• Chuck Lorre Productions • The Tannenbaum Company • Distributor Release Original network Picture format • ( ) • () • () Original release September 22, 2003 ( 2003-09-22) – February 19, 2015 ( 2015-02-19) External links Website Two and a Half Men is an American television that originally aired on for twelve seasons from September 22, 2003 to February 19, 2015. Originally starring,, and, the series was about a writer,; his uptight brother; and Alan's troublesome son. After Alan divorces, he moves with his son to share Charlie's beachfront house and complicates Charlie's freewheeling life. In 2010, CBS and reached a multiyear broadcasting agreement for the series, renewing it through at least the 2011–12 season. In February 2011, however, CBS and Warner Bros.

Decided to end production for the rest of the after Sheen entered and made 'disparaging comments' about the series' creator and executive producer. Sheen's contract was terminated the following month and he was confirmed not to be returning to the series. Was hired to replace him the following season as, a billionaire who buys Charlie's house after his death. In April 2013, CBS renewed the series for an eleventh season after closing one-year deals with Kutcher and Cryer. Jones, who was attending college, was relegated to recurring status for season 11, but never made an appearance until the series finale. He was replaced by (), Charlie's previously unknown daughter. In March 2014, CBS renewed the series for a twelfth season, which was later announced to be the series' last.

Two and a Half Men is an American television sitcom that originally aired on CBS for twelve seasons from September 22, 2003 to February 19, 2015.

Derman My Life As A Quant Pdf Free. The season began airing in October 2014 and concluded in February 2015 with the 40-minute series finale '. The success of the series led to it being the fourth-highest revenue-generating program for 2012, earning $3.24 million an episode. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Overview [ ] The series revolved initially around the life of the Harper brothers Charlie (Charlie Sheen) and Alan (Jon Cryer), and Alan's son Jake (Angus T.

Charlie is a bachelor who writes commercial jingles for a living while leading a lifestyle. When Alan's wife () decides to divorce him, he moves into Charlie's Malibu beach house, with Jake coming to stay over the weekends. Charlie's housekeeper is (), a sharp-tongued woman who initially resists the change to the household, but grudgingly accepts it. Charlie's () was first introduced as his stalker in the.

The first five seasons find Charlie in casual sexual relationships with numerous women until the, when he becomes engaged to (), but the relationship does not last as Chelsea breaks off their engagement. Afterwards, Charlie flies to Paris in the with his stalker Rose. In the, introducing a, it is revealed that Charlie died when he fell in front of a subway train in Paris.

Suggestions are made that Rose pushed him in the train's path after learning Charlie had cheated on her. Alan's experiences are somewhat different. Throughout the series, Alan continues to deal with his son Jake's growing up, and the aftermath of his divorce, when he has little success with women. His marriage to () at the end of the was short-lived.

In the, Alan is back at the beach house paying to two women out of his meager earnings as a chiropractor. In the, he begins a relationship with (), the mother of one of Jake's friends. Their relationship is temporarily suspended when Alan cheats on her and accidentally burns down her house, but the relationship eventually resumes. In the ninth-season premiere (after ), the beach house is sold to (Ashton Kutcher), an Internet billionaire going through a divorce from ().

Alan leaves to live with his mother () when the house is sold, but Walden invites both Alan and Jake back to live in the beach house. He needs friends and the three form a tightknit surrogate family. At the end of the ninth season, Jake joins the United States Army; he appears occasionally during season 10, briefly dating Tammy (), who is 17 years his senior and has three kids, as well as Tammy's daughter Ashley (). In the 10th season, Walden proposes to his English girlfriend (), only to be turned down, and discovers she has another man. He becomes depressed. Meanwhile, Alan gets engaged to his girlfriend Lyndsey, while Judith leaves her second husband () (to whom she had been married since the fourth season) after he cheats on her with his receptionist (they later reconcile). Alan and Lyndsey's relationship of three years ends as she wants to move on.

Rose returns and briefly dates Walden, later stalking him as she did to Charlie. Walden begins to date a poor but ambitious woman named () and changes his name to, pretending to be poor to find someone who wants him for him, not for his money. They later break up when he reveals who he really is, though Kate realizes that Walden's money helped her become a successful clothing designer. Jake announces he is being shipped to Japan for a year, so Alan and he go on a father-son bonding trip. Other than a cameo in the series finale, this is the last time Jake appears on the show, though verbal references are made to him. In the 11th season, a young woman arrives at the beach house, announcing that she is Charlie Harper's biological daughter, Jenny (Amber Tamblyn).

She moves in with Walden and Alan, later revealing many of Charlie's traits, including a love of women and alcohol. Lyndsey begins dating Larry () and in an attempt to learn more about Larry, Alan takes on the pseudonym 'Jeff Strongman'. His double-life becomes complicated when 'Jeff' begins dating Larry's sister, Gretchen (). In the 12th season, Walden decides to reprioritize his life after a health scare by deciding to adopt a baby. He realizes that the only way to do this is to be married, but does not know anyone who will do it, so he asks Alan to marry him and pretend that they are a gay couple, thus ensuring success at adopting.

Jenny moves out of the house and moves in with Evelyn due to Walden and Alan preparing to adopt. They adopt an African American child, Louis (Edan Alexander), and subsequently divorce to pursue relationships with women. Alan proposes to Lyndsey a second time, and she accepts, while Walden begins a relationship with Louis' social worker, Ms. Charlie is eventually revealed to be alive, having been kept prisoner by Rose until escaping, but he is killed before he can confront Walden and Alan. Production [ ] Sheen's dismissal and replacement [ ] Following a February 2010 announcement that Sheen was entering drug rehabilitation, filming of the show was put on hiatus, but resumed the following month. On April 1, 2010, reported that after seven seasons, Sheen announced he was considering leaving the show.

According to one source, Sheen quit the show after filming the final episode of season seven, purportedly due to his rejection of CBS's offer of $1 million per episode as too low. Sheen eventually stated that he would be back for two more seasons. On May 18, 2010, the website reported that a press release issued by Sheen's publicist confirmed that Sheen had signed a new contract for two years at $1.78 million per episode. 'To put a fitting end on the two and one-half months of whirlwind speculation, I'm looking forward to returning to my CBS home on Monday nights,' Sheen was quoted as saying. On January 28, 2011, Sheen entered a rehabilitation center voluntarily for the third time in 12 months. According to and CBS, the show was put on hiatus for an indefinite period of time. The following month, after Sheen's verbal denunciations against Chuck Lorre during a radio interview with and an online interview with, CBS announced that Two and a Half Men would cease production for the rest of its eighth season.

This affected an estimated 200 employees, and caused Warner Bros., CBS, Lorre, Sheen and other profit participants a loss of an estimated $10 million due to expected revenue from the unmade eight remaining episodes. Afterward, Sheen was interviewed on 's, 's, and 's, where he continued to criticize Lorre and CBS. On March 7, CBS and Warner Bros. Television jointly announced that they had terminated Sheen's Two and a Half Men contract, citing ' as a main cause of separation.

No decision about the future of the show was announced at that time. Cast members Marin Hinkle and Holland Taylor expressed sadness at Sheen's departure and personal problems. Jon Cryer did not publicly comment on the matter and in response, Sheen called him 'a turncoat, a traitor, [and] a troll' in an interview, although he later issued a 'half-apology' to Cryer for the remarks. Sheen sued Lorre and Warner Bros. Television for $100 million, saying that he had filed the lawsuit on behalf of himself and Two and a Half Men's cast and crew; however, only Sheen was named as a plaintiff in court documents. In April 2011, Sheen mentioned during a radio interview after his tour's stop in that CBS and he were talking about a possible return to the show.

Lorre announced that same month that he had developed an idea for Two and a Half Men to be redone that would exclude Sheen and have Cryer in a key role alongside a new character. On May 13, CBS announced Ashton Kutcher would join the cast.

Kutcher was quoted as saying, 'I can't replace Charlie Sheen but I'm going to work my ass off to entertain the hell out of people!' On August 2, 2011, it was reported that the season-nine premiere would begin with Sheen's character having been killed off and his ex-girlfriends attending his funeral. Afterward, Charlie's Malibu home would be put up for sale and interested buyers would include celebrities from Lorre's other sitcoms and, as well as Kutcher's character,, 'an Internet billionaire with a broken heart.' Critics compared this situation to what happened in 1987 to, who was fired from the sitcom, (later titled Valerie's Family: The Hogans and then The Hogan Family). Her character was killed off-screen, and she was replaced the following season. Sheen said he would watch his 'fake funeral attended by [his] fake ex-girlfriends, from [his] very, very real movie theater, with [his] very real hotties in tow.'

Sheen's response to the season-nine premiere was very positive. He reportedly felt Charlie Harper's funeral was 'eerie but fun'. Sheen also felt that the introduction of Kutcher's character in a cloud of his own character's ashes was particularly enjoyable. (left) on Two and a Half Men The attention Two and a Half Men received due to the change in characters gave the series a boost.

Average total viewers during the 2011–2012 season rose 13% to 15 million, and the 5.2 rating in the 18–49 demographic rose by 27%. Kutcher's debut as the character Walden Schmidt, in the episode entitled 'Nice to Meet You, Walden Schmidt', was seen by 28.7 million people on September 19, 2011. The Nielsen ratings company reported that figure was higher than for any episode in the show's first eight seasons, when the series starred Sheen. At the 2012 Emmys, Two and a Half Men was nominated for four awards and won three of them, the most Emmys the show has won in a single year since it began. In 2012, Kutcher replaced Sheen as the highest-paid U.S. Actor, receiving $700,000 per episode.

For Kutcher's second season, the show moved to the 8:30 pm Thursday time slot, replacing. Two and a Half Men improved ratings for this time slot, which were up from the previous year. Jennifer Graham Kizer of IVillage thought that the series changed tone in the Kutcher era of the show, saying it felt 'less evil'. Lorre, Cryer, Hinkle, Taylor, Ferrell and Lynskey had nothing but praise for Kutcher, believing he had 'saved the show.' Kutcher was the highest-paid actor on television for four years according to Forbes, earning an estimated $24 million between June 2012 and June 2013, $750,000 per episode. Cryer was the second-highest-paid star on American television, earning $600,000–$700,000 per episode.

Jones' departure and conversion [ ] In a November 2012 interview with a Christian website, Angus T. Jones (Jake) said he had recently converted to Christianity and joined a church. He attacked the show as 'filth that contradicts his moral values' and said that he was sick of being a part of it. He also begged fans to stop watching the show. Producers explained that Jones was not expected back on the set until 2013, as his character was not scheduled to appear in the final two episodes before the winter hiatus. In response to the controversy, Sheen issued a public statement claiming that 'Jones' outburst isn’t an isolated incident but rather a symptom of the toxic environment surrounding the show' and blamed Chuck Lorre for the outburst.

The following day, Jones issued a public apology for his remarks, and explained that he 'cannot address everything that has been said or right every misstatement or misunderstanding.' Jones left the series at the end of the 2012–2013 season and did not appear in season 11 despite initial reports that he would continue in a recurring, rather than a starring, role. The role of youngest family member was filled by Amber Tamblyn, who plays Jenny, the long-lost illegitimate daughter of Charlie Harper, and later by Edan Alexander, who plays Louis, Walden Schmidt's adopted son.

On March 18, 2014, Angus T. Jones officially announced his departure from the show, stating he had been 'a paid hypocrite'. Nevertheless, he appeared in a cameo in the series finale on February 19, 2015. Other criticism [ ] The premise of Two and a Half Men depicts most of the female regular characters to be abusive toward men, while the female guest characters are female stereotypes. Has stated that the premise of Two and a Half Men was created amidst many other TV series centered around mainly women, which he viewed as a serious problem in television.

The exact words he used attracted criticism, with Aronsohn accused of being a. Critics also point out that television is not dominated by women. Cast and characters [ ]. 'When Chuck pitched the idea to me. I thought it was an intriguing idea and walked into 's office and he said, 'What a nut.

' – Carol Mendelsohn CSI: Crime Scene Investigation [ ] In 2007, Two and a Half Men creator Chuck Lorre contacted executive producer about a. At first, the idea seemed unlikely to receive approval; however, it resurfaced when Mendelsohn and Lorre were at the World Television Festival in Canada and they decided to get approval and run with it. When Mendelsohn was giving a talk, she accidentally mentioned the crossover, that same day was already inquiring about the crossover episodes.

Mendelsohn later stated: 'We're all used to being in control and in charge of our own shows and even though this was a freelance-type situation. There was an expectation and also a desire on all of our parts to really have a true collaboration.

You have to give a little. It was sort of a life lesson, I think.' 'The biggest challenge for us was doing a comedy with a murder in it.

Generally, our stories are a little lighter,' stated Lorre in an interview. 'Would our audience go with a dead body in it? There was a moment where it could have gone either way. I think the results were spectacular. It turned out to be a really funny episode.' The Two and a Half Men episode ' was the first part of the crossover to air, on May 5, 2008, written by CSI writers, Evan Dunsky,, and Naren Shankar. George Eads is the only CSI: Crime Scene Investigation cast member to make a cameo in this episode.

Three days later, the second part of the crossover aired, the CSI episode '. () investigated the murder of a sitcom named Annabelle (), who was found murdered while she was filming her show in. The episode was written by Two and a Half Men creators Lorre and Aronsohn; Sheen, Cryer, and Jones all make uncredited cameos in this episode as themselves, in the same clothes their characters were wearing in 'Fish in a Drawer'.

Due Date [ ] At the end of 2010 film, a scene from Two and a Half Men is shown, in which Sheen and Cryer appear as their characters, while Ethan Chase (played by in the movie) plays Stu, Jake's tutor. Reception [ ] Critical reception [ ] Two and a Half Men received mostly mixed reviews from critics throughout its run. The has described the sitcom as 'solid, well-acted and occasionally funny.' Conversely, writing for, described it as a 'sometimes creepy, misogynistic comedy'. 's debut was met with mixed reviews, and reviews for season nine were also mixed. However, reviews of the 10th season were much more positive. Cartermatt thought that the summer away gave the writers time to figure out Kutcher's character, come up with some interesting storylines, and that overall the show was getting better.

It has been labeled as 'one of America's most successful comedy shows.' Ellen Gray of Daily News praised the shows' legacy just before the premiere of the. The show is credited as being the reason,, and were all made. Men 's success was what enabled these other Chuck Lorre shows to be made and be successful. Following the filming of the, Stage 26 of the Warner Brothers lot was renamed the 'Two and a Half Men stage'. After the finale, Two and a Half Men fans launched a global petition under the name 'Yes To The Harpers', to have Charlie Sheen reprise the role of Charlie Harper alongside his former co-star Jon Cryer. This came to be after Chuck Lorre's vanity card in which he mentions Charlie Sheen's idea of a spinoff show named The Harpers.

Ratings [ ] American television ratings [ ] Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of Two and a Half Men on CBS: Note: Each U.S. Network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May. Main article: The show has received multiple award nominations. It has been nominated for 46 (winning six, one for for as The Ghost of Charlie Harper, and two for Jon Cryer as Alan Harper), and has also received two nominations for for.

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TEACHER was first published in 1963 to excited acclaim. Its author, Sylvia Ashton-Warner, who lived in New Zealand and spent many years teaching Maori children, found that Maoris taught according to British methods were not learning to read. They were passionate, moody children, bred in an ancient legend-haunted tradition; how could she build them a bridge to European cult TEACHER was first published in 1963 to excited acclaim. Its author, Sylvia Ashton-Warner, who lived in New Zealand and spent many years teaching Maori children, found that Maoris taught according to British methods were not learning to read. They were passionate, moody children, bred in an ancient legend-haunted tradition; how could she build them a bridge to European culture that would enable them to take hold of the great joy of reading?

Ashton-Warner devised a method whereby written words became prized possessions for her students. Today, her findings are strikingly relevant to the teaching of socially disadvantaged and non-English-speaking students. TEACHER is part diary, part inspired description of Ashton-Warner's teaching method in action. Her fiercely loved children come alive individually, as do the unique setting and the character of this extraordinary woman. 'Children have two visions, the inner and the outer of the two, the inner vision is brighter' - Sylvia, Pg 38 Sylvia Ashton Warner, author of Teacher, shares her method of teaching that stresses on the inner vision.

The output resulting from inner vision is said to be organic. The output can be a word (Key Vocabulary), a sentence (Creative/organic writing). Each word coming from inner live of child has significance and personal meaning for a child. This emotional significance attached with the w 'Children have two visions, the inner and the outer of the two, the inner vision is brighter' - Sylvia, Pg 38 Sylvia Ashton Warner, author of Teacher, shares her method of teaching that stresses on the inner vision. The output resulting from inner vision is said to be organic. The output can be a word (Key Vocabulary), a sentence (Creative/organic writing).

Each word coming from inner live of child has significance and personal meaning for a child. This emotional significance attached with the word makes reading and writing- a genuine and authentic experience and learning. Following are the steps in Warner's literary method: 1) Ask the child for a word 2) Write the word in the card and give it back to the child 3) The child writes on his notebook, and then write it on the board and describes the personal significance of the word. 4) After collection of many such words, child writes them in sentences and construct stories. 5) The child read the words, sentences and story that he/she has written (Organic reading) The Indian edition I read has foreword by Arvind Gupta. He is scientist, educator and passionate about teaching children.

His website arvindguptatoys.com has amazing collection of science projects created from waste products, and has resources on education. He mentions about Paulo friera who used similar method as Sylvia's, but to grown up adults. Because of which he was thrown out from Brazil.

This implies that no government wants its people to really be educated. This is actually quite true.

We see so much development, and being spent on statues and superfast bullet train, but not much being spend on education and living condition of poor. Gupta summarizes the methodology of Teacher by comparing it to Gandhian practice: Go to the People Live with them Love them Start on what they know Build on what they have 'We should not ignore her method because it is so unassuming, so unpretentious' - Herbert Read. Interesting book about teaching. It is ultimately a diary; kind of disjointed and not always the easiest to follow. I found the comparison to marriage and intimacy at the end to be too much. But I do like the idea of giving children words to learn that already exist in their own minds and think that makes a lot of sense, rather than a one size fits all solution for teaching.

This was introduced early in the text. I already do that so I thought it was neat, though I think using other texts that c Interesting book about teaching.

It is ultimately a diary; kind of disjointed and not always the easiest to follow. I found the comparison to marriage and intimacy at the end to be too much. But I do like the idea of giving children words to learn that already exist in their own minds and think that makes a lot of sense, rather than a one size fits all solution for teaching. This was introduced early in the text.

I already do that so I thought it was neat, though I think using other texts that children are interested in can be helpful too. Of course there is a lot more available today in the way of books that might capture a child's interest effectively than there were at the time the author wrote this. “For it is not so much the content of what one says as the way in which one says it. However important the thing you say, what’s the good of it if not heard, or being heard, not felt? To feel as well as hear what someone says requires whole attention. And that’s what the master’s command gave me- it gave me whole attention.” (17) “It’s the bridge from the know to the unknown; from a native culture to a new; and, universally speaking, from the inner man out.” (28) “The teacher considered it his dut “For it is not so much the content of what one says as the way in which one says it.

However important the thing you say, what’s the good of it if not heard, or being heard, not felt? To feel as well as hear what someone says requires whole attention. And that’s what the master’s command gave me- it gave me whole attention.” (17) “It’s the bridge from the know to the unknown; from a native culture to a new; and, universally speaking, from the inner man out.” (28) “The teacher considered it his duty to assist the children in their search for knowledge by adjusting his method of approach of the individual child, and by finding the best way of proffering assistance in each other.” (30) “First words must mean something to a child. First words must have intense meaning for a child.

They must be part of his being. How much hangs on the love of reading, the instinctive inclination to hold a book! That’s what it must be. The reaching out for a book needs to become an organic action, which can happen at this yet formative age” (33) “It’s not beauty to abruptly halt the growth of a young mind and to overlay it with the frame of an imposed culture. There are ways of training and grafting young growth. Teacher is a great read for New Zealand teachers and educators.

The methods and philosophies about organic reading, writing and vocabulary, particularly for Maori children, were revolutionary at the time and some still stand strong today. Others are dated now but Ashton-Warner's recognition of the effect constructivism and cultural capital has on a child's learning is an important precursor to personalised and learner-centred learning and teaching today. The second half of the book is a series o Teacher is a great read for New Zealand teachers and educators. The methods and philosophies about organic reading, writing and vocabulary, particularly for Maori children, were revolutionary at the time and some still stand strong today. Others are dated now but Ashton-Warner's recognition of the effect constructivism and cultural capital has on a child's learning is an important precursor to personalised and learner-centred learning and teaching today. The second half of the book is a series of diary entries from Ashton-Warner's infant classroom teaching experience. The writing is anecdotal and often disjointed but hints at the many unexpected delights and dramas teachers face every day of their career.

“.the more violent the boy, the more I see that he creates, and when he kicks the others with his big boots, treads on fingers on the mat, hits another over the head with a piece of wood or throws a stone, I put clay in his hands, or chalk. He can create bombs if he likes or draw my house in flame, but it is the creative vent that is widening all the time and the destructive one atrophying, however much it may look to the contrary. And anyway I have always been more afraid of the weapon unspoken than of the one on the blackboard.” —.