Covid-19 Jump Street (ft. Zelcer)

One of our real-life heroes, our deeply powerful high school English teacher Mr. Zelcer, joins us to discuss being an educator in the Covid times and the daunting task of preparing today’s youth for the future. In the post-game segment over on the Hog Planet Patreon, we discuss the continued devaluation of a liberal arts education and what it may portend for the future of imagination and our very souls. We also briefly sing George Saunders’ praises. Be sure to check out all of Mr. Zelcer’s excellent creative output, which we mention on the show and link to below.

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Notes:

Support Mr. Zelcer’s many side hustles:

Word Game plot-egoríes quad-egories

https://play-quadegories.herokuapp.com/

Daily Despot

https://www.facebook.com/thedailydespot

The Little Book of Yankees Evil

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19013498-the-little-book-of-yankees-evil

Sources:

George Stephanopoulos’ interview with Mary Trump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp_Ew98D4OM

Illinois Wesleyan cutting its liberal arts programs

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-illinois-wesleyan-university-liberal-arts-program-cuts-20200716-yo337lghgrdmnpdl4xhfarzqe4-story.html

Marketing executive funds small liberal arts scholarship

https://news.psu.edu/story/625730/2020/07/14/impact/young-liberal-arts-alumna-creates-pass-it-scholarship-help-and

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