Taylor Mali is amazing. I showed this to my English class a while back, they loved it.

another? you are too kind sir! Thanks!

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*promote

Same here.

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That one hit close to home. Thanks for posting RM.

Found this, among others, the other day, thought of you. Turns out he's quite prolific and has a full touring schedule at a theater near you.

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Sifted: http://www.videosift.com/video/What-do-teachers-make
When I was in high school there were many science and math teachers leaving to pursue higher paying jobs in the tech industry. I found that situation to be rather sad. Taylor Mali's love of teaching has always given me goosebumps.

pqueue: http://www.videosift.com/video/Earth-Story-Ring-of-Fire
Ive always been fascinated by tectonic plates, volcanoes,earthquakes, and geology in general.

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I'm glad you liked them. Here is my playlist of slam poetry. Just in case you are interested.
http://www.videosift.com/playlists/eric3579/spoken-word-slam-poetry

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I agree completely. Thanks for the recommendations. As soon as I watched that video I went and watched the other Taylor Mali poems. Way cool. I also like this one a lot:

http://www.videosift.com/search?q=deaf+poetry

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Teaching is the most noble of all professions. Here are a few more videos that may inspire you.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Teacher-changing-the-world-one-student-at-a-time
http://www.videosift.com/video/Teachers-are-miracle-workers
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Impotence-of-Proofreading-A-Tribute-to-Westy

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I'm studying to be a teacher and my older brother, who is a LAWYER, was giving me a really hard time about it a few weeks ago and this video made me want to punch him in the face all over again. LOVE LOVE LOVE it!

I agree completely. Thanks for the recommendations. As soon as I watched that video I went and watched the other Taylor Mali poems. Way cool. I also like this one a lot:

http://www.videosift.com/search?q=deaf+poetry

In reply to this comment by eric3579:
Teaching is the most noble of all professions. Here are a few more videos that may inspire you.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Teacher-changing-the-world-one-student-at-a-time
http://www.videosift.com/video/Teachers-are-miracle-workers
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Impotence-of-Proofreading-A-Tribute-to-Westy

In reply to this comment by thepinky:
I'm studying to be a teacher and my older brother, who is a LAWYER, was giving me a really hard time about it a few weeks ago and this video made me want to punch him in the face all over again. LOVE LOVE LOVE it!

Toumani Diabaté is a Malian kora player who has gained international acclaim for his music. He is a versatile performer, being equally at home with the traditional music of Mali as well as with cross-cultural collaborations with flamenco, blues, jazz, and other international styles.

http://www.myspace.com/toumanidiabate

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Oumou Sangare is fantastic. This, however, was one of the worst things I have heard in a long time and goes to show that I should have gone to Mali a few years ago when I had the chance.

Wait, what?!?!? But you just....and you just....

....congratulations! I especially like your slam poetry stuff: this one, this one, and this one, and this one that you uploaded....heck, I like so much of your stuff.

Thanks for all those.

Well she sneaks around the world from Kiev to Carolina,
She's a sticky-fingered filcher from Berlin down to Belize,
She'll take you for a ride on a slow boat to China,
Tell me where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?

Steal their Seoul in South Korea, make Antarctica cry Uncle,
From the Red Sea to Greenland they'll be singing the blues,
Well they never Arkansas her steal the Mekong from the jungle,
Tell me where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?

She go from Nashville to Norway, Bonaire to Zimbabwe,
Chicago to Czechoslovakia and back!

Well she'll ransack Pakistan and run a scam in Scandinavia,
Then she'll stick 'em up Down Under and go pick-pocket Perth,
She put the Miss in misdemeanor when she stole the beans from Lima,
Tell me where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?
Oh tell me where in the world is... Oh tell me where can she be?

Ooh, Botswana to Thailand, Milan via Amsterdam,
Mali to Bali, Ohio, Oahu...!

Well she glides around the globe and she'll flimflam every nation,
She's a double-dealing diva with a taste for thievery,
Her itinerary's loaded up with moving violations,
Tell me where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?

Ali Ibrahim "Farka" Touré (October 31, 1939 in Timbuktu, Mali - March 6, 2006 in Bamako, Mali) was a Malian singer and guitarist, and one of the African continent's most internationally renowned musicians. His music is widely regarded as representing a point of intersection of traditional Malian music and its North American cousin, the blues. The belief that the latter is in fact historically derived from the former is reflected in Martin Scorsese's often quoted characterization of Touré's tradition as constituting "the DNA of the blues."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Farka_Toure