I stumbled across this old Fist of Fun clip on the Tube of You last week, in which Stewart Lee and Richard Herring play two very different teachers. I'm sure we all recognise the stereotypes. It made me wonder, what type of teacher will I be remembered as? I'd like to think I'd be midway between the two... without the cringe on either side. But we can never knew how others might see us, particularly students...
I wonder what kind of teacher George was? Or Swiss Adam?
All of this made me realise there was a series to be had in songs about teachers. Many of which would be cancelled if they were released these days. All the more reason to celebrate them!
Here are the three best teacher videos I could think of off the top of my head...
...but there's many more where they came from!
I did think about this song:
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but I think it is probably very inappropriate
I think most songs written about teachers in the 70s & 80s would be considered inappropriate now.
DeleteAs much as I can't abide what he's turned into, Morrissey did pen a mighty opus about the profession.....turns out some clever clogs has recently made a video marrying the song to very old clips of 'Grange Hill'. Thought it might be of particular interest to you, Rol.
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and a few months ago, someone mentioned to me that
That video would have been better if it had ended with the scene where Bullet Baxter finally got Gripper expelled.
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