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Tony Danza didn't start the school year in a Hollywood studio. Instead he started it in a classroom at Northeast High in Philly where he began taping episodes for the latest batch of reality TV that uses the public education system as the foreign habitat. While Phillyist is reserving the right to comment on this reality TV experiment (perhaps being done at the sake of high school students?), it is probably safe to say that he is encountering the challenge of his life. The show will air on A&E at a later date, but as a future high school English teacher, I can guess that at the present moment, he is facing a stack of essays higher than the mop he wielded on Who's The Boss? He may be the boss, but those students are about to give him a run for his (measly amount of) money.
We want to know what you think, Philadelphia. Does Danza stand a chance against Northeast High's students? How would you feel if Tony was your teacher—or your kid's teacher? And do you expect the A&E show to be awesome, or an epic fail? How will it portray not only Danza, but also Philadelphia's teens? This is an open thread, so sound off in the comments!
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I'll be interested to see if it just sticks to Danza in the classroom, in which case it will get old real fast, or whether they put any perspective on "behind the scenes" stuff like, oh, the gross underfunding of public schools in urban areas and a culture where kids don't stand a chance because parents don't care to be involved and challenge their kids.
Granted, Northeast High isn't one of Philly's real problem schools (at least as far as I know), but we're not talkin' about an upscale prep school, or even a fairly well-off suburban public high school. So that's an angle I'm curious to see whether is covered.