His mother, Jeannette, taught math in an all-Black high school in Washington, D.C. She quit after the administration told her to stop straying from the rigid curriculum, wherein there were no real practical applications for students, many of whom were not going to college.
I do have certain feelings. My feeling is that whoever is in charge, I
want him out. [on why he will not campaign for political candidates,
quoted in The Boston Globe, Aug. 1, 2004]
Trademarks
Incensed, sarcastic delivery of jokes, which usually focus on less-than-rational ideas and behavior of people.
