2:40 i do no care if the library is the only place in the school big enough to accomidate your meeting, it's also the only place in the school WITH BOOKS!!!
Complete agreement as a student of a school that I'm pretty sure doesn't know how to use it's resources well enough. I know how it feels to not be able to find a computer for an in class project. I had to search 20 minutes around the building not only for a working computer, but for a computer that should have BEEN IN THAT CLASS ROOM. You would think a cart of laptops would have enough for a full class room but apparently not. Apparently that's ridiculous to think I deserve my in class laptop.
I would love to say how funny and ludicrous this poem is, but sadly it is an all too common event. As a teacher, I can fully relate to this type of nonsense. Ugggh!
"The dean of instruction, would even consider cancelling one class's library period, in order to hold a meeting called 'facilities utilization' IS SO OBTUSE, I AM INCAPABLE OF APPRECIATING THE IRONY IN IT!!!" hahahahahahahaha The teacher who wrote that is my hero!!!
The Dean of instruction undermining a class for his administration. Sounds like what really goes on in schools. administrators are the death of education.
After just finishing english lit,GCSE level, and thinking all of the poems we studied are ridiculous, I began to lose faith in what poetry could be. I then found this...
Met him at a conference and heard this performed along with several other of his poems, and loved the passion he exudes in his poetry. Super nice, intelligent, down to earth guy. This is a favorite!
i love that cristin o'keefe aptowicz just happens to be concluding the act. because, you know, she's got nothing better to do?? and by "she's got nothing better to do," i mean "i kneel at your feet, unworthy, in awe of your most splendorous works, my lady, my goddess, my shining, jiggling queen."
So he understands the feelings of the teacher who wrote these letters pretty much first hand. He has then exagerated his expression to get the point across.
He writes about a lot of stuff, and some of it you should take as expressive wording, rather than literal truth.
mostly I have heard intelligent thought.
Society wants to label conditions to peg mental illness. When really they're just good, bad, socially apt / unaware people.
It's looks like you've had a bit of an attack by everyone. I don't do that so much ;)
I will agree that there are numerous pointers to things he dislikes.
Taylor Mali was a teacher for a long time. And a very good one, not just teaching english but, teaching how to live their lives with thought and honour. Having wrote poetry about the beauty and nobility of teaching and thus people becoming teachers, he dedicated his life to convicing people to become teachers, his goal atm 1000
As an elementary school Library Media Aide and a "returning adult student" in Library Science, I cannot stress enough the truth and importance in what Taylor Mali has to say about teaching, libraries, and the ludicrous things people say and do in regards to both.
As an elementary school Library Media Aide and a "returning adult student" in Library Science, I cannot stress enough the truth and importance in what Taylor Mali has to say about teaching, libraries, and the ludicrous things people say and do in regards to both.
@DopeDethrone Not all of it does, though. You should see the one about the Viking longship or the one about the dangling Steinway piano. They're deeply moving.
He gets outraged at things that are outrageous. That's as it should be. It is the rest of us who should be ashamed that we just accept the outrageous as the status quo.
@DopeDethrone Does having bitterness, hatred and darkness inside you mean you are a bad person? We live in a world of darkness, with many things to hate and get bitter about. You may be right, he may be a delusional sociopath, I've never met him or know anyone whose lived with him long enough to tell, but the question is, is he right to be bitter and angry about the things he gets bitter and angry about? What else should we do; shrug our shoulders and say 'that's life'?
Favorite line: I would be the first to apologize for "editorializing through your secretary" if I thought that the statement "academic instruction" takes precedence over administrative meetings were a matter of opinion and not, in fact, a matter of fact, and not one I thought I would have to explain TO THE DEAN OF INSTRUCTION.
@DopeDethrone And my point is that he IS an actor, reading someone els's words. His videos are not performance pieces. He is a teacher, reading letters from another teacher, expressing frustration with the stupidity they have to fight from people who should KNOW better, just to be able to do their jobs as teachers.
It's NOT poetry. It's real life. Are we clear on that now? NOT AN ACT. REAL LIFE.
@DopeDethrone You're calling HIM crazy?? My god, are you off your medication? What an ignorant and paranoid thing to say! What is WRONG with this world?
@DopeDethrone Really? #1 All he is doing is reading what somebody else wrote in a real situation. Do you also feel screen actors that play righteously angry parts are 'bitter and hateful people who skin puppies.'? Frankly, the vibe I get from you is the same as the one I get from Dean Blackstone. Arrogance, self importance and delusional stupidity.
This, and I mean almost exactly this, happened to me today. My teacher booked a conference room for several of us to use to practice presentations. Administrators were in there and they refused to leave because they "weren't quite finished" and "didn't want to move."
So we got shoved in a different, much less convenient room. After one of the kids pointed out to the librarian that schools are for the benefit of the students, we went back to our class and told our teacher. He showed us this.
I, as a young librarian, actually said no to an administrator and watched him melt down at me for having the audacity of wanting the library available for people who had work to do there. I finally told him that even my parents never spoke to me as rudely as he was doing. He shut up and left. He never asked for something like that again. I wasn't fired....although I spent a few hours wondering whether I would be.
Thanks for all who keep libraries open for learning.
ugh so ok i can't make up my mind about taylor mali. on the one hand, he seems brilliant. on the other hand he seems too cocky to be worthy of my time. any thoughts? i want to like him but for some reason he rubs me the wrong way. lol.
the problem today is that for some reason confidence has become a bad thing. You say cocky, I say confident. And an entertainer who speaks with conviction entertains. Stop seeing self- assurance as a bad thing because it isn't. Watch "Like You know?" by Mali. That sums up what I've said
@hazelgreenxoxo I could see what you mean, how he seems kind of full of himself, but at the end of the day it's the words, not the person, that you're listening to, and Taylor's got some great and wise words to share.
@hazelgreenxoxo What's wrong with being cocky? It's much more tolerable than the lack of self-confidence that so many people in society exhibit today. When you're passionate about something, and you are good at it, you SHOULD be cocky.
I LOVE this poem. So far, I haven't had to defend keeping my school library open to the students, instead of closed for a meeting. . . . but if I do. . . I'm probably going to play this for whatever crazy person tries to close it.
Hear hear! Regular teachers have meetings after school, during lunch, and/or before school. Why should administrators be any different? GIVE THE KIDS THE LIBRARY BACK!!!
Yeah, still love you. I listen to your poetry over and over and think, yes. I need to play your vids here to the moronic legislature in Tallahassee, Florida.
I'm thinking about how to share this with our local board of education. Our cuts to education will result in the de facto axing of our school library by assigning the librarian to other duties.
"I do not care if the library is the only place in the school big enough to accommodate your meeting. It's also the only place in the school WITH BOOKS. >:["
That kind of made my day. Thank you, Mr. Mali! Wouldn't it have just been smarter to schedule his meeting AFTER school? Everyone could be happy.
haha I love this! I'm a teacher who had library time for my class canceled so that the principal could have an administrative meeting and watching this made me laugh so much!
@mdragoonx No kidding. I tried to get a course guide for my college and they didn't make them anymore, all "online now" but you can't always take them with you. Annoying.
The person who told you that was wrong. It would be "one of my classes is." One is the subject. Classes can't be the subject because it's a prepositional phrase. "Of my classes" can't be the subject. Though even if it weren't one would make it singular because one is individual.
er, yes actually. "one" is the subject; "of my classes" is a measly prepositional phrase. the verb has to agree with the subject, not what modifies the subject.
but most people generally don't give a rat's arse, as long as your meaning is clear.
Heh, it easy to see how one might make that mistake given the confusion, eh? In "one of my classes is," the subject is "one" and "my classes" is the object of the preposition "of." So, for subject-verb agreement, it would be "one of my classes is." You wouldn't say "one of my friends are a guy," or "one of my books are green."
All that sentence diagramming you hated had a purpose, no?
No, one is the subject. Objects of the preposition can not be subjects of a sentence. Of is, in fact, a preposition. Following that, classes is the object of the preposition. Therefore, classes can not be the subject. One is therefore the subject.
Blame Apple. Stupid MacBooks have the worst speakers ever. Still, the levels here could stand some normalization. It's not really necessary to have his yelling 50dB louder than the base talking. ;-) Fantastic Writing and performance, as always from Taylor! :-)
If you turn your volume all the way up it's pretty decent sound. It's not the macbook speakers. I have a macbook and all of his other videos are loud enough, this one is just lower. It's still possible to hear though, so I think it's fine...
This guy needs to chill out a bit.
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centereacan06 1 month ago 4
@centereacan06 OMG i almost fell out of may chair XD
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really informative and interesting
samjenkinssam 1 month ago
It is also the only place in the school....WITH BOOKS! xD
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I might like this, if it wasn't SO PAINFULLY AND USELESSLY QUIET!!!!!
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xtremetom180 1 month ago 2
My English class hated this.
Sigh...what has the world come to?
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Oh, look, there's a little smudge on my computer screem. *rubs it* Oh, wait that's just the dislike bar.
SheWhoDances146 2 months ago 2
I want to be an english teacher because of him
Lipsmack06 2 months ago 4
Makes me want to rush over to a library and start reading... WITH BOOKS
deProfundisClamoAdTe 3 months ago 2
i love everything he does!
izzby1 3 months ago
Wonderful!
Kurindori 3 months ago
2:40 i do no care if the library is the only place in the school big enough to accomidate your meeting, it's also the only place in the school WITH BOOKS!!!
thats my favorite part :D
VioletxRayz 3 months ago 6
was trying to get through this without smiling, i lost it at 2:47 lol.
LilBookworm101 3 months ago
Complete agreement as a student of a school that I'm pretty sure doesn't know how to use it's resources well enough. I know how it feels to not be able to find a computer for an in class project. I had to search 20 minutes around the building not only for a working computer, but for a computer that should have BEEN IN THAT CLASS ROOM. You would think a cart of laptops would have enough for a full class room but apparently not. Apparently that's ridiculous to think I deserve my in class laptop.
kitkitten46 3 months ago
lewis black tlaking about school lol
wcwsax 3 months ago 4
2:50-2:52
munchy031 4 months ago
quiet like a library
digirasengan 5 months ago
I'm sorry, "for forty years I've served the interests of my students" How old is Taylor Mali?
akrokid 5 months ago
@akrokid Taylor's not writing as himself.
SubbyP 5 months ago
@akrokid listen to the poem better... he wrote it from the point of view as his teacher.
Blandishment 5 months ago
Dr. Joseph D'Angelo is one hardcore badass of the education system. I must applaud.
Aghaene 7 months ago 10
I guess he said it was a true story...
AkiiesThePoet 7 months ago
I would love to say how funny and ludicrous this poem is, but sadly it is an all too common event. As a teacher, I can fully relate to this type of nonsense. Ugggh!
SandyRubin 7 months ago 5
"The dean of instruction, would even consider cancelling one class's library period, in order to hold a meeting called 'facilities utilization' IS SO OBTUSE, I AM INCAPABLE OF APPRECIATING THE IRONY IN IT!!!" hahahahahahahaha The teacher who wrote that is my hero!!!
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donhonki1 8 months ago
The Dean of instruction undermining a class for his administration. Sounds like what really goes on in schools. administrators are the death of education.
proudmckinleyparent 8 months ago 9
I need more Taylor Mali videos. This man inspires the shit out of me.
monkleto 8 months ago 5
7 people are Dr. Richard Blackstone, Dean of Instruction
yarrrthekraken 8 months ago 22
7 people are illiterate.
hybridinsurge 8 months ago
Dr. D'Angelo was this man's teacher in 5th and 6th grade.
megarockman 9 months ago
After just finishing english lit,GCSE level, and thinking all of the poems we studied are ridiculous, I began to lose faith in what poetry could be. I then found this...
thankyou. very much.
CollisionTheoryMedia 9 months ago
my names clarissa!
snakegirl98 9 months ago
LOL that was a great piece of writing!!!!!!
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That must have been some amazing teacher...
brightaiedail 9 months ago
Scott Walker and 6 of his republican senators watched this video...
MrLycanthropy 9 months ago 2
LOVE it!
cocopuff09120 10 months ago
2:41 to 2:50 has to be the funniest part. I laugh just thinking about it. :)
thecolorteale 10 months ago
Met him at a conference and heard this performed along with several other of his poems, and loved the passion he exudes in his poetry. Super nice, intelligent, down to earth guy. This is a favorite!
skyybaby18 10 months ago
i love that cristin o'keefe aptowicz just happens to be concluding the act. because, you know, she's got nothing better to do?? and by "she's got nothing better to do," i mean "i kneel at your feet, unworthy, in awe of your most splendorous works, my lady, my goddess, my shining, jiggling queen."
danagrl52 10 months ago
Wow-- I wish there were more people like that in the public school system...
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So he understands the feelings of the teacher who wrote these letters pretty much first hand. He has then exagerated his expression to get the point across.
He writes about a lot of stuff, and some of it you should take as expressive wording, rather than literal truth.
mostly I have heard intelligent thought.
Society wants to label conditions to peg mental illness. When really they're just good, bad, socially apt / unaware people.
TheSuttonator 11 months ago 2
@DopeDethrone
It's looks like you've had a bit of an attack by everyone. I don't do that so much ;)
I will agree that there are numerous pointers to things he dislikes.
Taylor Mali was a teacher for a long time. And a very good one, not just teaching english but, teaching how to live their lives with thought and honour. Having wrote poetry about the beauty and nobility of teaching and thus people becoming teachers, he dedicated his life to convicing people to become teachers, his goal atm 1000
TheSuttonator 11 months ago 2
Hahaha "It's the only place in the school WITH BOOKS!" Epic.
almostmart 11 months ago 7
1:22 AMEN!
Eworannod 11 months ago
As an elementary school Library Media Aide and a "returning adult student" in Library Science, I cannot stress enough the truth and importance in what Taylor Mali has to say about teaching, libraries, and the ludicrous things people say and do in regards to both.
Taylor, you are my hero - keep it up!!
aclark5505 11 months ago
As an elementary school Library Media Aide and a "returning adult student" in Library Science, I cannot stress enough the truth and importance in what Taylor Mali has to say about teaching, libraries, and the ludicrous things people say and do in regards to both.
Taylor, you are my hero - keep it up!!
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As a Library Media Aide in an elementary school, I bow at your feet with gratitude and appreciation!
aclark5505 11 months ago
I kinda wish I had this guy as my 5th grade teacher.
TheAmazingLeztits 11 months ago 3
@DopeDethrone Not all of it does, though. You should see the one about the Viking longship or the one about the dangling Steinway piano. They're deeply moving.
He gets outraged at things that are outrageous. That's as it should be. It is the rest of us who should be ashamed that we just accept the outrageous as the status quo.
EWAdams 11 months ago 3
the 7 dislikes are the administrators from the administrative meeting.
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RSeay1SC 1 year ago
777 Likes 7 Dislikes O.o STRAIGHT 7's I'm afraid to like it!
m1k33113r 1 year ago 2
@DopeDethrone Does having bitterness, hatred and darkness inside you mean you are a bad person? We live in a world of darkness, with many things to hate and get bitter about. You may be right, he may be a delusional sociopath, I've never met him or know anyone whose lived with him long enough to tell, but the question is, is he right to be bitter and angry about the things he gets bitter and angry about? What else should we do; shrug our shoulders and say 'that's life'?
MTAllenby 1 year ago
Favorite line: I would be the first to apologize for "editorializing through your secretary" if I thought that the statement "academic instruction" takes precedence over administrative meetings were a matter of opinion and not, in fact, a matter of fact, and not one I thought I would have to explain TO THE DEAN OF INSTRUCTION.
voldy8fluffy 1 year ago 6
@DopeDethrone And my point is that he IS an actor, reading someone els's words. His videos are not performance pieces. He is a teacher, reading letters from another teacher, expressing frustration with the stupidity they have to fight from people who should KNOW better, just to be able to do their jobs as teachers.
It's NOT poetry. It's real life. Are we clear on that now? NOT AN ACT. REAL LIFE.
ShariSez 1 year ago 4
@DopeDethrone You're calling HIM crazy?? My god, are you off your medication? What an ignorant and paranoid thing to say! What is WRONG with this world?
ItsAnneChickenNugget 1 year ago 3
@DopeDethrone Really? #1 All he is doing is reading what somebody else wrote in a real situation. Do you also feel screen actors that play righteously angry parts are 'bitter and hateful people who skin puppies.'? Frankly, the vibe I get from you is the same as the one I get from Dean Blackstone. Arrogance, self importance and delusional stupidity.
ShariSez 1 year ago 2
Very low audio!
antdude 1 year ago
This, and I mean almost exactly this, happened to me today. My teacher booked a conference room for several of us to use to practice presentations. Administrators were in there and they refused to leave because they "weren't quite finished" and "didn't want to move."
So we got shoved in a different, much less convenient room. After one of the kids pointed out to the librarian that schools are for the benefit of the students, we went back to our class and told our teacher. He showed us this.
AnImpishGrin 1 year ago 5
its a shame mr mali is no longer teaching
nutmeg42 1 year ago
this man has got the fucked up dept of education on lock. love it
gblake32 1 year ago 2
im too drunk to understand whats going on
andox225 1 year ago
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I can't hear shit!
nicolaswirth 1 year ago
I love it!
captainterrible525 1 year ago
I love it when teachers speak truth to ignorance. You rock, Mr. Mali.
gryphontamer 1 year ago 10
This guy, is the best guy.
Ever.
DiosGX 1 year ago 6
I, as a young librarian, actually said no to an administrator and watched him melt down at me for having the audacity of wanting the library available for people who had work to do there. I finally told him that even my parents never spoke to me as rudely as he was doing. He shut up and left. He never asked for something like that again. I wasn't fired....although I spent a few hours wondering whether I would be.
Thanks for all who keep libraries open for learning.
baseidel 1 year ago 10
Wait, this was a poem?
I thought it was just sheer concentrated badass...
h3lblad3 1 year ago 121
ugh so ok i can't make up my mind about taylor mali. on the one hand, he seems brilliant. on the other hand he seems too cocky to be worthy of my time. any thoughts? i want to like him but for some reason he rubs me the wrong way. lol.
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the problem today is that for some reason confidence has become a bad thing. You say cocky, I say confident. And an entertainer who speaks with conviction entertains. Stop seeing self- assurance as a bad thing because it isn't. Watch "Like You know?" by Mali. That sums up what I've said
whagblgblgbl 1 year ago 3
@hazelgreenxoxo I could see what you mean, how he seems kind of full of himself, but at the end of the day it's the words, not the person, that you're listening to, and Taylor's got some great and wise words to share.
mfl728 1 year ago
@hazelgreenxoxo What's wrong with being cocky? It's much more tolerable than the lack of self-confidence that so many people in society exhibit today. When you're passionate about something, and you are good at it, you SHOULD be cocky.
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RAZTHEPOET 1 year ago
The only place in the school WITH BOOKS!!!!
See why can't my teachers be like that?
Tahkaullus01 1 year ago 4
I totally wish you had been my teacher.
nohnoelle 1 year ago 12
@nohnoelle lol he is my teacher, he's a good guy, his passion is vastly entertaining, this is a fan favorite video of my school
Drkcirtap39 1 year ago
I LOVE this poem. So far, I haven't had to defend keeping my school library open to the students, instead of closed for a meeting. . . . but if I do. . . I'm probably going to play this for whatever crazy person tries to close it.
eiela 1 year ago 4
So just like a real life school. ugh.
Outoftheboxteach 1 year ago
Smokin'!
Lehmann108 1 year ago
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the poem or him? lol.
scootigger 1 year ago
awesome!!!!!!!
vonKyle777 1 year ago
"Dear Dick" lol
88Tonio88 1 year ago 16
I don't care if the library is the only place big enough to hold your meeting, it's also the only place in the school WITH BOOKS!
I cracked up at that part, I cracked up at alot of parts(:
Shaylover123987 1 year ago 15
Awesome!!!
KaritaMcB 1 year ago
If you can make it through this poem without laughing at least once, you have absolutely no sense of humor.
Rsciv 1 year ago 4
Hear hear! Regular teachers have meetings after school, during lunch, and/or before school. Why should administrators be any different? GIVE THE KIDS THE LIBRARY BACK!!!
Nani101 1 year ago 4
Yeah, still love you. I listen to your poetry over and over and think, yes. I need to play your vids here to the moronic legislature in Tallahassee, Florida.
msjennhill 1 year ago 2
I'm thinking about how to share this with our local board of education. Our cuts to education will result in the de facto axing of our school library by assigning the librarian to other duties.
audreytheeditor 1 year ago
"...is so obtuse that i am incapable of appreciating the irony in it!!!"
LOL
bnatrl88 1 year ago 24
...this is a true story by the way...
bartm03 1 year ago 6
"I do not care if the library is the only place in the school big enough to accommodate your meeting. It's also the only place in the school WITH BOOKS. >:["
That kind of made my day. Thank you, Mr. Mali! Wouldn't it have just been smarter to schedule his meeting AFTER school? Everyone could be happy.
Impalu 1 year ago 2
haha I love this! I'm a teacher who had library time for my class canceled so that the principal could have an administrative meeting and watching this made me laugh so much!
lilmoonbunny16 1 year ago
I know this is the least inspiring and poetic of all of his stuff but it's my favorite lol it's so unexpected and really fun to listen to!
thecharredremain 1 year ago
it is also the only facility WITH BOOKS!!! lol... that guy is great!
reasonmastaa 1 year ago 4
I hope to be a teacher like this one day
Candyman757 2 years ago 9
Perfect.
sextonj20 2 years ago
100% true. The spirit of this is how all people should live life.
TheNobleMoor 2 years ago
Absolutely loved it. =]
Koribaby1 2 years ago 2
Holy crap... this made me laugh so hard
bradwolf07 2 years ago 5
Library is srsbsnss
jnzizka 2 years ago 5
Hilarious!
arvasie 2 years ago
...it's also the only place in the school WITH BOOKS!!!!!
SpykerC8Lav 2 years ago 659
@SpykerC8Lav Yup, since we know now that the classrooms are devoid of them due to book bans and lack of funding.
mdragoonx 1 year ago
@mdragoonx No kidding. I tried to get a course guide for my college and they didn't make them anymore, all "online now" but you can't always take them with you. Annoying.
SpykerC8Lav 1 year ago
Stop all this intellectual talk. One of you might damage my ignorance.
TheDigitalreign 2 years ago 382
@TheDigitalreign Fight for your bliss.
rougn 9 months ago
@TheDigitalreign ignant
DrLsw 9 months ago
I'm glad there are still people in the world passionate about their jobs. Really, you make me consider education as a career.
wintairqueen 2 years ago 8
Namaste
ReyesRobby 2 years ago
This is the single most hilarious thing I've ever heard in my life! Hahaha
"...it's also the only place WITH BOOKS!!!"
Pharaoh43 2 years ago 4
Shouldn't it be "if any one of my classes is denied the use..." rather than "are denied the use..." because of the one?
JHan2011 2 years ago
no, because "classes" is not singular
mikimiki1010 2 years ago 2
Alright, thanks. That always confuses me. My english teacher tried to explain it, but I obviously missed it.
JHan2011 2 years ago 2
The person who told you that was wrong. It would be "one of my classes is." One is the subject. Classes can't be the subject because it's a prepositional phrase. "Of my classes" can't be the subject. Though even if it weren't one would make it singular because one is individual.
garrenn 1 year ago
classes isn't the subject. The subject is one, which is singular. So it would be "is."
garrenn 1 year ago
er, yes actually. "one" is the subject; "of my classes" is a measly prepositional phrase. the verb has to agree with the subject, not what modifies the subject.
but most people generally don't give a rat's arse, as long as your meaning is clear.
platypusarecool 2 years ago 3
No, the use of "one" doesn't alter the subject, which is still the "classes", being plural. Accordingly, the qualifier is still "are".
lawtycoon84 2 years ago
Heh, it easy to see how one might make that mistake given the confusion, eh? In "one of my classes is," the subject is "one" and "my classes" is the object of the preposition "of." So, for subject-verb agreement, it would be "one of my classes is." You wouldn't say "one of my friends are a guy," or "one of my books are green."
All that sentence diagramming you hated had a purpose, no?
ManionR 2 years ago 3
No, one is the subject. Objects of the preposition can not be subjects of a sentence. Of is, in fact, a preposition. Following that, classes is the object of the preposition. Therefore, classes can not be the subject. One is therefore the subject.
lifeequalsyes 2 years ago 3
yes, b/c of the "one"
MsCryptoknight 2 years ago
Whoo! I watched this in my education class, and I loved it, I can't believe that something like that actually happened! So great!
saxstar12 2 years ago
Loved it.
datcrazycygnet 2 years ago
i know phil tacata!
kianabluejoshua 2 years ago
I had a teacher like you. His name is Phil Tacata. He taught biology at my high school. He's amazing too. :)
KatLoveMusic 2 years ago
Too few teachers in this world are as passionate as this man.
SourSeayow626 2 years ago
I was fortunate to have mostly passionate English teachers who really gave me a love of writing.
My grade 12 music teacher was also very passionate and is still a good friend to this day.
Heffsta02 2 years ago 2
That's still too few! I have had quite a few passionate teachers, and it's still too few. In fact, you can never have too many, I believe.
sdrawkcaBknihT 2 years ago
AWESOME!
Noclue0828 2 years ago
-THUMBS UP-
XYvibration 2 years ago
Where's the audio? The levels are so low I can't understand but every few words.
ckeilah 2 years ago
user error.
nonethousand 2 years ago
Actually, no. And that wasn't a nice thing to write.
ckeilah 2 years ago
Blame Apple. Stupid MacBooks have the worst speakers ever. Still, the levels here could stand some normalization. It's not really necessary to have his yelling 50dB louder than the base talking. ;-) Fantastic Writing and performance, as always from Taylor! :-)
ckeilah 2 years ago
If you turn your volume all the way up it's pretty decent sound. It's not the macbook speakers. I have a macbook and all of his other videos are loud enough, this one is just lower. It's still possible to hear though, so I think it's fine...
sdrawkcaBknihT 2 years ago
this is my favorite poem of yours, mr. mali!
4ndiland 2 years ago
Why the hell did Kay Ryan get $35 grand to be a national treasure and no one has heard of Taylor Mali?! I swear...no justice, no peace!!!
biggdaddie72 2 years ago
Seriously...this man is amazing.
MarleyMe95 2 years ago
I almost spit out my pepsi laughing so hard at this poem. Fantastic.
nickbung 2 years ago 3
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this asshole is a tool.
XIPM3 2 years ago
AMEN
HRHmellr 2 years ago
On behalf of school librarians everywhere, I thank you!
sandracarswell 2 years ago 4
Having worked in a library for 9 years, this is one of the most hyserical videos I've ever seen on this site.
cdeaubl 2 years ago 2
my school uses the libary for meetings to, its SO MESST UP.
AnimeProphet666 2 years ago
Extremely funny.
sanguinus 2 years ago
That would be a pretty awsome kiai. "Books!!"
BakaPyros 2 years ago
The public school system NEEDS more teachers like this, desperately.
NicoleAgent 2 years ago 11
Gravitas! I love his Latin references. And the "with books" line was hilarious! xD
BriaunaMarijuana 2 years ago 4
I worked in a library during college. Bless you, Taylor.
83phatman 2 years ago
He is the reason you teach, isn't he?
12epi345 2 years ago
"i will not reschedule any of my classes' library periods for any administrative meeting" ...thats goddamn right!!!
stringbottlez 2 years ago 2
WITH BOOKS! xD
DarkLightA42 2 years ago 6
Absolutely fantastic.
liennosyarg 2 years ago
Love this poem Taylor. So true
absipswich 2 years ago
this poem is awesome!!!!!! :D
iwillhaverevenge 2 years ago 3
Wow. I love this, beyond words, and I love Taylor Mali.
(And the sound is perfect for me.)
melissabrianne 2 years ago 2
same, the sound works.
littlerivernerd 2 years ago
hhahahhahahahaaaaaa
tradcat84 2 years ago 2
Damn great but, is there a way to improve the sound?
triptiko 2 years ago 2
agreed, these videos are really quiet.
but damn man - the poem and then the delivery! amazing!
charlottepoet 2 years ago 2