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TEDx Talk: On Humor and Education

Written by David Low
May 15, 2012

education humor resistance standardized testing

If you are so inclined, and you have 8 minutes to spare, please watch a TEDx talk that I gave, on students using humor as an act of resistance. I talk about how my 11th grade students used humor transgressively, to stand against the high-stakes testing regime in Tucson, AZ.

Mirth is mighty.

Watch the talk here:



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