Comedian Liz Blanc's (itslizblanc) popular yet polarizing joke about arming teachers in the classroom draws from her experiences as a high school English teacher. She spoke with BrookeKnisley about Gen Z, stand-up, and more:
Yeah—it’s not where I currently work that that happened. I ended up kind of flipping the joke to make it feel like it’s more present—present time. I say all my jokes in the present tense just because it feels more authentic. But this is, you know, 14 years of teacher frustration that’s been built into this story.I’ve noticed with most stand-up that it’s immediate, present tense—and it comes from a place of truth but a lot of it’s fictionalized and heightened, obviously.Right, right. Yeah.
And I’m like, “I can’t even get toner—what do you mean?” That’s hyperbolic—we could get toner. But you know what I mean? I was spending all this money on my own supplies, and then I just—I don’t know, I felt kind of frustrated and helpless that that’s the solution people would favor.Yeah, that’s not even considering you’d have to undergo all this training, learn how to use it, and then buy it yourself—in addition to your teaching duties.
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