Today, I was referred to as "The Weirdest Teacher Ever." I'm not sure whether to cry, crawl in a hole, or crow with jubilation.
That said, I'm sure we can all agree that most junior high teachers are bit "off" in one way or another, and a quick search of youtube and "weird teacher" will quickly reveal that I don't even crack the top 100,000.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
Thoughts on UCLA Student's Stereotypical Rant
If you haven't seen the rant posted by the bigoted bruin Alexendra Wallace, you can click here or search on your own. For those who don't know, the young lady from UCLA used YouTube to vent her frustrations over Asian students whom she felt did not meet the standards of "American Manners." She introduces her rant by informing viewers that she's "not politically correct" and that viewers should not take offense at what is to come.
The thrust of her complaint is that she has to deal with Asian students talking loudly on the cell phone in the library, and that it disrupts her pursuit of "epiphanies" while grappling with the "theories" and "arguments" in her political science text books. In particular, she has to contend with the phrases "ching chong," "ling long," and "ting tong."
Clearly the young lady was out of line, and she comes off looking like a narcissistic, air-headed bimbo. There's plenty more I could say about her appearance, but just watch the video if you need a physical description. So what is the best way to respond to the wish-she-was a brainy beauty? Probably not by intimidation and death threats, as some neanderthals seem to be thinking. Come on. "You made fun of me, so now you're going to die!" Equally brainless.
The gentleman in the video below shows us a better way. Instead of the infantile exchange of insults and threats, this guy takes a sad situation and makes beautiful music. Seriously. And in the process, he intellectually tears Alexandra Wallace (the ranter) to shreds. He makes a pun out of her name, and turns everything in her rant into a melodically humorous comeback. It's funny, it's smart, and it improves everyone's quality of life. Even Ms. Wallace's.
She's a human who made an embarrassing mistake, and I hope she comes out of the situation as a more mature and sensitive human being. She doesn't deserve to be skewered by death threats, intimidation, or other acts of physical and mental violence. But I have to say she had this one coming:
The thrust of her complaint is that she has to deal with Asian students talking loudly on the cell phone in the library, and that it disrupts her pursuit of "epiphanies" while grappling with the "theories" and "arguments" in her political science text books. In particular, she has to contend with the phrases "ching chong," "ling long," and "ting tong."
Clearly the young lady was out of line, and she comes off looking like a narcissistic, air-headed bimbo. There's plenty more I could say about her appearance, but just watch the video if you need a physical description. So what is the best way to respond to the wish-she-was a brainy beauty? Probably not by intimidation and death threats, as some neanderthals seem to be thinking. Come on. "You made fun of me, so now you're going to die!" Equally brainless.
The gentleman in the video below shows us a better way. Instead of the infantile exchange of insults and threats, this guy takes a sad situation and makes beautiful music. Seriously. And in the process, he intellectually tears Alexandra Wallace (the ranter) to shreds. He makes a pun out of her name, and turns everything in her rant into a melodically humorous comeback. It's funny, it's smart, and it improves everyone's quality of life. Even Ms. Wallace's.
She's a human who made an embarrassing mistake, and I hope she comes out of the situation as a more mature and sensitive human being. She doesn't deserve to be skewered by death threats, intimidation, or other acts of physical and mental violence. But I have to say she had this one coming:
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Cliche LA
Drifters unfold
Dirty yellow fingernails
Holding cans
calling for coins—
Payment for food, drink, drugs, or mugs
Topped off with alcohol,
And God bless.
Limousines slide by concrete treetops
Red carpets
Starlets
Harlots
Kiss kissTo the after-after party
For food, drink, drugs, and alcohol
Where celebrity and streetbum
Aren’t so different after all.
Cockroaches
cower in hotel shadows
Hollywood and Highland
Charging 500 bucks a night
For fools with money
Soon parted.
You and I walk
Wide-eyed together
Stomping on stars
We wish we were
Or thankful we’re only visitors
On a stretch of air
Where angels and demons hover
Side by side
Average Joe’s wishing
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