Taylor the Teacher

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Stephen King ~et. al.~ is valid reading for high school. Better that students read and enjoy King than pretend to read Dickens and hate ~fear?~ it.
Those who read King, Rowling, Koontz, Sparks, Grishom, Zane, and whatever else they damn […]

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Here’s a great thing about my job:
I get to talk about Pink Floyd ~and other cool stuff~ with people who are still enthusiastic about it. Every year at least one student asks me if I’ve seen Dark Side of the Rainbow, or heard “See Emily Play.”
I LOVE THAT about young adults. They’re excited about things.

~it’s […]

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Tagline on bathroom door ~too small to read~ says: One high school drama teacher is about to make a huge number 2.
This movie looks hilarious. From comingsoon.net via slashfilm.com:

In the irreverent comedy, a failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama teacher (Coogan) rallies his Tucson, AZ students as he conceives and stages a politically incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.”

But […]

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SOME writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins. Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness POSITIVELY by uniting our affections, the latter NEGATIVELY by restraining our vices. […]

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BEFORE WE START:
If you don’t watch Star Trek, and you’re thinking as you read this post that people who watch Star Trek are losers, here’s where you went wrong: You’re thinking it’s not you. You’re thinking it’s me. If it’s anybody, it’s definitely you. ~you watch too much Seinfeld!~
Also, If you don’t know […]

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As Hollywood people go, I like you. I say “as Hollywood people go” because I don’t know you. ~and because so much of celebrity land doesn’t seem to conform to even minimal standards of behavior, but that’s not your fault. i’ll try to talk to you like a regular human~ I have no opinion […]

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I read a blog post from Nordquist on American Beauty ~which I haven’t seen but now want to~ about how that film changed his life. This resonated with me on several levels.

He got himself out of a bad career situation, and lived to tell the tale. And he’s not sorry for the change he made.
He […]

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Lord knows I’ve tried, been a witness to homicideDrivebys taking lives, little kids dieWonder why as I walk byBroken-hearted as I glance at the chalk line, getting high
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It’s really weird to me what I didn’t know as a kid. I still don’t know as much as I should know about this incident, but my memory of the Iran Hostage Crisis is this:
I was sitting on the floor, “Indian-style,” listening to the teacher. She sat in one of those black plastic chairs with […]

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I’ve been watching Law and Order: Criminal Intent since the series premier. I have a total fiction crush on Bobby Goren, the main detective in that show. Notice I said my crush is on Bobby Goren, not Vincent D’Onofrio, the actor who plays Goren. Not because D’Onofrio isn’t sexy, obviously, because anyone can see how […]

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