Links
Archives
Saturday, February 03, 2007
|
Made for TV "The most important thing in learning," says Rose Mary Ross, who teaches Spanish at Los Angeles Trade Tech College, "is that everyone likes the teacher." Rose Mary, hipster granny, gains the love of her students the old-fashioned way: She tells fun stories in class and gives lots of A's. In a plot twist that would've made a great tv movie if things hadn't backfired, hordes of athletes at the University Southern California, having heard of Rose Mary's teaching philosophy, stampeded her summer classroom. She was thrilled, and so were the big guys ("Every day Senora Ross had a fun little story about her life and places she'd been to," says a football player. "She made it easy to learn."), and so was UD, contemplating the script she'd sell in which the little granny (4' 11", 125 pounds) and her big guys share a group hug the end of the semester... The boys hoist her up on their shoulders... Three cheers for Mrs. Ross! Three cheers... --ud thanks dirk, an l.a. reader-- |