Instructional Approach. Curriculum integration is taking hold in a wide. variety of high school settings. In career-focused. pathways, new small high schools, career academies, and even large traditional high schools, teachers are. integrating academic and technical instruction by. focusing on career-related themes.
Major Tom is a fictional astronaut referenced in David Bowie's songs Space Oddity, Ashes to Ashes, Hallo Spaceboy (particularly in the remix by the Pet Shop Boys) and possibly Blackstar (in the music video and interpreted from the lyrics).
Lewis John Carlino adapted the script from Conroy's novel. Carlino also directed the film. The title character, Lt. Col. Wilbur Bull Meechum, aka The Great Santini, was based on Conroy's father. The story, for the most part, follows the book. The movie's major divergence is the absence of Sammy, Ben Meecham's Jewish best friend.