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Issue 87
The Lighter Side of Education
Despite the rising cost of education ad the
lack of funding, all of us teachers, perhaps on a daily basis, often
find ourselves grinning from ear to ear, chuckling, and even
hysterically laughing at situations we find ourselves in as we teach
your children. So, while we still might comment on the state of
education now and again, from time to time, we would like to share with
you, the community of Healdsburg, what has made us smile and chortle as
we corrected our way through stacks of assignments. Enjoy!
From Jan Burham (FCS): I was counseling a third grade girl recently. She
had been kissing a boy at school. I told her you can’t kiss boys at
school. She asked, ‘So, where can you kiss them?’
From Michelle Franci (HES): I was reading a story called If the
Dinosaurs Came Back to my Kinder class, and the story read: “If the
dinosaurs came back, they would scare away robbers.” After reading this
page, I looked down at one of my students named Robert, and he looked
frightened. I asked what he was thinking and he replied, “I thought you
were going to say they would scare away Roberts.”
From Denell Nunez (HES): During yard duty I said to a student, “Wow,
Jake, it looks like you grew another foot over the summer.” He looked
down at his feet and back at me with a very puzzled look on his face and
replied, “No, I still only have two.”
From Carol Peterson (HHS): A student asked me the other day about an
American admiral in the Vietnam War. Turned out he wasn’t an Admiral,
but an Agent – Agent Orange.
From Tracy Cable (HHS): When asked to bring in and analyze a piece of
propaganda from a magazine or newspaper, one student brought in a
two-page ad for Massengil Disposable Douches. The girl did not know what
she had brought in and was terribly embarrassed to learn how the product
would be used.
From Jeanne Vanderzee (HJH): Yesterday my 8th grade students had just
finished a grueling morning of state-mandated testing. It was profoundly
apparent that all had accomplished serious work. Upon thanking and
congratulating them for their efforts, they broke into spontaneous
applause. Not quite the post-exam malaise I would have expected.
From John Linker (HHS): The task was for my seniors to write and deliver
a graduation speech. Two girls put their speeches together to music.
They donned 1960’s attire and sang a peace-loving beatnik speech that
segued into a contemporary hip-hop graduation song. We were in stitches
as they donned puffy down jackets, headbands, and rapped their
graduation speech.
By Brent Mortensen, English Teacher, Healdsburg High School
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