#crunkacademy

[brokeballer]

The first time I really paid attention to the symbol of the Commonwealth of Virginia was when I was in traffic court for speeding. I saw it on the walk behind the judge and was like, "Damn, that's what they 'bout to do to me?!" Anyway, it's nice to see it now on the back of a check for a speaking engagement. Thank you, Tidewater! @tccportsmouth #CrunkAcademy #GetCRUNK @spoofschool

[mcperk]

#Mcperk can teach your #kids how to be #crunk #crunkacademy

[brokeballer]

(Follow @spoofschool for more of my teaching artist adventures!) . . . I would be lying if I said that every step of my journey as a teaching artist has been easy. I started out as the golden child, the first round draft pick, winner of a Teaching Artist Institute Fellowship, rah, rah, rah. . . . Then I got my first bad evaluation. "His whole assembly focused on our differences. He joked about McDonald's when a lot of our students can only afford to eat there. He joked about the President and we try to keep politics out of our school. Why was he singing about stealing cars? And what is CRUNK? Isn't that an offensive term?" . . . I took my lumps. I learned from them. I made adjustments. And I moved on. . . . Then I got my first microaggression: an evaluation that said my assembly was great but I was a problem. I won't even get into that one. Quite frankly, I think it was the skin I'm in. . . . When you're trying something new and different, not everyone will get it or get with it. But I believe in #SpoofSchool and #CrunkAcademy . I've seen the great things they can do in schools. The spirit of creative joy that makes learning adventurous, indelible and less like work. And assemblies like the one I just had help bolster that belief. . . . We sang. We danced. We joked. We laughed. And oh yeah, we learned. . . . Thank you for rocking with me, Sandymount. I'll be back.

[brokeballer]

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Getting ready to get it on! #CrunkAcademy #SpoofSchool @tccva (at TCC Portsmouth Campus Student Activities)

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Your alarm clock goes off. You maul it back into silence, roll over, kiss your lover's cheek. You groggily (excuse my adverb, writing teachers) shuffle your way to the kitchen to start a cup of coffee, maybe another for your aforementioned lover. You step outside to get the paper, happy to live in peaceful suburbia where the paper is still delivered. And you see this masked mischief-maker trooping up your block. As Dennis Hopper asked in that classic piece of cinema called Speed: "WHAT do you do?" Or, better still, as Sean Connery put it in that classic foray of film called The Untouchables: "WHAT are you prepared to do? Huh?!" #SpoofSchool #CrunkAcademy What (at Baltimore County, Maryland)

[brokeballer]

So this morning's @spoofschool teaching arts adventures involved catching the 5:50am MARC train from DC to Baltimore, then about a half hour on the light rail to Glen Burnie and a mile walk to Hilltop Elementary to conduct two assemblies. After that, I walked about a mile and a half to BWI Airport from which I caught a couple of shuttles to get to the MARC station so I could get back to DC to hold a couple of afternoon writing/performance workshops. Amidst all this, I saw a gentleman whose sizable and uniquely-shaped luggage could only have been either an upright bass carrier or Megatron himself. Since I'm a fan of both, I took a picture, with the permission of my good-natured musician friend, of course. #TeachingArtistTravels #SpoofSchool #CrunkAcademy (at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI))

[brokeballer]

The props my kindergartners created for our #CityGreen play, based on the book by Dyanne Disalvo-Ryan. #BaltimoreBabies #SALA #summerartslearningacademy #YoungAudiences #CrunkAcademy @arts4learning

[brokeballer]

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"I ain't scared!" "Ooooh, look at that caterpillar!" "Can I see a magnifying glass?" Life as laboratory. @arts4learning #YoungAudiences #SALA #SummerArtsLearningAcademy #BaltimoreBabies #CrunkAcademy #butterfly #butterflies #caterpillar #caterpillars #cocoon #cocoons #LadewGardens

[brokeballer]

Guess who's featured in the new Young Audiences of Maryland Resource Guide (pages,10 and 32)! Book a #SpoofSchool assembly, residency, or professional development, a #CrunkAcademy summer or after school program, or a motivational speaking appearance for your students NOW! (Maryland educator? Book through www.yamd.org. All other inquiries, please contact Drew Anderson at condrucius@yahoo.com.) #YoungAudiences @arts4learning @spoofschool

[brokeballer]

Guess who's featured in the new Young Audiences of Maryland Resource Guide (pages,10 and 32)! Book a #SpoofSchool assembly, residency, or professional development, a #CrunkAcademy summer or after school program, or a motivational speaking appearance for your students NOW! (Maryland educator? Book through www.yamd.org. All other inquiries, please contact Drew Anderson at condrucius@yahoo.com.) #YoungAudiences @arts4learning @spoofschool

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Just had a blast rocking with the adorable 3-5 year olds of Cedar Tree Academy in SouthEast DC! Ms. Hill was an outstanding organizer and energetic MC and "hypewoman"! Many thanks to Ms. Hill and the whole Cedar Tree family for inviting me to do my thang! Set List: "Brush Em" (dental hygiene spoof of "Cut It" by O.T. Genasis), "Crank Dat (Malik Shabazz)" (Black History spoof of "Crank Dat [Superman]" by Soulja Boy Tell Em), "Please Don't Steal My Ride" ("tragicomic" storytelling spoof of "Don't Kill My Vibe" by Kendrick Lamar), "I Beez Gettin' Fat" (healthy eating spoof of "Beez In The Trap" by Nicki Minaj) #SpoofSchool #TeachingArtistry #TeachingArtist #CrunkAcademy #EducationalParody #EducationalSpoof #educationalsongs #earlyeducation @spoofschool

[brokeballer]

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#YoungAudiences #ArtsForLearning says goodbye to our Chief Innovation Officer (aka Chief Administrator of FUN!) Pat Cruz! Fair tides and smooth sailing to you, my friend and mentor. I don't know how to say it in Tagalog or German, so I'll settle for English: I love you! #TeachingArtistry #SpoofSchool #CrunkAcademy (at Southwest Baltimore Charter School)

[brokeballer]

Your friendly neighborhood public speaking professional reporting for duty! #oneworldeducation #SeniorChallengeAcademy #CRUNKACADEMY #TeachingArtistry (at One World Education)

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Peace to Professor April for the more than thorough introduction! It was an honor to return to the Tidewater Literary Festival. Thank you to the students for rocking with my colorful @spoofschool story, to the festival committee, to Chuck (boxing coach and audio-video tech to the stars), Sunny (head of the student center who warmly and thoroughly reminded me that I'm walking in my purpose), and especially Joe who went out of his way to accommodate me. I love you all and look forward to a long and positive relationship! @tccva #spoofschool #SpoofSchool #CrunkAcademy #crunk #crunkacademy #getcrunk #brokeballer (at Tidewater Community College, Portsmouth Campus)

[brokeballer]

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Getting ready to get it on! #CrunkAcademy #SpoofSchool @tccva (at TCC Portsmouth Campus Student Activities)