"What Teachers Make"

[chomiji]

emeraldtome* has posted a vid of a really great speech that has nothing to do with the election or partisan politics. Teacher and poet Taylor Mali gives his no-holds-barred answer to the lawyer who scornfully asked him "What do teachers make?"

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*Better known in this space as "The Young Lady."

Comments

[dana1witch.livejournal.com]

That video is awesome!

[chomiji]

Yeah, I was really impressed by his fervor and obvious enthusiasm for what he does, and the story about telling the parents about their son's sticking up for the other kid. He's a really good speaker. I want to show it to my mom-in-law, who is a teacher, but Emerald is being freaked out at the idea of showing her gramma something where the guy gives the finger ... .

(So tell her you liked it, Chimeer ... she's being shy about going on other people's LJs and commenting!)