Word: passione
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...less pressure, but that doesn’t mean we don’t learn as much,” says Megan A. Shutzer ’10, who is in her second Swahili class at Harvard.And while they get paid to teach Swahili, it’s about passion, not dough, for Pillsbury and her fellow TFs. Though it might sound cliché, the TFs say it’s rewarding enough to share their knowledge with their peers.“Sometimes it’s a little weird if you see someone at a party or something...
...start with the disclaimer that I have had a few stellar TFs who even managed to run a half-decent section, usually in the English department. Not only do English TFs usually speak intelligible—even eloquent—English, they also seem to have a genuine passion for the literature they teach, much of which is pretty boring...
...explained: “Some of them don’t; law schools can be a wonderful experience, but many are just applying because it’s the next most competitive thing to do. After law school, instead of doing one’s passion, which may not be lucrative or prestigious, they say, ‘What’s the next prize, the next thing that’s hardest to get, the court or law firm that’s hardest to join, the consulting firm with the highest salary...
...nexus of Ferrell's passion for awkwardness and his bias toward making people feel good about themselves is the inevitable moment in any of his films when his clothes come off. He's not ripped, more rippled. In comedic terms, exposing himself is a near Christian act of self-sacrifice. "I don't think anybody believes me, but I try not to be gratuitous about it," says Ferrell, who streaked in Old School, ran around a speedway in his underwear in Talladega, was a shirtless Bible salesman on SNL, worked out bare chested in his office in Anchorman...
...challenge for the makers of political weepies is to bring as much art, intelligence and passion to them as to any other film. Your challenge as a viewer is to make up your own mind and heart. And if you remain unmoved by all the Irish mist in a Ken Loach film, don't think you've hardened into a Darth Vader. Saying no to a weepie, of any wing, is nothing to cry about...