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...pressure cooker that is “Weeds”!The latest in this cavalcade of premise-heavy, actor’s-delight series is AMC’s “Breaking Bad,” the story of Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher who turns to cooking crystal meth after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. “Breaking Bad” is quite literally “Weeds” on crack. As if the cancer plot isn’t enough, White also has a pregnant wife, a son with cerebral palsy...
...listening. Yet its profound lyrics are typical. For most of the tracks, Badu successfully combines Motown, hip-hop, and electronica with confrontational songwriting to create an old school sound with a futuristic feel. Perhaps the synthesis of her artistic and political goals works best on “Master Teacher.” A simple hip-hop beat and her clear, soulful voice weave together a song that details the struggle to find beauty in the world. Four minutes in, the track becomes smooth-jazzy, as Badu croons over a melody appropriate for any elevator. A track that is initially...
Columbine High School was faced with the same issue. In the days following the April 1999 massacre in which 12 students and a teacher were killed, the school formed committees to carefully consider the building's fate. "Right after the tragedy, emotions were high, very high," recalls Frank DeAngelis, the school's principal for the last dozen years. The committees dismissed suggestions to demolish the building. "There was the belief that if we tore down the buildings, the two murderers would have won," DeAngelis says, referring to the high school seniors who staged the Columbine attacks. Instead, the school opened...
...been home to famous American brand names like Westinghouse and Tappan. Now the town was shriveling slowly, the young people moving away. "I'm the only one I know who went to a four-year college and came back home to live," Ben Stauffer, a young high school teacher, told me later...
...There’s a natural rivalry between student and teacher,” J-Live said. “It’s as natural as Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote...