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School of Rahm: What Can the Mayor Teach You?

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Oct 12, 2011 10:00PM

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No, Rahm Emanuel didn't write this book. Photo by ~cynthiak~

Local startup company Dabble wants Rahm Emanuel to teach a class for them. Dabble offers courses for people who want to learn a new hobby or skill, like fencing, knitting, salsa dancing or composting. Dabble's instructors could be anyone who has a skill to share.

Through their "Learn From" initiative, Dabble is reaching out to community leaders to ask them to teach a course, and they've set their sights on Emanuel. In the video at the bottom of this post, Dabble is asking folks around town what they think Emanuel could teach them. They range from public speaking to swimming, and those would certainly be interesting, but here are some of the courses we'd want to take:

  • Correspondence for Political Persuasion: Getting your point across with an Asian carp and yesterday's Red Eye.
  • A Nine-and-a-Half Fingered Demonstration of How to Use a Meat Slicer
  • Pirouette With Rahm: Mayoral Ballet
  • Biology 101: How Male Staffers Can Take Out Their Tampons And Tell Me What They Want Already
  • How to Invoke the Name of your Predecessor without Naming Him
  • Anger Management
  • How to Blame the Unions
  • Self Esteem: I wake up some mornings hating me too.
  • How to Win Friends and Influence People With Money My Brother Helped Raise
  • Debate Class: SHIT FUCK SHIT SHIT SHIT FUCK COCKSUCKING
  • Fashion and Fitness: How to wear a pink swimming cap like a badass
  • U of C Lab School: The Difference between My Kids and Yours.
  • Pest Control: Getting Rid of that Problem Tenant
  • Navigating the CTA One Handshake at a Time