“Nothing ruins the mood during foreplay more than the recurring image of your sixty-five-year-old homeroom teacher trying to stretch a condom over a cucumber.” TryingYearsFiveTeacherMoodRuinsFive YearsSixtyFive Year OldsCondomRecurringCucumbers Book:Ranting Again Source: Ranting Again
“During my eleven years as a New York City public school teacher, I saw firsthand the impact that poverty has on the classroom. In low-income neighborhoods like Sunset Park, where I taught, students as young as five years old enter school affected by the stresses often created by poverty: domestic violence, drug abuse, gang activity.” YearsSchoolYoungCitiesPovertyFiveSawsTeacherViolenceNew YorkStudentsTaughtDrugActivityLowsAbuseStressImpactIncomeParksFive YearsSunsetNeighborhoodAffectedNew York CityClassroomDomestic ViolenceGangPublic SchoolElevenFive Year OldsSchool TeachersDrug AbuseLow Income Author:Sal Albanese
“My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher. He and my mother traveled for thirty-five years to different parts of Igboland, spreading the gospel.” YearsDifferentMotherFatherParentReligiousChristianityFiveTeacherThirtyFive YearsTraveledNigeriaEvangelists Author:Chinua Achebe
“I think we're different, but we are very similar in a lot of ways, and we really complement each other in real life and on screen. Cameron [Diaz], for me, is like the teacher. And Kate's [Uptone] like my daughter. She's only five years older than my daughter, and so, I always wanted to protect her.” ThinkingWayYearsDifferentRealWantedFiveTeacherProtectDaughterScreensReal LifeFive YearsMy DaughterKateComplementCameron Author:Leslie Mann
“It was in Shizuoka, where my home was. I first attended this school when I was five years old. I also attended a regular elementary school, and I was taking piano lessons with a local teacher. I began to study composition at the Yamaha school. And I continued to study there until the age of 15.” YearsFirstsHomeAgeSchoolStudyFiveTeacherLessonsLocalsPianoFive YearsCompositionFive Year OldsElementary SchoolPiano LessonYamaha Author:Hiromi