Tidbits Grand Forks - October 8, 2015

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5. Before singing “Killing Me Softly,” she taught English and Music in North Carolina. Who is she? 6. What was the name of the 1989 movie that Robin Williams portrays a teacher at a 1950s prep school? What was his character’s name? 7. What rock band recorded the song “Teacher, Teacher”?

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1. Name the 4-time Pulitzer Prizewinning poet who was also a Vermont educator? 2. Name the former teacher whose movie role was James Lang? 3. Best known as “Hoss,” which actor taught high school English and drama in Texas? 4. Name the former Missouri teacher who sang “All I Wanna Do.”

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FORMER TEACHERS (continued):

• Before he was Mr. T, He was Mr. Tureaud, working as a physical education teacher in the Chicago public schools system. Lawrence Tureaud had his break-out movie role in 1982’s Rocky III after being discovered by Sylvester Stallone, and went on to his role as Sgt. Baracus in the NBC series “The A-Team.” Speaking of Stallone, he also worked as a gym teacher while attending the American College in Switzerland during the 1960s. • Stephen King hasn’t always been a successful author. After his graduation from the University of Maine, he went to work in an industrial laundry while he job-searched. He secured a position teaching English at the high school in Hampden, Maine, and worked on a novel during his off-hours. After two years, Carrie was accepted for publication and in 1973, King quit teaching to write full-time. • Author Dan Brown originally wanted a career as a singer-songwriter. He moved to Los Angeles to pursue his calling and landed a position teaching Spanish at Beverly Hills Prep School in 1991. Brown returned to his home town of Exeter, New Hampshire, the following year, where he taught English and Spanish at Phillips Exeter Academy until 1996 when he resigned to devote his full attention to authoring his best sellers The da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, among others. • History has always been an important part of Bill O’Reilly’s life. The FOX News political program host is the author of several historical best sellers including Killing Lincoln, Killing Patton, Killing Kennedy, and Hitler’s Last Days. Prior to his broadcasting career, O’Reilly was an English and History teacher at Monsignor Edward Pace High School in Opalocka, Florida from 1970 to 1972. ...continued

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