Students, not Danza, shine in 'Teach'
by thenotebook on Nov 12 2010 Posted in Education law corner
by Margaret Ernst and Lauren Goldman
"Teach" comes to a close tonight with a final essay in Tony Danza’s class. By the end of the show, it’s Danza who ends up learning a lesson: that different students respond to discipline in totally different ways. And as the season ends, we’re given a chance to think about what"Teach" taught us too.
In episode seven, Danza gives Algernon, a kid who is bright but uninspired by Danza, multiple opportunities to hand in the essay instead of give him an F for the semester. But when a different student, Chloe, performs poorly and asks for a chance to revise hers, Danza says no. “This ship has sailed, Chloe,” he says firmly as she sinks into her desk, humiliated. “I’m disappointed in you.”
Chloe is so upset by the way Danza treats her that she wants to transfer out of his class. But his treatment of Algernon has precisely the opposite effect. After class Algernon tells the camera, “Getting so many
