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"Mike and Jon, Jon and Mike—I've known them both for years, and, clearly, one of them is very funny. As for the other: truly one of the great hangers-on of our time."—Steve Bodow, head writer, The Daily Show
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"Who can really judge what's funny? If humor is a subjective medium, then can there be something that is really and truly hilarious? Me. This book."—Daniel Handler, author, Adverbs, and personal representative of Lemony Snicket
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"The good news: I thought Our Kampf was consistently hilarious. The bad news: I’m the guy who wrote Monkeybone."—Sam Hamm, screenwriter, Batman, Batman Returns, and Homecoming
January 18, 2008
More Actual Friends
I recommend:
Kate on culture and the internet and living in Los Angeles. See especially why we need no more adaptations of Jane Austen's Persuasion.
Jerry on turning himself into a high school history teacher. See especially the bad teaching about how to teach.
—Jonathan Schwarz
Posted at January 18, 2008 04:05 PMOkay, jon, he's a pal of yours. But that's just a bunch of empty bitching about 'horrible' teaching. I agree that there are horrible teachers out there (also horrible presidents, horrible gamblers, horrible flight attendants). But there's nothing but steam venting there. No examples, no analysis, just noise. left a note to that effect, but it's a 'moderated' site, so we'll never know.
There is one thing about USer Schools that should be consciously understood by any adult venturing into them: The ONLY purpose of USer Schools is, retroactively to provide the evidences needed to support decisions made about children years before they ever enter a classroom, even before they were born.
