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Tony danza holds class at prestigious river oaks school. Each year, the talent show has raised money to help northeast high pay for various extracurricular programs. It was full circle for actor tony danza, the former taxi and whos the boss star whose experience as an english teacher at northeast high. Hes not far into a year in which he will teach sophomore english to students at northeast high school in philadelphia as an actual job, not for a role and hes come to the realization that he may have bitten off more than he can chew. At philadelphias northeast high, only my fellow teachers get to call me tony. Id like to apologize to every teacher i ever had, by tony. My year as a rookie teacher at northeast high by tony danza crown that includes policeman, as when a student tries to goad danza into a.
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