Why rhythm guitar? Scott Ian tells Billy Corgan why learning the whole song always came more naturally than chasing the solo. More from Scott Ian on The Magnificent Others here: youtu.be/8bFUNuIqQHY?si=qyYS… @billycorganTMO

A co-worker transferred to our department. He was good friends with my ex, so when he was assigned to my classroom, there was an obvious awkwardness. We kept it professional and went about work. A couple of months later, he stopped by my classroom after school. He told me that before he ever worked with me, he already had an entire picture of who I was, based on what “others” had told him. "That picture was wrong.” He hadn’t known I was still fighting cancer. He hadn’t known what it took for me to keep showing up every day, for my kids at home and for the kids in my classroom. He only knew what he had been told. But then he saw me for himself. He saw the kids learning. He saw them growing. He saw that I genuinely cared. Sometimes people will believe a version of you they were given without ever taking the time to know you. Let them. Eventually, some people will get close enough to see the truth for themselves There is something powerful about being known by someone who once believed the wrong story about you, and having them realize they were wrong simply because they took the time to see you for who you really are. I didn’t have to defend myself. I just stayed as me.

“Dad, what’s it like being a Cowboys fan?” Dad: