Reuniting With My 8th Grade Teacher (I Still Have My Detention Slips)

About this episode

Richard reunites with his 8th grade teacher, Mr. Craig Darrell, discussing their past and the changes in education over the years.

I finally tracked down Mr. Craig Darrell — my 8th grade Religion teacher from Holy Name in Worcester, MA. We hadn't spoken since 2004. Turns out he's been living in Leavenworth, Kansas, working with special needs kids, and still remembers every single stunt I pulled in his class. Oh — and I still have the detention slip. We talk about what it was really like teaching in the '90s vs. today, why he walked away from 22 years of teaching, playing semi-pro football for 17 seasons, working as a bo...

People in this episode

Host: Richard Marczewski Jr.

Guest: Mr. Craig Darrell

Topics covered

• reunion
• education
• teaching
• personal stories
• special needs
• 1990s
• football

Keywords

• 8th grade teacher
• detention slips
• Holy Name
• special needs kids
• teaching in the 90s
• semi-pro football

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Worcester, MA, Leavenworth, Kansas

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