Posted on 08/13/2009 8:25:23 AM PDT by Born Conservative
In a letter read to the Philadelphia School Reform Commission this afternoon, Mayor Nutter implored the panel to allow a classroom reality show to film at Northeast High School.
The A&E show would bring the actor Tony Danza to Philadelphia as a 10th grade English teacher.
"As a product of urban public schools, Mr. Danza is dedicated to enriching the young people who enter his classroom," Nutter wrote in a letter read by his education secretary, Lori Shorr.
The show would be called Teach. Danza would co-teach the class with a certified teacher, and would also participate in extracurricular activities such as the prom and the school play. Students would opt into his class, district officials said.
The actor is already participating in the district's new-teacher induction.
Executive producer Donny Jackson also addressed the commission.
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
Tony better bring a weapon. I think he might need one. Fists won’t be sufficient.
How is having an actor portray an English teacher reality?
“Nutter” is the word we used to use to describe a lunatic.
ie: “That boy is a nutter”.
You say the certified teach is Reverend Jim? Okeedoke!!!
Why not let Danza teach? He probably knows just as much as what passes for the average “certified educator” these days.
Oh man, they are going to let Tony Danza teach kids how to act?!
I’m sure it will be just as convincing as that reality show where Dick Butkus “coached” a high-school football team near Pittsburgh
Am I the only one creeped out by the part that says Tony will also “participate in extracurricular activities”?
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