#1675

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March 17, 2010, 12:55 p.m.

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//There is preemptive decorating in case Schafer wins for best teacher Schafer: So I can just look to the back and see a huge "Congratulations". If I look left, I see another sign. Student: What about the sash? Schafer: Right, so I have this sash now! (puts it on) I was gonna have a tiara, but I never got it! Gilad: You should wear the sash to the awards ceremony! Schafer: Yeah, I'll wear a sash and a tiara to the awards. Act all prom queenish and stuff.

#1654

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March 15, 2010, 12:18 p.m.

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Schafer: You know what's indispensable? Especially in physical sciences, like math, physics, chemistry, engineering, its -- Contreras: Mr Pham. By far.

#1651

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March 13, 2010, 6:10 p.m.

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//Schafer is describing what he thinks the award ceremony for best teacher would be like Schafer: So it's like 3 hours or something. What are they gonna do with all that time? They could be like "Best securitry guard" or "Most hardworking building services worker" or something like that. And then imagine 3 hours of that junk! Student: Will you give an acceptance speech? Schafer: Yeah, and I'll just throw in some of your guys names. I might even make up some names. Gilad: Thank Dr. Quantum! Schafer: You know what, I'm gonna thank JK Rowling for inspiring a generation to read! Bae: And thank Stephenie Meyer for inspiring a generation NOT to read!

#1649

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March 12, 2010, 5:03 p.m.

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//Dzi's phone rings, and Schafer hums along 'til he picks it up Dzi: Hello? No...no... Grace: This happened during origins, too! Dzi: Look, you have the wrong number! (hangs up) Schafer: I can just imagine that. (holds hand to ear like a phone) "Hello? Hang on, I don't have a good enough signal (stands on chair). Yeah...uh-huh...hang on, (motioning to class) guys, can you quiet down? No...look, this is a wrong number, and you already bothered me during Donaldson's class. Yeah...you too." (takes hand down) //Class laughs //Just then, Dzi's phone goes off again...and he doesn't even look at it Gilad (holding up his phone): Hey Dzi, pick up your phone! //Schafer confiscates Gilad's phone... but not Dzi's

#1586

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March 3, 2010, 4:28 p.m.

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Schafer: He's also the person who said there's no room for sarcasm in your classroom... I said I need a bigger classroom!

#1578

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March 2, 2010, 4:41 p.m.

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//Talking about the "ladder of teaching" Schafer: So there's sort of this scale. At the bottom, it's like "organize the classroom". Then it's "learn the kids names". And its just all this stuff, and at the top is "Be a good teacher". But isn't all that other junk just what a good teacher does?

#1577

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March 2, 2010, 4:40 p.m.

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//Talking about suggestions for teaching Schafer: So there's the usual ones..."Be supportive" check..."Don't be racist" sounds good..."Don't be sexist" I agree...and there was all this other stuff, and this was in the middle. And in the bad section was sarcasm. And I just look at it, and I'm like "You have GOT to be kidding me."

#1576

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March 2, 2010, 4:39 p.m.

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//Discussing an afterschool seminar for teachers Schafer: So the county supports this "10-2-2" plan.  10 minutes teaching, 2 minutes discussion, 2 minutes group work.  So I'm like "Does this work for every scenario?" and he's just like "yeah..."  So then I ask him "Then why did you just lecture us for an hour and a half?"  And he says "Cuz it doesn't apply to this scenario!"  And I'm like "You just said it works for all scenarios!"  There's a reason I wasn't appreciated at those things.

#1575

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March 2, 2010, 4:37 p.m.

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//Talking about teaching school Schafer: When I was in teaching school - which was horrible, by the way - they made us write a lesson about some reading, and I was just like "Are you serious?" So anyways, I brought in this huge book of physics and chemistry constants (motions to the 1986 edition) and I'm like "This book isn't meant to be read!"

#1574

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March 2, 2010, 4:37 p.m.

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//Discussing a meeting about teaching...and stuff Schafer: So, they had this list of things people said good and bad about us. You can tell who was smart and who was dumb right away. There were all these big long words on some of them that frankly, I don't think half the teachers understood! And then there were dumb words with "not" to negate them. I even saw, under the "Bad" category, "Not Good".