An Open Letter to Badass Supporter of Public Education Jon Stewart
Dear Mr. Stewart,
You were a badass when The Jon Stewart Show was the second highest rated show on MTV—right behind Beavis and Butthead.
You were a badass when you made appearances on Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, American Dad, Spin City, NewsRadio, and that episode of The Nanny–but you were a super badass when you sang “Songs” with the Sesame Street characters on Elmopalooza.
You were a badass in a bunch of movies, but especially Death to Smoochy. (Lol.)
You were a badass when you hosted the Oscars and the Grammys, despite being “deloused” and strip-searched before your monologue during one of them.
You are a badass for producing and directing Rosewater; and, of course, you are a daily badass on The Daily Show.
But most importantly, you are a total badass because you consistently support and defend teachers against critics who call them lazy, greedy, and overpaid–and against reformers like Michelle Rhee who seek