NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA — Today Tony Danza shares his emotional story exclusively with NBC Today on how he struggled teaching an English class of 10th graders at the Northeast High School for a upcoming reality show on A&E.  The school’s staff thought it was a complete gimmick and principal Linda Carrol was not to fond at first either.

Tony Danza on NBC Today

The first few days of Danza’s teaching career consisted of several emotional breakdowns as he struggled to impress the students, even though the teaching coach was present.

You may all remember Danza in his performance in the movie Taxi or his popular 80′s sitcom Who’s the Boss, but never as a teacher.  He had dreams of being a teacher growing up and he felt that this was a 2nd chance at life to have the opportunity.

Carrol the school’s principal was very impressed towards the end of the year.  When the NBC reporter asked her if She would hire him for next year she says, “Yes, passion for the work, you have to come with that, and he has that!”

Complete video from interview here

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