RIP, Dick Clark

Showed my students the Today Show's story about Dick Clark's life.  Without him, there would be no Total Request Live or 106 & Park.  Truly a pioneer of television (with a production company to boot).

Teaching is Stupid

From: signpictures.net

...or so said one of my 12th graders last week.

My response: "So, what are you doing when you get out of here?"

Hers: "I'm going to be a pediatrician."


Good luck with that...

RIP, Mike Wallace

If anyone set the standard for television interviews, it was Mike Wallace.  Many shows have followed in the style of Mike Wallace and "60 Minutes"--"20/20," "Dateline," "48 Hours" and more.  But no one asked questions quite like Wallace.

I showed the clip above to my students today.  Even most of them paid attention!

Bombs and Balls

I didn't realized it had been so long since my last post.  Between the end of the quarter and being out of town for spring break, it was too long in between posts.

Showed this video in class before the break.  To me, it's the story of the ultimate bad neighborhood, as well as concentrating on the normal when nothing around you is normal.

Tebow Time in a New York Minute?

So Tim Tebow gets traded to the Jets the same week the Broncos (his former team) signs future Hall of Famer Peyton Manning--now what?

The question posed on CNBC: will Tim Tebow be more marketable in NYC?  I'm not sure that he will be.  If he spends his time in New York as a backup who never sees the field, Tebow's not going to see any more endorsements.  However, if Tebowmania emerges like Linsanity did, look out!