Chapter 1: What memory does Gio associate with Rage Against the Machine?
Rage Against the Machine brings me back to a very specific time in my life. It was the sixth grade trip down to Washington, D.C. And I listened to this on the Discman that I had. And the bus ride was a long bus ride at that point when you're a sixth grader. You think now the drive to D.C. not that bad, but it was a long bus ride.
Chapter 2: What happened during Gio's sixth-grade trip to Washington, D.C.?
So I listened to this over and over and over again. And we were part of, me and the three other guys that were on that trip that I was really good friends with, were the biggest a-holes we could possibly be on that trip. Now, I'm not proud of this looking back. But we could not have been worse.
So much so that there were four buses of kids, and on the way back, they pulled over all four buses and stuck one of us in the front seat next to the bus driver on each bus. What were you doing? Well, that's when we hit the home ec teacher in the back of the head with a bag of Starbursts.
Oh, shit.
Problematic.
That's when they finally said, okay, that's enough. So it wasn't that you were playing the music loud or it had anything to do with the music. It was you were being jackasses. Yeah, we're being jackasses.
Yep. Miss Columbell. I don't know if I was the one who threw that.
I'd take ownership if I did, but I don't remember. Now, is this any relation to the teacher that called in a couple of years ago? No. No, not at all.
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Chapter 3: How did Gio and his friends behave on the trip?
Okay. But I was also an a-hole then. Treated him poorly.
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You were a great kid. Yeah, I like to test the patience of the teachers. What's amazing is your mom was a teacher. Yeah. I just didn't. I don't know. That's the one thing I wouldn't have expected. You treated me like a horse of manure. Yeah, that was Vito Caporuso. That's right, okay. Vito Caporuso, yeah. You know what's funny? I'll tell this story.
Maybe there was some truth to this, and this is why I... Like, our school was not rated... I don't know where it is now, but it was not rated very high. My parents wanted me to get out of that school district many, many times, but because... My friends were there, and I, you know, walked to the high school. I was like, there's no way in hell you're pulling me out of this high school.
Like, I'm not going anywhere else. So I was, like, sort of a bit of a battle. But, you know, it was just the teachers, I guess, maybe I didn't respect as much as I should have. Yeah, yeah. And... I don't know if that was a chicken or the egg situation. You know what I mean?
Chapter 4: What incident involved a bag of Starbursts on the bus?
But there was one. This was the greatest. I might have told this story before. It was parent-teacher conference. And it was my mom went in to see my social studies teacher at the time, Jim Scott, Mr. Scott. And he opens up. He sits down. He opens up the parent-teacher conference. And he goes... I think your son thinks I'm a fraud. And how old are you now? I want to say it was ninth grade.
I want to say ninth or tenth grade. Why? Because he wasn't in shape? Like, where does that come from?
Um... I actually liked him. That was the thing. There were many others I thought were frauds. I don't know. I don't want to make it seem like I had everything figured out. I didn't.
Chapter 5: How did Gio's behavior affect his relationship with teachers?
I just felt like it was a waste of time for me to be in these things. I was just like, let me into the world. I'll figure it out. And like, why am I listening to this loser?
Usually that comes a little later in life. Ninth grade is young in sixth grade to be throwing things at your teacher. Sixth grade is what, 11? Right? Yeah, 12, yeah. I don't know, man. Something like that. Wow. Listen, I'm not proud of it. So that ride back has got to be, I mean, especially the Long Island, that's got to be five hours, right, from Washington, D.C.? Right.
So they pull over the bus on the way home to basically separate you clowns. Yep, that's right. And they each put you in a different bus. Yep. How does that go with your parents? So your mom's a teacher.
Yeah, yeah.
Little Greg comes home after... I don't know if she knew about that. I don't know if they told her.
Really? Yeah, I don't think... I don't know if they told her. You didn't go home and tell her? Why?
I don't tell my mom, my dad, any of that. I'll let the teacher tell them. Wow. That's interesting. I would think if there's a disciplinary problem like that, the first phone call is home. But that's interesting. Especially knowing your mom's a teacher. Yeah.
No, listen. I don't want to make it come across that I don't respect teachers. I think just at that time as a kid.
When you were 11.
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Chapter 6: What reflections does Gio have about his school experience?
They're using the same cleaner. And every time I would walk in, I'd just shut my eyes. Palm trees. No, no palm trees. I'm in New York. But yes, smells and songs. Smells and songs.
By the way, one of the other four kids that was pulled over just texted me and said it was eighth grade, not sixth grade.
Eighth grade. It was eighth grade. I see you're a little older. So that eighth grade freshman year, you were a real punk. Yeah. And by the way, the guy just texted me, now in law enforcement. Well, that's another thing that happens often. Like the guys who were the biggest pains in the asses turn out to be police officers and prison guards. It is funny.
And maybe because they know all the tricks.
Yeah, I wonder if CeeLo's dad, who was a prison guard for many years, was a cut-up in school. Maybe he was. Maybe he was. Now, is your friend retired yet? No. I think he's got a few more.
I mean, he's only 43. Okay, so a lot of my friends started retiring at 40. They went right from high school. They went into the academy. And I think even one of them was 39 when he retired.
Wow.
Yeah, and then they end up, you know, you get your pay for life and your medical, and then they end up doing, like, security jobs on the side.
Yeah. I mean, I don't know. I really hope that my kids are more well-behaved. And it wasn't like I was not in any way, shape, or form like a dumb kid. You were born by school. I was a bad student. Yeah. And I was just, let me free.
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Chapter 7: What lessons does Gio learn from his past behavior?
His first year, he got me and a friend of mine in his class, and we just tortured the guy, tortured him. And then he would go walk around and look to see if he did your homework, and me and my friend would sit in the back, and he'd start coming down the aisle and say, don't waste your time. Let's go back behind your desk.
So did you fail classes? Yeah, I failed earth science once. You did? Yeah, yeah. See, I don't think I ever failed a class. I had a couple Ds. I never failed, though. Yeah, I failed earth science.
I think the reason why I failed earth science was right after gym. And you just were... No, I just was like, we loved gym so much, we'd just sit there and talk about what happened, because we had the three-on-three basketball tournaments. Oh, yeah. We'd just sit there and be like, man, have I missed that shot? Damn it.
Meantime, this guy's trying to teach a class.
Right, exactly. About different types of rocks. Shut up, will you?
I will tell you, I had the thought. I gave you the card story the other day. I had the thought in high school that I wanted to be in broadcasting. I knew I wanted to be in broadcasting. I'm like, it's really hard, though. I'm like, I know what I'm going to do. I'm going to learn Spanish. And I am going to be able to speak two languages. I'm going to be able to go out for Spanish jobs.
So I took Spanish all through high school, and I was doing okay. Then I signed up for my freshman year of college. I walked in, and the teacher didn't speak a lick of English. Walked right out. That was the end of that dream. That died. Dropped the class. I couldn't understand what the hell he was saying. Tacos. I had just taken four years of it.
But I could not conversationally understand it or do it. I could read it. I couldn't understand it, though.
They teach Spanish very young. They're teaching Spanish in elementary school now, which I think is great. Sabrina knows more Spanish than I do now. That's great. I took it for like two years in college. Good for her. Yeah, no, I know. She's taken to it and speaking. I think that's smart. Do they like school? Yeah. Okay. I think. I mean, Summer's just four years old. Oh, that's true.
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Chapter 8: How does Gio connect his school memories with his current life?
That's right. She's a little too young. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But, yeah, I... There is a hilarious. I got to show you this at the break. There's this woman who has gone viral on TikTok for being like the white Spanish teacher who over enunciates everything. And I know that doesn't sound funny. Yeah. But if you've ever taken a Spanish class in your life, this woman, it's so spot on.
It's so absolutely perfect. All right. We do have to talk to Steve Cohen at some point, but it's not going to be right now. That's what I was going to do, and then we went down memory lane about how much of a jerk I was in middle school and high school.