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Front of the Class · 2008 — 第 9 / 17 章 · 5'01" · B2

Brad Cohen's Best Interview, Explained：color outside the lines

Brad interviews for a teaching job and owns his Tourette's from the first minute. He tells the panel his tics were his greatest teacher: "In a way, the best teacher I ever had was my Tourette's." The panel is charmed — until one teacher asks how kids can learn while he's ticking.

あらすじ

Brad Cohen applies to teach at a school and is interviewed by principal Jim Ovbey and assistant principal Hilarie Straka. They talk for nearly two hours. Later he meets the second-grade staff, where one teacher, Brenda, bluntly asks how he can expect children to learn when he ticks all the time.

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注目の表現

in a minutein a waymake a point ofcolor outside the lines

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このシーンの表現

color outside the lines

break the usual rules

Asked if boundaries can be ignored, Brad says it is fine to color outside the lines if that is who you are.

Great artists color outside the lines on purpose.

このシーンの他の表現

  • in a minute

    in a moment

  • in a way

    in some sense

  • make a point of

    deliberately do something

  • open-minded

    willing to accept new ideas

このシーンのメモ一覧

97 行のセリフに 16 件のメモ

表現 · A2perfect for someone

ideal for someone

10:00 is, is perfect for me.
表現 · A2raise one's hand

lift your hand up

You got to raise your hand. Come on...[door opens] MAN: You must be Brad Cohen.
表現 · B2make the rounds

visit one place after another

I hear you've been making the rounds.
文法 · B1why you want to be a teacher

embedded question: The why-clause is the object of tell and keeps normal word order.

Just come on in and tell us why you want to be a teacher.
表現 · B2all someone ever wanted to be

one's lifelong dream

...it's all I ever wanted to be-- wa!-- ever since I was in school.
表現 · A2the kind of something

the sort of

they really only inspired me to be the kind of teachers that they never were.
表現 · B2make it possible for someone to do something

allow something to happen

One who makes it possible for a kid to learn, even if he's different.
文法 · B2even if he's different

concessive clause: Even if concedes the difference and still holds the main point.

One who makes it possible for a kid to learn, even if he's different.
発音best teacher I ever had

Link teacher I ever; ever reduces almost to nothing.

In a way, the best teacher I ever had was my Tourette's.
表現 · B2be off-limits

not allowed to be touched

It's never off-limits to my students.
発音a little bit of a

The t in little flaps; bit of a runs together.

When I'm relaxed, the noises give me a little bit of a break.
表現 · B1hear more about something

learn more about something

I want to hear more about your teaching philosophy.
表現 · B2get one's hopes up

become too hopeful

Still, my constant companion, as always, warned me not to get my hopes up.
表現 · B2a hard habit to break

a habit difficult to stop

But hope is a hard habit to break.
表現 · B2maintain discipline

keep order in class

Yes, but you do manage to maintain a little discipline, right?
表現 · B2ignore the boundaries

pay no attention to limits

So, um, it's okay to ignore the boundaries?

「Brad Cohen's Best Interview」を読み解く

What's really going on

On the surface this is a routine hiring interview; underneath, Brad is quietly doing something harder — applying for a job that most schools have already turned him down for. He refuses to hide his Tourette's, saying "I make a point of being open about it," and he answers the toughest question without flinching: "Before they know me, kids sometimes do think I'm just weird, or even scary, but once I educate them about my Tourette's... then they accept me as a good teacher." His line that "the best teacher I ever had was my Tourette's" is not self-pity; it's the reason he believes he can reach kids others can't. The scene ends on the hope he can't quite switch off: "hope is a hard habit to break."

Theme

IdentityBrad's answer to why he teaches is simply to be yourself, even when the world calls it a disorder.
CourageHe takes the hardest question head-on instead of hiding his tics or walking away.

このチャプターで学べること

  • He reframes his disorder as a teacher, not an enemy.
  • Honesty here is a choice he keeps making, not a confession.
  • A blunt question can be answered without a fight.
  • Hope survives even when the odds look bad.

発音のポイント

  • best teacher I ever had — Link teacher I ever; ever reduces almost to nothing.
  • a little bit of a — The t in little flaps; bit of a runs together.
In a way, the best teacher I ever had was my Tourette's.

His Tourette's taught him empathy and persistence — the very things he wants to pass on as a teacher.

It was the best interview I had ever had.

For once a school listened to him for two hours instead of writing him off.

It's okay to color outside the lines if that's who you are.

Being different isn't a flaw to fix; it's simply who he is, and kids should be allowed the same.

But hope is a hard habit to break.

Even after years of rejection, he can't stop hoping the next interview will be the one.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Brad talk about his Tourette's when he doesn't have to?

Because hiding it has never worked. He says he makes a point of being open about it, so students can ask anything and stop being afraid of what they don't understand.

Is Brenda right to question whether he can teach?

She raises a real worry, but she judges him before knowing him. Brad himself admits kids find him weird or scary — until he educates them. The interview is his chance to answer, and he does.

Why does Brad say his Tourette's was the best teacher he ever had?

It forced him to deal with rejection and to understand what it feels like to be the odd one out, which is exactly what he wants to spare his own students.

What does he mean by coloring outside the lines?

He means it's fine for a child to be different and to break from what's expected — as long as that's genuinely who they are.

Front of the Class · 全 17 章

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