I'm back by popular demand. My sis-t-lee-ugler called and asked why I hadn't put a new posting in my blog. I didn't think anyone would notice. So, here goes. Today is Monday. I wrote a grant this morning for picnic tables made out of recycled plastic for one of my alternative schools.
Driving home I thought how ridiculous it was..why the heck should I have to write grants for something like a picnic table or for books (tomorrow's task) Shouldn't schools be funded for books and picnic tables? OK..I won't even go into the money wasted on the war. But, how about Carter..now he is my hero. Go, Jimmy!! Back to school...this afternoon I taught an 80 minute class to a group of alternative middle school kids. We need to figure out how to harness the energy these kids have. The first half hour was great...I showed them these bogus web sites and totally fooled them with one on dihydromonoxide (water.) They liked a picture I had of a little boy smashed on the windshield of an airplane landing. http://www.andoverhs.anoka.k12.mn.us/IMC/bogus.html Check it out. Soon they became antsy..moving, talking, squirming, more moving, laughing..I knew i had to do something fast.
So, I had a contest and gave away Curious George white boards. It worked! I had them searching the school data bases for all sorts of things I knew would appeal to them...bugs,
punk rock, get the drift. Anyway..it turned out to be a fun class and believe it or not the 80 minutes went by really fast.