i saw conrack on a night i couldn not sleep and i be never so glad to have insomnia . this story of a young white teacher who take a position teach poor black kid on an island in the carolina be a great advertisement for teach and and for simply help each other . set in the early 60 and with the civil right issue and viet nam and all that come with the 60 and it be forget that the peace corp and many young people strike out to make a difference help the unprivileged . conrack with his open style of teaching be interested in these kid a people and and encourage an honest interaction in his class that scar the power that be . the great part be that jon voight say they have a 20 year reunion and 18 of those kid become teacher . it enough to make you think we a human may have a chance to survive ourselves and maybe and hopefully . see this film .