In place of “stand beside her” he totally sings “stand beside ME”.

These are excellent insights into what makes quality coaching, and how to best benefit from a coach. I’m a long time music educator, and this is right in line with what it takes to improve as a musician.

Maybe they should adapt the volleyball princple, and require the last two games to be won in a row.

Please tell me that “Zordon” is an allowed option!

Fully fund an expansion of traditional public education. More schools with smaller student populations, and more teachers per student. Make sure everyone at the school is able to know everyone else. Turn each school into a true, functioning community. People can take care of each other when we’re given the chance.

Maybe more of a “School As Prison” situation...

Hot counter-take: if the guy you’re guarding is going to flop anyway, you should give him a real foul to think about. Draymond is dirty, but this is a tactically sound situation in which to play dirty.

I second the motion. Gorgeous illustration!

Fortunately, depressed and on meds describes most teachers...

“they want [deadly force] to be something you can do if you feel like it.”

That is utterly terrifying, and precisely true.

Are you *sure* it’s not church league? It is in Utah...

Hudsucker Proxy, in living color.

It’s his yard. His castle. If it had been a gun this is exactly the sort of self-defense situation that gun ownership is supposed to provide. The duplicity on the part of white gun owners in disallowing self defense for a black gun owner is astounding.

I like your breakdown of the issue. He’s not exactly original, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t sincere, or that he isn’t good. Also, he’s done his homework when it comes to copying very specific sounds and styles, and if you’re going to copy someone else, you’d damn well better do it well. Those things put a world of…

Yeah, it’s effects are extremely variable from person to person. It makes me see snakes coming out of the wall, and hear bagpipes that aren’t there. I don’t imagine either of those would be helpful on a tennis court.

I *only* watched the fight because you wrote about it. I’ve never followed boxing in my life- just not an interest of mine. Then, some time back, I read the article you wrote on Ornette Colman. He’s a idol of mine, and your description of him was so deep, and so human. I liked what you had to say, and (especially) how…

I’m guessing this counts towards mandatory safety training hours...

...which is also the only thing that would be accomplished by arming teachers.

This is one hundred percent on the nose. As a teacher, I refuse to let weaponry take on any facet of my interaction with my students, and their parents.

I absolutely love every last one of these.