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Pearl Jam class at local high school

SuzannePjamSuzannePjam Posts: 411
edited November 2008 in The Porch
A friend of mine teaches a music class at a high school by me. I've been lending him PJ dvd's, books and sharing new Pearl Jam music with him, since he only knows the "old stuff." He and his kids are getting so into them that he's devoting a whole unit to Pearl Jam in his class. Would have loved to have had that class in my school back in the day! :)
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  • RedMosquito02RedMosquito02 Posts: 2,560
    SuzannePjam wrote:
    A friend of mine teaches a music class at a high school by me. I've been lending him PJ dvd's, books and sharing new Pearl Jam music with him, since he only knows the "old stuff." He and his kids are getting so into them that he's devoting a whole unit to Pearl Jam in his class. Would have loved to have had that class in my school back in the day! :)

    Your friend is a saint....that's amazing!!!
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  • giventofly0812giventofly0812 Posts: 218
    i would take that class any day
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  • zacman13245zacman13245 Posts: 294
    my english teacher lent me touring band and the showbox dvd. he's a 10c member.
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  • URthekeyURthekey Posts: 1,763
    What a great way to share the love with the next generation of fans.

    Most of the kids in my high school don't even realize that PJ are still creating music and touring. They need this wake up call.
  • greaticedteagreaticedtea Posts: 229
    my one professor said she'd love to have a seminar on PJ. i told her i'd show up every day even though i already took mine
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  • somethingaboutmarysomethingaboutmary Posts: 298
    I teach high school in Maui. I use PJ in my English class too. Most kids here really like Roots music, so I needed a hook. I started by playing Iz's Hawaii 78, then PJ's cover at the Blaisdell 06 show. They didn't realize what song it was right away, then went crazy like the crowd at the show did! It started there. The local kids thought it was also so cool that Ed sang in Hawaiian! Now we go over lots of PJ stuff especially in my poetry unit. The students really like the fact that Ed wrote songs back when he was in high school that are now such big hits. We now have a music bulletin board in the classroom with PJ, eV, Jack Johnson, and other clippings about bands they like. The cool thing is that the students I teach are Special Education students with mild learning disabilities. :)
  • youngsteryoungster Posts: 6,576
    somethingaboutmary wrote:
    I teach high school in Maui. I use PJ in my English class too. Most kids here really like Roots music, so I needed a hook. I started by playing Iz's Hawaii 78, then PJ's cover at the Blaisdell 06 show. They didn't realize what song it was right away, then went crazy like the crowd at the show did! It started there. The local kids thought it was also so cool that Ed sang in Hawaiian! Now we go over lots of PJ stuff especially in my poetry unit. The students really like the fact that Ed wrote songs back when he was in high school that are now such big hits. We now have a music bulletin board in the classroom with PJ, eV, Jack Johnson, and other clippings about bands they like. The cool thing is that the students I teach are Special Education students with mild learning disabilities. :)

    That is so awesome. Since you are in Hawaii, you should show your students the video on YouTube of Jack Johnson/Eddie Vedder duet of 'Constellations' from Kokua Festival 2007. Great song I must say.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r93tNz3zx2s
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  • LizardLizard Posts: 12,091
    I bet I would get at least a C+ in that class!!
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  • somethingaboutmarysomethingaboutmary Posts: 298
    cropduster82 wrote:
    That is so awesome. Since you are in Hawaii, you should show your students the video on YouTube of Jack Johnson/Eddie Vedder duet of 'Constellations' from Kokua Festival 2007. Great song I must say.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r93tNz3zx2s

    That's a great idea! My students would love that duet. Mahalo for your help.

    I was just checking the "Music Board" we have going on here in class. We have pictures of all kinds of bands and musicians. We have Ed surfing the North Shore, Ed taking the guys from The Police surfing at Waikiki after their last show here, Jack Johnson surfing a river in Munich, many different song lyrics and poems written by the kids, and plenty of stickers all over the place. I had a kid even bring in an article from Rolling Stone he read about ITW just because it had a picture of Ed with Sean Penn. Bob Marley still holds the record for most things up on the board though.

    I did bring in a couple of posters to show them. I also showed them posters like Maui 98 on EBeans. Another great hook! Now they all want posters like Klausen's Hawaii 06. :)
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    that is so cool! points for your friend. i wish they offered that class in my high school!
  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,561
    Dam how cool.

    Saw a prof who teaches second year with loong hair and wearing a foo fighters shirt. Who knows?
  • SuzannePjamSuzannePjam Posts: 411
    I'm just about to buy him a pj onsie for his baby, due next month. Can't start early enough on those new generations of PJ fans! ;)
    "Where there is sacrifice there is someone collecting the sacrificial offerings."-- Ayn Rand

    "Some of my friends sit around every evening and they worry about the times ahead,
    But everybody else is overwhelmed by indifference and the promise of an early bed..."-- Elvis Costello
  • GivenToJam88GivenToJam88 Posts: 1,187
    thats sounds like a class i would love to take
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