Listening to the theme from House ("TearDrop," by Massive Attack) has me thinking about this idea. The first lesson we had on Friday in BC Calc was about limits, which would make a great title for an episode in which one of the students almost immediately drops out due to the already intense pressure from the course.

Interestingly, AP Calc (BC) could just as easily be done as a series of ten minute plays as a series of hourlong episodes. In fact, it might be easier.

The year would start, with everyone fresh and enthusiastic. The review packets would unnerve the focus student, who was already worried about doing four APs, and especially this one. They would have difficulty with the early lessons, and would show signs of dropping out. The Mr. Mooney analog would protest, and use all sorts of nasty tricks to try to boost the students morale to keep them in the class. In the end, the student would leave the class; the note of explanation showing a graph: Time vs. Difficulty of Mathematics Coursework, which would look something like the graph of

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I really like this idea. Stylistic parody is so cool.

More on this later.