Teacher Playlists Part Three

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What’s in Lisa Otsuka’s music library? The Psychology and AP Lit teacher shared some of her favorites with us.

“Hurt” by Johnny Cash “perfectly describes [her] addiction to literature…[it is] haunting and so real.”

Others, such as Simon & Garfunkel’s “April Come She Will,” and “Every Little Thing She Does is Magic” by The Police capture certain moments. The former is one of her favorite songs to play on guitar while the latter describes “every happy 80’s memory.”

Finally, Otsuka shared her most hated song: Beastie Boys’ “Girls.” The song forms the soundtrack of growing up with a teasing brother who never failed to sing to Otsuka its “mysogynistic” lyrics (“Girls/”To do the dishes”/”Girls”/To clean up my room”).

Check out previous weeks’ playlists

Wellington’s ‘Get Up and Go’ playlist

Kryger’s ‘Desert Island Discs’

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