As anyone who took AP US History from Mr. Cortopassi can attest: Alexander Hamilton was a snake and the Federalists can be blamed for almost everything.

Mr. Cortopassi is my favorite teacher of all time, and it is in his honor that I am posting this epic video of playwright/performer Lin-Manuel Miranda’s performance at the White House’s Evening of Poetry of the first song off his forthcoming rap album “The Hamilton Mixtape.” Yes, that’s right, he’s writing an entire hip-hop album about Alexander Hamilton. Evidently along with being a money-hungry federalist snake, Hamilton was an OG.

About Caitlin

Caitlin Childs is a photographer, graphic designer, and nerd hailing from Santa Rosa, CA. She's had an unending case of the hiccups for over 13 years, and is most likely to be overheard talking about the most recent thing she's heard on NPR, read on the internet, or seen on youtube.

2 Comments for this entry

Amanda (your supernatural buddy who hasn't been there in weeks!)

November 17th, 2009 on 5:18 pm

Caitlin! This rocks my socks! I had Cortopassi and he would have loved this. I miss him and his birkenstocks!

Caitlin

November 17th, 2009 on 9:21 pm

Isn’t he fantastic? I just emailed him the video, maybe he can share it with his students!

Are you coming over on Thursday?