The Cosmic Cheeto

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The Unbearable Lightness of Mr. Feeny

On love and fear in teaching

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Rafael Frumkin
Sep 25, 2025
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Mr. Feeny and a very young Cory in an early season of Boy Meets World
Chatting with Mr. Feeny: are we at a public school in suburban Philadelphia, or a lyceum in ancient Athens?

Was there ever a man more capable of reconciling our collective fears and desires with dignity, humility, and a kind of quiet grace than George Feeny, the public school teacher from Boy Meets World? If there is, reader, then I surely don’t know him.

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