"Tim Walz is a teacher. A pretty good one by all accounts. And maybe we need a bit more of those skills in the White House." Absolutely. I also think that his years teaching high school not only makes him a good speaker, including a spontaneous speaker, but it also makes him very good with a "come back". I'm a retired academic and I had to learn to speak well, to be honest, and to be able to give a good come back when necessary, but doing this with high school kids is much harder. This is a learned skill and Walz seems to be very good at it. I'm also certain that his years teaching led him to sign legislation for free breakfast and lunch, and free tampons and pads for students. He knows how a lot of things actually work. Most lawyers in Congress know the law (certain areas of the law) but unless they have actual courtroom experience, they think in a theoretical, academic way, and not in a practical way that actually solves problems. My area was Federal taxation and I always said that our tax laws would be greatly improved if the lawyers in Congress actually filled out tax forms and tried to comply with the tax laws they passed.
"Tim Walz is a teacher. A pretty good one by all accounts. And maybe we need a bit more of those skills in the White House." Absolutely. I also think that his years teaching high school not only makes him a good speaker, including a spontaneous speaker, but it also makes him very good with a "come back". I'm a retired academic and I had to learn to speak well, to be honest, and to be able to give a good come back when necessary, but doing this with high school kids is much harder. This is a learned skill and Walz seems to be very good at it. I'm also certain that his years teaching led him to sign legislation for free breakfast and lunch, and free tampons and pads for students. He knows how a lot of things actually work. Most lawyers in Congress know the law (certain areas of the law) but unless they have actual courtroom experience, they think in a theoretical, academic way, and not in a practical way that actually solves problems. My area was Federal taxation and I always said that our tax laws would be greatly improved if the lawyers in Congress actually filled out tax forms and tried to comply with the tax laws they passed.
Read that today was his first day using a teleprompter, so hope they don't lose that off-the-cuff ability to respond in the campaign
I hadn’t realized how much teaching in junior and senior high school can open one’s mind to real life problems. Thanks, Walz — and Moynihan.