Gotta Watch: Hilarious New Comedy Central Skit Gives Teachers the ESPN Sports Star Treatment
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Can you imagine if the average American cared about a teacher being benched for cheating as much as they do about Tom Brady’s four-game "Deflatgate" suspension?
Key and Peele can. And in their most recent comedy sketch (just uploaded to social media and trending worldwide), they pull off an alarmingly accurate – and hilarious – impression of ESPN's SportsCenter, conjuring a world in which sportscasters’ over-the-top enthusiasm on all things sports translates to a broadcast where every fact taught in a classroom and every teaching strategy used by an instructor is cause for gushy celebration.
Because sure, Brady’s suspension may throw off a Fantasy Football draft, but a poorly performing teacher can derail an entire class of kids — and for more than one season.
Also: We have one nominee for an educator who deserves that "$80 million over six years" contract: Alberto Carvalho, the inspiring Miami superintendent (and principal) who has rescued one of America's biggest school districts. All jokes aside, you've got to read his inspiring story.
Lizzie Thompson is the special projects associate at The 74.
@Lizzie_Thompson lizzie@the74million.org