Word: teacher
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...Core classes, I and my colleagues at the Institute for the Study of Teaching Fellows and Prokaryotic Life have conclusively determined several facts about the life cycle of the common TF. In the larval stage, young TFs-to-be squirm through high schools nationwide, leaving oozing trails of teacher recommendations and bibliographic references in their wakes. Pupating during their undergraduate years, many emerge from their pre-university cocoons as some version of that smarmy first-year in your section who always does the reading and asks if he or she can hand his or her paper in early. After this...
Half-student and half-teacher, TFs can sense fear and are often dangerous when threatened. Some have even been known to hurl their harshest self-defense--the "B-minus"--when attacked. However, those who study the species have recognized that while hostility may increase during midterm week, TFs are actually very gentle, docile creatures, easily placated by a visit to office hours or even the simplest intelligent comment in section. Take care of your TFs. Feed them response papers regularly and hand them your midterms with a smile. And then someday, when you yourself pupate, you may find that...
This tale of a small-town high school teacher (Kevin Kline) whose life is turned upside down when he's declared gay by a former student-turned-star (Matt Dillon) constitutes Hollywood's own coming-out comedy about homosexuality. It's therefore an appropriately bland comedy that ends up reinforcing, not puncturing, gay stereotypes, and doesn't get enough out of a cast which includes Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck, Debbie Reynolds, and Bob Newhart. However, Kline still manages to rise above the plodding humor, especially in his show-stopping dance scenes; and Selleck is terrifically funny as the sleazy, sardonic...
Painting by numbers is not particularly taxing. The canvas comes prepainted, and a neat if unimaginative work is guaranteed. Nicholas Delbanco '63 has made literature by the numbers with his new book Old Scores. The prefab plot of star-crossed love between teacher and student serves as his canvas, but a serious mixup occurrs with the paint. Large sections of the completed work remain blank, and the final result is not a thing of beauty. Delbanco has rehashed an old tale with little style and less coherence...
...like I'm a teacher," she said...