Timothy O'Neill: Difference between revisions

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In "[[Cafe Disaffecto]]", he said he identified with Daria's essay about "being a big misfit whom everyone hates" and "[[The Daria Diaries]]" have him say he identifies with Daria (see below). This implies interesting things about his childhood days.

His teaching beliefs, according to "[[Quinn the Brain]]", are that any student can achieve academically if their imagination and interest are engaged, and he clearly attempts to do this - he just proves unable to pull it off. When a problem student ''has'' ~~improvemed~~ in class, he has been known to 'reward' this by displaying the student or their new work to the school... which mortifies the student in question. ("[[Esteemsters]]", "[[Quinn the Brain]]")

His teaching beliefs, according to "[[Quinn the Brain]]", are that any student can achieve academically if their imagination and interest are engaged, and he clearly attempts to do this - he just proves unable to pull it off. When a problem student ''has'' improved in class, he has been known to 'reward' this by displaying the student or their new work to the school... which mortifies the student in question. ("[[Esteemsters]]", "[[Quinn the Brain]]")

One interesting tidbit in "The Daria Diaries" is that Daria reminds him "of myself at a young age, before I discovered Gestalt and the writings of M. Scott Peck". He doesn't specify what this means, but it comes after he says he believes Daria has deep rooted issues and is detached from people. It's possible that the younger O'Neill had problems with loneliness.