A teacher is asked what he makes. The inquisitor meant financially.
This brilliant performance comes from the final stage of the 2000 National Poetry Slam in Providence, RI. Teacher Taylor Mali recalls being grilled by a lawyer at a dinner party. When Taylor is asked what "he makes", he takes the gloves off. "I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could. I can make a C+ feel like a Congressional Medal of Honor, and I can make an A- feel like a slap in the face, 'how dare you waste my time with anything but your very best'". And he's only just getting started.
Video: SlamNation: Taylor Mali - "What Teachers Make"