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[[File:DavidVanDriessen.jpg|link=Beavis and Butthead|frame|Let's get in touch with our inner-granola, m'kay?]]

 

 

May or may not be a good teacher, but ''never'' a good disciplinarian. Often let students [[First-Name Basis|call them by their first name]] ("''Mr.'' Hippie Teacher is my father; you can call me Rod"). Definitely [[Truth in Television]]; many people had art teachers like this. While in fiction they can teach any subject, art teachers, guidance counselors and other teachers of "soft" or "creative" subjects tend to predominate with hard sciences being less common unless crossed with [[Absent-Minded Professor]].

* The music teacher in ''[[Bridge to Terabithia]]'' is an older example of this.

* Ms Partridge, Bigmac's social worker in the ''[[Johnny Maxwell Trilogy]]'' used to be like this, before dealing with Bigmac wore her down:

 

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* ''[[iCarly]]'': Mr. Henning. He loves nature, disproves of modern methods (or rather just major energy wasting ones), and takes students on a root and berry retreat.

'''Spencer''': What? (pauses) Oh. }}

** Henning seems to use the root and berry retreat as a form of [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]] on his students. While he himself enjoys it, he knows his students don't and uses it as a threat to make them try their best on their projects (failing grades can only be made up by going on the trip with him).

* Mr. Rosso on ''[[Freaks and Geeks]]'' is a Hippie Guidance Counselor.

** Interestingly enough, while he still fits the classic trope, he's also a well-rounded enough character to be legitimately helpful at times and be thoroughly capable of discipline.

* Art Cooney on ''[[The Wedge]]''.

* Mr. Jellineck from ''[[Strangers with Candy]]'', in sharp contrast to his [[Sadist Teacher|secret lover]].