One unusually warm autumn day, Charles Wetherell, Harvard alumni and AP US History teacher, paused, mid-lecture, and looked down at himself.
“Man, I am sweating like an asshole.”
Without missing a beat, he then casually continued to dissect the Missouri Compromise and its effects on the fledgling United States, while the class erupted with laughter. This was not a first; the class settled back into jotting down notes while Wetherell gestured animatedly, occasionally hopping up and down to emphasize a point. And somewhere within the classroom, a student opened up a shared file labeled “Charles Quotes,” adding yet another note to an already nineteen page document. Overall, it was another typical day in a Wetherell history class.
Wetherall, at a glance resembles an ordinary …show more content…
On that note, he tends to emphasize a lot; in case that wasn’t clear enough, by a lot, I mean a lot. Sometimes even in a thick Southern accent when recounting the horrors of the antebellum South. Even his physical actions during class, emphasize his emphasis on emphasis; he seems to remain in constant motion, stalking pacing back and forth or flipping pens and making no attempt whatsoever to catch them as they plummet back down around his feet, but all while lecturing. It's a little disconcerting to watch Wetherell as he does this, his face giving absolutely no indication that the falling pen isn’t intentional, apparently erasing the pen’s existence from his mind as soon as it leaves his hand.
What he says, is also, to quote the man himself, “pretty fuckin’ weird.” Back in September, Wetherell briefed the class about an upcoming research assignment. A boy asked the due date and he immediately replied, “December 19th.” The class murmured quietly in confusion over why the one page analysis would need so much time. Seconds later, he
“Man, I am sweating like an asshole.”
Without missing a beat, he then casually continued to dissect the Missouri Compromise and its effects on the fledgling United States, while the class erupted with laughter. This was not a first; the class settled back into jotting down notes while Wetherell gestured animatedly, occasionally hopping up and down to emphasize a point. And somewhere within the classroom, a student opened up a shared file labeled “Charles Quotes,” adding yet another note to an already nineteen page document. Overall, it was another typical day in a Wetherell history class.
Wetherall, at a glance resembles an ordinary …show more content…
On that note, he tends to emphasize a lot; in case that wasn’t clear enough, by a lot, I mean a lot. Sometimes even in a thick Southern accent when recounting the horrors of the antebellum South. Even his physical actions during class, emphasize his emphasis on emphasis; he seems to remain in constant motion, stalking pacing back and forth or flipping pens and making no attempt whatsoever to catch them as they plummet back down around his feet, but all while lecturing. It's a little disconcerting to watch Wetherell as he does this, his face giving absolutely no indication that the falling pen isn’t intentional, apparently erasing the pen’s existence from his mind as soon as it leaves his hand.
What he says, is also, to quote the man himself, “pretty fuckin’ weird.” Back in September, Wetherell briefed the class about an upcoming research assignment. A boy asked the due date and he immediately replied, “December 19th.” The class murmured quietly in confusion over why the one page analysis would need so much time. Seconds later, he