STARS AND STRIPES
garcoopy: @Charliecondou where did u get that AWESOME red,white & blue jumper with stars on that Marcus was wearing - I want one x
Charliecondou: @garcoopy topman
garcoopy: @Charliecondou can I be cheeky? When did u buy it - recently- as in this year? It looks awesome - love it ! Looked good on u
Confidential_CC: @garcoopy I put pics of the jumper on the @Charliecondou BLOG you could ask the company on twitter >>> @TopmanUK
garcoopy: @Charliecondou Thank you thank you thank you ! Just ordered mine xxxxx
Charliecondou: @garcoopy the wardrobe dept bought it a few months back x
Dshst: @Charliecondou Morning. Mr Condou. Would you be able to tell me. Where. U got. Your sweat shirt. From. In yestdy Corrie Thx. DARREN
Charliecondou: @Dshst top man
Dshst: @Charliecondou Thank you. So much. DAZ :-)
CUTE IN PERSON
InstantMonkeys: Just saw Marcus off of #corrie in Angel. Cute in person too.
misterhsk: @Charliecondou Manchester?
Charliecondou: @misterhsk London
misterhsk: @Charliecondou funny that
EQUAL MARRIAGE
doylematthew: Thanks to @Charliecondou for introducing me to @macklemore and a great video to start the day #equalmarriage
Charliecondou: RT @doylematthew: Thanks to @Charliecondou for introducing me to @macklemore and a great video to start the day: http://youtu.be/hlVBg7_08n0 #equalmarriage
Eighth Graders Play Macklemore’s "Same Love" For Gay Teacher
Dshst: @Charliecondou Thank you. So much. DAZ :-)
CUTE IN PERSON
InstantMonkeys: Just saw Marcus off of #corrie in Angel. Cute in person too.
misterhsk: @Charliecondou Manchester?
Charliecondou: @misterhsk London
misterhsk: @Charliecondou funny that
EQUAL MARRIAGE
doylematthew: Thanks to @Charliecondou for introducing me to @macklemore and a great video to start the day #equalmarriage
Charliecondou: RT @doylematthew: Thanks to @Charliecondou for introducing me to @macklemore and a great video to start the day: http://youtu.be/hlVBg7_08n0 #equalmarriage
Eighth Graders Play Macklemore’s "Same Love" For Gay Teacher
Two students planned a surprise for their teacher during the “YouTube of the Day” part of their class.
I teach Grade 8 (13-14 years old) in Ontario, Canada. I am gay, and my students have known this for about a month or so. I am in my first year of teaching, and I teach the class that is considered the “tough” class – they don’t get along well with some of their other teachers, and they can be rowdy. Not so much for me, though. In particular, I have one group of boys that can be a bit of a pain in the neck. Never keep their hands to themselves, always talk out of turn, have gotten in fights, etc. There is one boy in this group (he will be known here as Harry) who is a little quieter than the others, but very popular. He’s a bit tough to get close to, and seems like the type to be resistant to new ideas and different people. He hangs out with another tough kid (let’s call him Mark), who is loud and boisterous and often rude.
Given what Harry listens to, I’m wary. He listens to a lot of rap and hip-hop, and that’s fine, but I’ve heard some non-school-appropriate language come out of the music he listens to. So I ask him if it’s appropriate for school; he tells me yes. This kid is many things, but he has never lied to me. Not once. So… I take a deep breath and tell him okay. What the heck. So he goes on over and pulls it on up, and on comes a song I have never heard before. The artist is rapping about growing up gay, about the struggles of being gay, and about standing up in the face of hatred and homophobia. “Same Love,” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. The video was beautiful.
And there’s Harry, proudly watching along with the rest of the class as the artist stands up for those gay kids who struggle, and the video shows a difficult, lonely life culminating in a fabulous wedding. Harry. My “tough kid.” The video finishes, the kids applaud, and I thank him, and he says to me, “I told you you’d like it.” And then his loud, rude friend Mark says: “That was for you, Mr. K.” The whole class applauded again – for me this time – and then I cried. I cried the proudest tears I have ever shed. Harry and Mark… they might tick off every teacher they ever have, but today they gave this teacher a moment he’ll never forget.
CARTE DES VINS
S'IL VOUS PLAÎT
Charliecondou: Is it too early for wine?
Brendan_Surrey: @Charliecondou Not if you flip your dashboard to Aussie time
MargoJMilne: @Charliecondou Never.
crutchley: @Charliecondou there's usually plenty of whining on twitter at this time of the morning.
geri1980: @Charliecondou its 5 o'clock somewhere hey its five o'clock here in the land of oz haha
andrew4mk: @Charliecondou only screw top
ItsCharlieYall: @Charliecondou Not if you don't shower and sit on a park bench and drink it out of a carrier bag.
SpiffinWhiffin: @Charliecondou Only if you haven't been to bed yet!
jonbawden: @Charliecondou going by New Zealand time...not at all. It's twenty past seven in the evening here. Go for it!
eggsbened: @Charliecondou Not too early for whine
I teach Grade 8 (13-14 years old) in Ontario, Canada. I am gay, and my students have known this for about a month or so. I am in my first year of teaching, and I teach the class that is considered the “tough” class – they don’t get along well with some of their other teachers, and they can be rowdy. Not so much for me, though. In particular, I have one group of boys that can be a bit of a pain in the neck. Never keep their hands to themselves, always talk out of turn, have gotten in fights, etc. There is one boy in this group (he will be known here as Harry) who is a little quieter than the others, but very popular. He’s a bit tough to get close to, and seems like the type to be resistant to new ideas and different people. He hangs out with another tough kid (let’s call him Mark), who is loud and boisterous and often rude.
Given what Harry listens to, I’m wary. He listens to a lot of rap and hip-hop, and that’s fine, but I’ve heard some non-school-appropriate language come out of the music he listens to. So I ask him if it’s appropriate for school; he tells me yes. This kid is many things, but he has never lied to me. Not once. So… I take a deep breath and tell him okay. What the heck. So he goes on over and pulls it on up, and on comes a song I have never heard before. The artist is rapping about growing up gay, about the struggles of being gay, and about standing up in the face of hatred and homophobia. “Same Love,” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. The video was beautiful.
And there’s Harry, proudly watching along with the rest of the class as the artist stands up for those gay kids who struggle, and the video shows a difficult, lonely life culminating in a fabulous wedding. Harry. My “tough kid.” The video finishes, the kids applaud, and I thank him, and he says to me, “I told you you’d like it.” And then his loud, rude friend Mark says: “That was for you, Mr. K.” The whole class applauded again – for me this time – and then I cried. I cried the proudest tears I have ever shed. Harry and Mark… they might tick off every teacher they ever have, but today they gave this teacher a moment he’ll never forget.
CARTE DES VINS
S'IL VOUS PLAÎT
Charliecondou: Is it too early for wine?
Brendan_Surrey: @Charliecondou Not if you flip your dashboard to Aussie time
MargoJMilne: @Charliecondou Never.
crutchley: @Charliecondou there's usually plenty of whining on twitter at this time of the morning.
geri1980: @Charliecondou its 5 o'clock somewhere hey its five o'clock here in the land of oz haha
andrew4mk: @Charliecondou only screw top
ItsCharlieYall: @Charliecondou Not if you don't shower and sit on a park bench and drink it out of a carrier bag.
SpiffinWhiffin: @Charliecondou Only if you haven't been to bed yet!
jonbawden: @Charliecondou going by New Zealand time...not at all. It's twenty past seven in the evening here. Go for it!
eggsbened: @Charliecondou Not too early for whine
Dear CCC Blog Fans,
I would like to say thank you for viewing this blog for over two years and visiting on a regular basis. Although the internet can be a scary place full of shysters and stalkers, it has always been a pleasure dealing with the fans and followers here. The biggest problem I've encountered to date was some Twitter followers who wanted me to tweet updates using lower case only!
YES, SHOCKING I KNOW!
The blog currently has anywhere between 5000 and 10,000 hits daily. On average it's 7000 people per day. Which means, in a week, about 49,000 people view the blog. Putting that in context, it means, 10 times more people visit the blog than are in my home town! The daily average varies because of how busy Mr Condou is with work and how much output he has on Twitter. I usually find the more tweets he sends the more hits the blog receives. Mr Condou has very kindly allowed me to run this blog at my own discretion and I'd like to thank Charlie, his family, colleagues and friends for allowing me to blog their Twitter output.
Cheers,
Tom Wynn Oz x
Marty_Mixer4eva: @Charliecondou thanks for this picture
NORRIS WILL DO ANYTHING, YES ANYTHING, TO HAVE A FEW MINUTES ALONE WITH MARCUS - EVEN PUSH LITTLE OLD LADIES OFF A LADDER!
Press play and forward to the 8 minute mark to see the drama unfold:
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