i have decided not to write any history or put up any videos because i am sure that a million other people have done that already so i will just give you an idea of how amazing this man was with a little story.
i have been teaching young students in taiwan for three years and would always play music at lunchtime or when they were writing. one day i made a cd with some michael jackson songs for them, after a few days all of my students would be singing the songs in the hall or requesting the songs by name. after that i decided that they needed to see some videos, so during movie time we watched thriller because it was the only video that i had on vcd. a few weeks later a six year old girl in my class told me that she bought the michael jackson number ones dvd. soon after that they all started dancing and singing even more songs. when it came time for our graduation play they all voted to have thriller as the ending song. that is how cool he was to them, and the coolest thing about the class that let me know that they really did like him and think that he was cool...their favorite video was "don't stop til you get enough" how wicked is that for a six year old recognize a master when they see one.
this year my new class of three year olds decided that their graduation song was going to be "rockin robin" sang by the jackson five. they sang beautifully and danced like young michaels. they still ask me to play it even though graduation is over.
goodbye king you will be missed all over the world.
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