I watched the movie Chalk earlier and even though I knew it was listed as a "Mocumentery" I took it as more than that.. Because there was a certain amount of truth to it.. They had one teacher who it was his first year ever as a teacher and the first scene it was his first hour to be in front of a class.. That scared the shit out of me and I could feel his anxiety coming through loud and clear.. I can't imagine what it must be like to be a teacher in this day & age and during that movie they had the issue of cell phones.. Every student now would almost have to have a cell phone.. Or worse.. The lack of music in the schools is being addressed now and it is about time.. Truth is if kids don't learn a musical instrument that soon the shit that they are playing on computers will be all that you will hear.. Sadly... There was a part of the disc that asked the cast who was their favorite teacher, what teacher helped to shape you as the person you are today.. For me, music was very important to me and for that reason Neil was the teacher I would choose.. Although he never taught me in school, Neil brought the marching band by the house when I was growing up, he knew how much I loved the drums and the drum major and I knew all the whistle commands by heart.. However when I did learn the drums I never wanted to be the drum major, never even tried even though I think the teacher at the time would have liked to see me tryout for it.. I wanted to be a drummer and that was my main goal.. I became a drummer and got first chair from my sophomore year and stayed there through my graduation and was never challenged for it.. Don't know what would have happened if I would have been, I suppose I would have practiced (yikes)..
To me English and History were my two least liked classes.. I think English would be extremely hard to teach, because everyone knows how to speak it.. And history was hard because I didn't care for it then.. I do wish I had spent more time learning about history, could come in handy when we played some of the games we used to play..
Math was just plain tough all the time, although early basic algebra seemed easy.. They discouraged me from being in the algebra class and so that year we had what was called living math which is what it sounds like, an every day type of math.. Learning the basics of economics and all the important things therein.. My junior year I had two choices of journalism or welding and I took welding.. Beyond my imagination, welding was THE class when I was a junior.. I think there were a few kids that wanted to take the class but weren't allowed to and why I was kept, I don't know.. I had never welded before in my life, but I found it extremely easy to lean and before I knew it I was building things I needed, like a piece on my drum set, which is still on it to this day..
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