What do teachers make?

Taylor McDowell Mali is an American slam poet and high school teacher. His most popular poems include "What Teachers Make", "Like Lily Like Wilson" and "The the Impotence of Proofreading". Mali has appeared in the documentaries SlamNation and Slam Planet, and on HBO's Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry. Mali has won the National Poetry Slam Championships a record four times and won the Jury Prize for Best Solo Performance at the 2001 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival for his one-man show "Teacher! Teacher!" Many of his poems are in praise of teaching. -Wikipedia
LadyBugsays...

absolutely BRILLIANT!!!!!!! all teachers should be this zealous in their profession! best motivational sift i've seen in a while!

using snake's *POWERUP vote!!!


~*We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.*~Sir Winston Churchill

siftbotsays...

Re-promoting this video to the front page as a VideoSift Classic. Originally published on Sunday 28th January 2007 (promotion called by gold star member winkler1)

thepinkysays...

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!

EndAllsays...

Goddamn audience, clap AFTER the poem is over. That aside, this was brilliant. I saw him perform it on Def Jam Poetry a while back, but it wasn't as passionate as it was here. Brilliant stuff.

ambassdorsays...

"Yea, but my 'make', I didn't mean 'do' - how much do you earn? - And does anyone have a napkin? there be whole load of spit on my face area and dinner plate"

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