Word: highs
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...graduated from a public university in the late ’90s, taught high school students for a few years, but soon realized he had no patience for kids who thought they were smarter and more hard-working than they actually were, and the “helicopter parents” who agreed. They should have all tried Math 55, Ian insists, referring to the legendary Harvard course catering to first-year math geniuses. During these frustrating years teaching, Ian played poker on the side...
Hawrilenko says that there are plenty of low-key intellectual players like himself, but the flamboyant, self-described “high rollers” tend to get more camera time, fueling a media image of a scene of excess, debauchery, and ballooning egos. “My friends and I, we laugh at these guys. They have their bling and their backwards hat”—Hawrilenko makes the vigorous motion of pulling an invisible hat back—“and their sunglasses on”—he puts on a pair...
...classroom and not even letting Emma dance, which is supposedly the point of the scene. Instead it’s all about him – and Ken’s right, Will’s messing with Emma just because he’s “getting high off of her fawning over” him. “It’s the darn Thong Song!” says Emma, when the number ends poorly. “I don’t think it’s the song,” chuckles Will. Yeah...
...moments have been when the show focuses too much on the grown-ups. “Acafellas” was cringe-worthy, and “Vitamin D,” while fun, fell a little flat between the spectacle of “Rhodes” and the high drama of “Throwdown.” This episode is somewhere in the middle, with entirely too much Will Schuester but mercifully less out-of-his-genre antics than in episode three. Still, we bring your attention to Best Week Ever’s current petition...
...bestselling author and publicist for “Nightlight” Sloane B. Crosley is excited for the book’s release. She calls the material “its own animal” and expects fans to love it. Although these books may not rank high in the world of literary genius, “When you’re reading something like ‘Twilight’, you sort of recognize how you’re being pleasantly manipulated, and you agree to go along with it,” Crosley says...