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WATCH: New Key and Peele Skit Imagines a World Where We Glorify Teachers Like We Do Athletes

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Comedy Central duo has long been using comedy to challenge injustice. Now they’re tackling education.The skit is sure to win a few laughs, but it also contains an incisive social critique. Unmasking the sheer absurdity and contingency of our athletic obsession, “TeachingCenter” shatters the world we take for granted. Above all, it helps us to tangibly imagine our ideals. It really might be possible to obsess over teachers the way we do athletes.  The new skit portrays actors Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele as primetime anchors of “TeachingCenter,” a show meant to mimic ESPN’s flagship athletic program, SportsCenter. …The two hosts obsess over new teaching trades, a live draft for teachers, and an in-depth analysis of pedagogical technique. We even get a glimpse at a BMW commercial starring an educator.

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I began teaching in 1963,; Ba and BS in Education -Brooklyn College. I have the equivalent of 2 additional Master's, mainly in Literacy Studies and Graphic Design. I was the only seventh grade teacher of English from 1990 -1999 at East Side (more...)
 

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