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...minutes into the premiere.) Because of his performance, a large part of the show’s comedy comes from the truth Lilley presents in various forms; the rest comes from the absurdity of watching a grown man, dressed in a schoolgirl uniform, trying to seduce a ninth grader. Each of Lilley’s characters are reflections of people anyone who has ever been inside a school will instantly recognize. Mr. G labels and guards his personal belongings in the teacher’s lounge. Ja’mie comments “Oh my god, public schools...
...made its first appearance 10 years ago, it was vying for attention with Monica Lewinsky and the Clinton scandal. Monica won. But Cheese slowly began to gain traction in corporate circles, even though critics dissed it as an overly broad parable that could be understood by a bright sixth-grader. A year later, it was No. 1 on the New York Times business best-seller list...
...hopes GradeFund will change students' motivation level. "We're setting up small, little carrots," he says. "Let's say there's a seventh-grader who is contemplating cutting class with his friends. If he has $100 on the line, maybe he'll go to class." And if he's really on the ball, maybe one day he'll realize that GradeFund's 5% transaction fees amount to a pretty hefty commission...
...industry with precious few. And in schools where kids are struggling to read and subtract, it is a prerequisite for getting anything else done. In their defense, Washington teachers and principals, like educators in many of the country's worst school districts, talk about trying to teach a seventh-grader who is eight months pregnant; about being assaulted by students; about holding meetings for parents, replete with free food, and no one showing up. Washington Teachers' Union leader George Parker worries that test-score data cannot take all this into account: "I don't think our teachers are afraid...
...It’s a really quiet place and really great for homework,” said sixth-grader Angus Cusak about the portal, before his sister grabbed the microphone from him and proceeded to talk at rapid speed. The mentor behind them struggled to stifle her giggles...