meggo Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 we were discussing mexican independence day today [which, incidentally, is tomorrow the 16th - when father hidalgo started the revolution, etc etc]... anyway, we are all familiar with the song "cortez the killer" by neil. great song. written about hernan cortes, who with his men basically looted, plundered, raped and pillaged through mexico.... anyway i ask my kids today.... "do you know neil young?" i get: blank stares. "did he land on the moon?" "he's canadian?!?!?" me: :: :: :: tomorrow their neil young education BEGINS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 age of the kids? if they are older than 16, then i'd say go for it... if they are younger, then it'll be a "ohhhh man, teacher is trying to explain why mom and dads music is soooo good" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggo Posted September 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 hahaha... grade 11s... it's a GO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 DOOO IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 anyway you could make Shakey required reading? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggo Posted September 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 hmmmm is there a spanish translation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 I taught Heart Of Gold to my english students in Taiwan. Meggo, I teach some kids that haven't heard of the Beatles, and some of them are teenagers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 get teaching Meggo!! I know that's one thing my brother loves to do, take his guitar to class....introduce the kids to new music. God knows it's probably better then what most of them are listening to now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 that reminds me....I saw a guitar in your hand for a split second the other night at the Bouchards..... spill it girl...do you play?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggo Posted September 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 i'm a novice. in fact i am going to get some ax learnin right now! see if i can bust out a tune for ya this weekend [but you gotta sing] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 I've got some hope for you meggo. My friend Jenice who you would all really like is teaching in Orangeville and one class is a gifted class. Anyways she called me last night ecstatic that one student had written something truly brilliant that was an essay called 'Mmm Rubbery'. I fu©king love the title. She read bits and pieces and I was blown away. She doesn't know how to mark it because it's heavily non traditional but there's hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 wait a minute...the whole singing thing...did Velvet put you up to saying that! Trust me I would clear a room with my voice, I'm best left to the dancing part... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questcequecest? Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 my niece Emily has been a Neil Young fan since she was four or five. i remember driving her home one day and a song came on the radio, i believe it was Heart of Gold or Harvest Moon. i sang along as i so often do, and she caught right on to the simple lyrics, singing with me the whole way.. then says, "my mommy listens to this music." i told her who Neil was, and she's been making the request ever since. she's 8 now. ...some peoples parents, eh? go get 'em meggo! sounds like they need you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggo Posted September 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 hah! thanks for helping instill the hope in me. call me narrow minded, but i just don't GET how you could not love neil. craig i have been attempting to indoctrinate my nephews forever... one day one of them said, "music is your life!" hahah... i think he was 5 or 6 at the time, funny. i went to see him this summer - lip synching with some other boys to the ramones!!! i was so proud! as an aside: he was also wearing one large rubber glove for the performance. i'm not sure about the significance but i'm sure it's something brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottieking Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 Meggo. Our plight has never been more desperate. The children must learn but the ministry documentation doesn't have a learning expectation for Neil. The good news for me is I teach in St. Thomas and if you ask most of the kids to scour their parent's CDs they may find some gems. Similar moment this week. I have this picture in my classroom Some kid is like "Is that Sir Stanford Flemming with Trudeau" First of all, where'd he get Flemming from? Second of all, tomorrow, Revolver. Stat. What are you teaching this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggo Posted September 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 scottieking! how goes it sweets??? i'm teaching grade 11 spanish this semester, and grade 10 and 12 next semester, at gloucester high in ottawa [gloucester]. we're the gators jeeez... stanford flemming? JEEZ!!!! i can't find my copy of cortez the killer but i may have to have some kind of interim neil, because as you say, desperate times. one thing that i just thought of [they don't call me "brighty" for nothing!] is that our school is extremely multicultural... 45 different languages spoken ::.... so for the kids whose families are more recent additions to our purty little mosaic, i suppose they have an excuse. but not after this year!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bokonon Posted September 16, 2004 Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 one of the only teachers i remember from highschool is the one who got me into ginsberg. this sort of bending the syllabus is what actually makes a difference in people's lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted September 16, 2004 Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 Have the Tummies come in for Show-and-smell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted September 16, 2004 Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 I think it's funnier when I mention Neil to older folks who say, "Isn't that Scott Young's boy? I remember he was going to be a musician." I swear, this has happened to me more than once! I'm not making this up! Seeing Neil tomorrow night (with Randy Bachman and the Barenaked Ladies). I shall report back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelles Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 If they're older than sixteen give em Tonight's The Night... however, if they're young maybe just a six pack.jk. Just play Piece Of Crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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