http://unrepentantindividual.com/2006/02/28/my-favorite-teachers/ ...the only me I know Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:38:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://unrepentantindividual.com/2006/02/28/my-favorite-teachers/comment-page-1/#comment-4241 The Unrepentant Individual » The Late-Night Miniskirt Defense… Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:39:38 +0000 http://unrepentantindividual.com/2006/02/28/my-favorite-teachers/#comment-4241 [...] In reality, this teacher has more than parents to blame. He is teaching AP English, which are presumably the kids who have been able to coast through school all their lives. They’ve been able to coast not only because they’re smart, but also that the curriculum has been dumbed down to the point where they’ve never faced real opposition. I talked a week ago about one of my favorite teachers, who told a group of AP US History students on the first day of class that he was going to give us more work than we could possibly handle. For once, someone threw down the gauntlet and told us that we couldn’t cruise through. He asked for our best, so we gave him our best. [...] [...] In reality, this teacher has more than parents to blame. He is teaching AP English, which are presumably the kids who have been able to coast through school all their lives. They’ve been able to coast not only because they’re smart, but also that the curriculum has been dumbed down to the point where they’ve never faced real opposition. I talked a week ago about one of my favorite teachers, who told a group of AP US History students on the first day of class that he was going to give us more work than we could possibly handle. For once, someone threw down the gauntlet and told us that we couldn’t cruise through. He asked for our best, so we gave him our best. [...]

]]> http://unrepentantindividual.com/2006/02/28/my-favorite-teachers/comment-page-1/#comment-4215 Wulf Thu, 02 Mar 2006 01:46:19 +0000 http://unrepentantindividual.com/2006/02/28/my-favorite-teachers/#comment-4215 Heck yeah! Let's give it up for the physics teachers! Heck yeah! Let’s give it up for the physics teachers!

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