KnockBack, Episode 77: Our Favorite Teachers
Added 2019-08-01 20:33:43 +0000 UTCNo matter where we're from, many of us spend something like 14 years in mandatory school systems that served only to distract us from our toys, video games, and watching cartoons. Yet there we were, imprisoned and desperate to escape. But school wasn't always an agonizing experience, especially when you had the right teacher helming your class. Today's episode of KnockBack is dedicated to them, to the teachers we've taken with us, the ones that inspired us, helped us, cared about us, and -- ultimately -- stuck with us. From an English teacher who instilled the value of literature, to the history teacher who ran a tight ship except for one specific day a year. From an art teacher who insisted on seriousness from the truly talented, to a math teacher who was perhaps a little to easy on us. Let's chat about our very favorite instructors from our youth. And some of yours, too.
I apologize for being late with this by several hours. As you can see on Twitter, I couldn't upload the file, and still couldn't until I bumped it way, way down to a much smaller file size. Never ran into that problem before. Anyway, sorry!
Comments
Finally finished this one up, and it was another great discussion, and a great companion piece to your Fireside Chat Ep. 91 with the public school teacher, David . I did want to expand upon some of your concerns regarding how many uninspiring/poor teachers keep their going in their jobs. I had a huge rant laid out, but thought it might be wiser to take a more concise route. Like Dagan's wife, I also work in a huge PA school district with a powerful union (though our pay scale does not hit the 6-figure mark), and I’ve seen teachers that may be past their prime, phoning it in, not giving their all like those in your testimonies, etc. It’s tough to evaluate teachers fully on the “results” of the students when so many student variables come into play beyond the control of the teacher (home life, natural ability, outside commitments, etc.). It’s tough to say that better teachers will come into the field to replace poorer teachers when the pool of available teachers to hire is shrinking every year and the competition for jobs just isn’t there. I’ve often felt that increased observations and mentoring from administrators could help, but principals simply have too much on their plates to find the time. The vast majority of my colleagues are exceptional, but I know that’s not a universal truth of the public school system. It’s going to take some real innovating thinking to correct this.
Zach Brown
2019-08-21 02:52:25 +0000 UTCYeah, our situation was weird. Everyone was the Clippers EXCEPT our football team, who were the Junkyard Dogs. LOL.
Colin Moriarty
2019-08-11 23:45:33 +0000 UTCSorry I finally got around to listening to this episode! As someone who taught for 6 years, it brought back a lot of great memories of my old students. It was also very interesting that you stated that each sports team at bellport had a different name (I think you said the clippers and something else). I'm accustomed to all sports teams just being the school mascot or just the name of the school. Overall great episode!
Monterey Jack
2019-08-09 16:08:53 +0000 UTCDid I err? LOL.
Colin Moriarty
2019-08-08 06:10:11 +0000 UTCKirk Hetfield!? Oh no... I will let this slide, but I hovered over canceling my patreon subscription for a few moments.
Benjamin the Warped Nuclear Test Subject
2019-08-08 01:07:54 +0000 UTCThat would be a fun one.
Colin Moriarty
2019-08-07 20:07:54 +0000 UTCThank you! <3
Colin Moriarty
2019-08-07 20:07:49 +0000 UTCYou guys could do the South Park movie! That’s super old school now
Kenneth Oms
2019-08-05 19:26:20 +0000 UTCI am a teacher in Canada and I loved this episode. I completely agree that standards should be higher for teachers. And there should also be an age limit for teachers. I am a young, passionate (and in my opinion, talented) educator who cannot get a job because these dinosaurs won't leave theirs. Anyways, great show once again!!!
Andrew Collins
2019-08-05 15:10:27 +0000 UTCPretty close to what I'm thinking.
Colin Moriarty
2019-08-04 07:03:23 +0000 UTCYou know my name, now gimme my money!
Colin Moriarty
2019-08-04 07:03:02 +0000 UTCAs for the gun club question, I was in JROTC in high school and we did have a marksmanship team that would shoot air rifles inside the school building and that was only in 2013. This was of course in Alabama.
Colton George
2019-08-04 05:03:53 +0000 UTCOld dirty likes it raw tho !
Anthony Longo
2019-08-04 00:40:40 +0000 UTCBaby I Got Your Money, as well.
Colin Moriarty
2019-08-04 00:26:02 +0000 UTCYou oughta!
Colin Moriarty
2019-08-04 00:25:51 +0000 UTCThank you. <3
Colin Moriarty
2019-08-04 00:25:47 +0000 UTC=(
Colin Moriarty
2019-08-04 00:25:41 +0000 UTCOh no. =\
Colin Moriarty
2019-08-04 00:25:36 +0000 UTCIt definitely feels like school sucks people up and then spits them out.
Colin Moriarty
2019-08-04 00:25:30 +0000 UTCI like Animals.
Colin Moriarty
2019-08-04 00:25:00 +0000 UTCMe too.
Colin Moriarty
2019-08-04 00:24:54 +0000 UTCWell, you're gonna get it any week now.
Colin Moriarty
2019-08-04 00:24:50 +0000 UTCIt was resolved before long, which is good. =)
Colin Moriarty
2019-08-04 00:24:37 +0000 UTCI can't help it.
Colin Moriarty
2019-08-04 00:24:29 +0000 UTCPay attention!
Colin Moriarty
2019-08-04 00:24:25 +0000 UTC“Yeah baby I like it raw” is the late great O.D.B. Don’t you dare disrespect the WU-TANG like that son!
Chad Lewis
2019-08-02 19:20:58 +0000 UTCThat idea with the Starbursts is brilliant. Totally going to have to use it.
David Graham
2019-08-02 19:12:14 +0000 UTCNailed it on teachers and schooling.
Keith W
2019-08-02 18:25:26 +0000 UTCKeep talking shit, Colin. That live-action Mega Man movie is still in development. 😉
Brandon Soto
2019-08-02 17:49:24 +0000 UTCAs always, great episode! So we’re all voting for Guardians of the Galaxy during next Knockback Primary, right?
Patrick Kelly
2019-08-02 12:40:22 +0000 UTCThis teacher conversation is interesting, My experience was at an average high school with average teachers. However I was not the best student, I did not know what I wanted to do, and basically just went to school to hang out. I dont know how much the teachers should get involved with average student such as myself, when there are 30+ other students to tend to. I ended up going back to school in my late 20s to pursue engineering (welding/fabrication) and that experience was far better for me. The class was only 7 people, so we all got very good one on one time with the teachers and extra help with getting jobs etc once we had finished our courses. I guess my point is that the school system is a bad system for the average person, and the teachers probably get jaded doing it year after year, and just focus on the people that fit well in that system. How do you fix that though? I am not sure that you can.
Ryan Murdoch
2019-08-02 09:28:56 +0000 UTCYay KnockBack, 20sec in and you guys are already being silly geese. FYI The Wall is indeed overrated. Animals is the best Pink Floyd record.
Ryan Murdoch
2019-08-02 06:32:47 +0000 UTCIt’s a miracle that I can play the guitar
GameSimp
2019-08-02 01:00:52 +0000 UTCVery proud my Phantom Menace submission won lol. We know you would have gotten to it, but that could have been 1-2 years from now for all we know. Now you’re doing it this wave. Anywho, glad I could contribute to your suffering i suppose. At least Dagan was excited. ;)
Caleb Greer
2019-08-02 00:18:05 +0000 UTCDon't sweat the delay Colin, nothing you can do about such silly technical glitches. :)
Captain Canada
2019-08-01 22:09:13 +0000 UTCFucking roasting us for the Rosemary's Baby episode haha. Love it.
Quinn
2019-08-01 21:07:25 +0000 UTCFirst! Hahaha! Wait, what are we talking about?
L Band (Lawrence Adams)
2019-08-01 20:40:35 +0000 UTC
