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#3798 + ( )/51 - [ Report ]
// Discussing the role of the Vice President in AP Gov a week after Obama took office
Mr. Torrence: It really does depend on the administration. The latest incumbent, He Who Must Not Be Named, worked very closely with his vice president... Darth Vader. One could even say that the relationship was similar to the one that exists between Vader and the Emperor.
Arvind: But which one is the Emperor?
Mr. Torrence: Good question... -
#3339 + ( )/35 - [ Report ]
// Government: APs are approaching and Mr. Torrence is going into review-mode.
Mr. Torrence: Yes, unfortunately we will have to put 'education' above /learning/ for the next couple of weeks because I have to teach to the test...
Student: Gross!
Mr. Torrence: It IS gross! I feel like a prostitute doing this! -
#3277 + ( )/57 - [ Report ]
// Mr. Torrence is talking about the Cedarfest riots and has just cleverly referred to beer as a "social lubricant."
Mr. Torrence: However, I would warn you not to use beer as any other type of lubricant.
Mr. Torrence: It _will_ _not_ _work._
Mr. Torrence: ...
Mr. Torrence: ...I am talking about in your car, of course. -
#3107 + ( )/66 - [ Report ]
// Mr. Struck does an activity called "Meeting of the Minds"
Mr. Kummer: So, in an effort to distance ourselves from Mr. Struck, we shall call this activity "You Are There."
// Enter Mr. Torrence, sees instructions on board
Mr. Torrence: Ahh, doing a Meeting of the Minds? -
#2673 + ( )/20 - [ Report ]
// AP Gov, reviewing the history behind the Constitution
Mr. Torrence: Now, does anyone remember which state did not attend the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia? Which state wouldn't want to change the status quo?
Student: Rhode Island?
Mr. Torrence: Yes! Because Rhode Island is small! Tiny! It's like a pimple on Massachusetts's face!
Class: *laughs*
Mr. Torrence (continuing): Rhode Island is a pustule! It's just sitting there, waiting for someone to take a needle and--
Class: STOP. -
#2647 + ( )/42 - [ Report ]
// AP Gov, on a tangent...
Mr. Torrence: So did you guys know that William and Mary were not only husband and wife, but also first cousins?
Mr. Torrence: Fortunately, they didn't have any children. Can you imagine? If they had a son, they would be able to say "This is my son/first cousin once removed." ...And if the son had a brother, he could say "this is my brother/second cousin."
Mr. Torrence: Whoa, this is beginning to sound a lot like West Virgnia.
Mr. Torrence: Also, I didn't say that. -
#2541 + ( )/24 - [ Report ]
// Economics cost/benefit simulation
Mr. Torrence: So you're all hunters and you have to feed your families. You have to strike a balance between taking moose now or waiting to let them repopulate...
*Mr. Torrence explains the rest of the rules and shows the class the "moose" *
Mr. Torrence: So, round one of hunting is about to start. Ready?
*Mr. Torrence pulls 50-something pictures of moose out of his pocket and drops them on the floor*
Student: Wow, do you just walk around with moose on the off chance sometime you'll need them?
Dan Macey: No, he sticks two in his back pocket on Labor Day and waits for them to reproduce!