"what do teachers make?"

[jrtom]

courtesy of zandperl: what happens (notionally) when someone lays the "those who can, do; those who can't, teach" schtick on an articulate and passionate teacher--or at least this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxsOVK4syxU&mode=related&search=

(That is, a few minutes later they require cosmetic surgery to remove the footprint from their ass, and possibly to rehinge their jaw after it's bounced off the floor.)

Update: A transcript is on the teacher's (Taylor Mali's) site here:

http://www.taylormali.com/index.cfm?webid=13

although, as zandperl points out, the presentation adds a lot.

Comments

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

I keep wanting to transcribe the full thing. I'm sure it'd lose some impact though.

[jrtom.livejournal.com]

I'd link to it, so let me know if you do. :)

(For that matter, the fact that you want to do this suggests, in this hyperproductive and hyperconnected world, that someone quite possibly already has. Were I not under a time crunch, I'd go looking...or even just transcribe the damned thing myself.)

Certainly it would lose some impact, but on the other hand it might get more people exposed to it who either can't watch the video or aren't sure they want to take the time.

[jrtom.livejournal.com]

I just checked, a transcription is on his website; I'm updating the post above.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

*yoinks*

Thanks. :)

[gwyd.livejournal.com]

I would love to take idiots that think teaching is easy and through them into a middle school come May or June for a week and see how many days, nay hours, they would last. What i do takes skill, tact, patience, and huge amount of self discipline.