Friday, October 29, 2010

No Wonder People Don't Take Teachers Seriously

I was flipping through the TV channels and came across "Teach: Tony Danza". It's a reality show that shows Tony Danza teaching. English. Somehow, Tony Danza and English are not three words you usually find in the same sentence.
From TV Replay: Actor Tony Danza is the former star of such sitcoms as 'Taxi' and 'Who's the Boss?', but it's been a long time since he had a major hit. (Although he does have his film career as the star of movies like 'Going Ape!' to fall back on.)However, Tony does have a new reality series coming up: 'Teach' -- which will premiere in October on the A&E Network. It follows a year in the life of Mr. Danza, as he struggles to educate a class of 10th-grade English students. Tony spent a year in Northeast High School in Philadelphia, and this wasn't just a random choice for him....
And our second point: After originally being rejected by the New York school system, Danza eventually convinced the folks in Pennsylvania to let him teach. However, he never actually managed to get certified as a real teacher. So he had to have a second "co-teacher" in his classroom, who would observe and monitor him. In addition, because of his lack of certification, Tony only taught two classes a day. (Actual high school teachers have to teach between four and seven classes a day.)
http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/09/28/tony-danza-oprah-winfrey-teaching-cries/

Umm, ok. Though the school resembles he "teaches" my school in many different ways.

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