From the movie, To Sir, With Love by E.R. Braithwaite, Ricky Braithwaite  philosophy of education was to teach his students subjects that are of practical use to them. These subjects included love, sex, marriage and so on. Like Ricky Braithwaite, Professor Lupin, from the novel Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling, adapted this philosophy of teaching. Unlike the traditional method of teaching, lectures and reading chapters from books, Professor Lupin instead tells his students, “Would you please put all your books back in your bags. Today’s lesson will be a practical lesson” (130). He simply stated himself that reading from a book can only teach you so much and even the students believed that this was the best way they were ever taught, “That was the best Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson we’ve ever had” (140). Making these lessons practical and interesting gives students more motivation to learn, “In no time at all, Defense Against the Dark Arts had become most people’s favorite class… His next few lessons were just as interesting as the first” (141).  Just like Braithwaite’s class enjoyed his class and style of teaching, letting the students ask any question they had about the topic they were discussing just reinforced their interest in the topic. Just as everyone enjoyed Professor Lupin’s class, they were sad to see him leave, “He certainly wasn’t the only one who was sorry to see Professor Lupin go. The whole of Harry’s Defense Against the Dark Arts class was miserable about his resignation”, showing how much the students enjoyed his class because of his style of teaching (429).