Last night Wendy Kopp, founder of Teach For America, was on the Colbert Report. I was pretty excited for the interview because I'm a TFA alumnus (teaching stories here), and I love the Colbert Report.

Overall, the interview went pretty well. It was one of the few fairly straight-up interviews Colbert has done, because, honestly, how do you make fun of someone who recruits talent from the private sector for teaching poor and minority kids in the nations worst schools?

He did get a couple of his buffoon questions and statements in, though. Here are the two best:

I feel like I do that every night. I teach for America.

I agree. I think we should have equal educational opportunities for everybody. But isn't the simplest way to do that to eliminate school for everyone?

The first quote is especially funny to me, and probably most TFAers, because TFA often makes us reflect on why we 'teach for America.'

Watch the video for yourself. And hey, consider applying.