Would you let Tony Danza teach your kid?

[snopes]

There's a (mildly supported) urban legend that, whenever possible, Tony Danza's TV characters were intentionally also named Tony because he was easily confused. The evidence comes from the five identically named men he played on "Fast Lane Blues," "Taxi," "Who's the Boss," "Hudson Street" and "The Tony Danza Show."

http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/popwra...5yoRedgJf1uH8M

[WonkoTheSane]

Dunno whether it's true or not, bit definitely think they should have come up with a better name for his character when he was on The Tony Danza Show. I mean, that was just one too far.

And my personal experience in high school is evident proof that you don't have to be smart to be a teacher.

Seriously, though... is this man actually qualified to teach?

Wonko

[Mateus]

There are only three things I'd let Tony Danza do:

1. Hold me closer
2. Count the head lice on the highway
3. Lay me down on sheets with Lenin.

[wanderwoman]

Here's what his web site says:

Born and raised in Brooklyn, Danza received a wrestling scholarship to the University of Dubuque in Iowa, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in History Education, a degree he didn't actually get the opportunity to put to use professionally until this year.

It doesn't say anything about certification, but I assume he would have had to get that in order to teach?

ETA: His wikipedia page says "he was said to score a near perfect SAT score", but no citation for that.

[Auntie Witch]

I have seen teachers who were fully certified and couldn't teach a paper bag to be brown, and I've seen people without a lick of formal education that could have taught a four year old rocket science.

Teaching is an art, more than anything.

[Avril]

A whole lot of teaching lies in "performing" for the class. And learning lines shows that a person has at least baseline intelligence and ability to remember things. Beyond that, he is qualified and educated. And from the trailer, it looks as though at least some of the kids appreciated him.

I would, yes, allow Danza to teach my kids, if I had any. I'd like to sit in on a class or two, myself.