Harmon, Summer School | Gym teacher-turned-summer school prisoner Mr. Shoop makes the grade for his carefree attitude and managing to make us love the idea of spending the best

Easy A, Thomas Haden Church | This easy-on-the-eyes, über cool, and completely appropriate high school teacher never saw his heartbreak coming, but we’d like to help him recover. — AW

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How I Met Your Mother, Alyson Hannigan | For comparison purposes, my kindergarten teacher was about 60 years old and wore a bouffant. — SG

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Friday Night Lights, Kyle Chandler | Idealistic, hard-working, just, and always willing to give you good advice when you show up on his doorstep in the middle of the night, Coach

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Gwyneth Paltrow, Glee | What’s not to love? She sings and dances, talks about sex with the kids, and helped Mr. Schu get his groove back. — AW

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Dangerous Minds, Michelle Pfeiffer | Of course this former Marine had the wherewithal to light a fire under her unmotivated students. She also knew how to rock a leather jacket.

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Sidney Poitier | His poise. His voice. His convictions. Having that man in our classroom would definitely have increased participation. — AW

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Julia Roberts, Mona Lisa Smile | The quintessential cool, unintentionally subversive teacher, Katherine lit a fire in the hearts of her students by showing she knew her own worth. — AW

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Glee, Matthew Morrison | He’s got an awesome sweater vest collection and hair to die for, but it’s really his commitment to his students that has us hooked. —

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Sting | We can’t even front. We’d do anything to be this teacher’s pet. — AW

Anthony Stewart Head, Buffy the Vampire Slayer | The tweed! Those glasses! That accent , for Pete’s sake! Rupert Giles — a.k.a. Ripper — might just be the sexiest librarian ever. Jenny Calendar

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Jeff Bridges, The Mirror Has Two Faces | We may have a few concerns about this math professor’s views on sex but like Rose, we think it’d be worth sticking it out to

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Debbie Allen, Fame | Her tough but caring teacher act made us all want to leap for joy. — AW

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HBO, Hung | He didn’t pick the most legal option for supplementing his salary as a high school basketball coach, but we’re going to give him points for

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thirtysomething | Didn’t you have an English professor just like him? Oh, no? You just wanted one, right? Me too. — AW

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Paul Rudd, The Object of My Affection | His gay first grade teacher was such a good guy that Jennifer Aniston’s character chose to parent her child with him over the father. Seals

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Nevermind that at first she’s seemingly an interchangeable series of women, she gets to go through a high-speed chase, dodge hay bales, and careen off

Lost, Jeremy Davies | While trying to save his friends, this spacey physicist packed a whole lot of emotion and angst into just a few longing looks, especially when

Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston | He benefits not only from the fact that this was Bad ’s best season yet, but he’s also the only Bad representative: Shockingly, no nom

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Every misguided youth should have a teacher like this former lawyer. Got a problem? She’s on the case. Just give her time to work up

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