Sure enough, some students in the stands during that last pep assembly were taking videos. So here's my face plant! I'm the one in the greyish shirt and tan pants farthest away from the stands. At the turnaround, I had to eat some ice cream (which had a half of a banana hidden in it) while my student teammate had to chug a root beer.
Just to reiterate, this resulted in a bloody and bruised nose, two badly scraped knees, one slightly scraped elbow, and a wrenched shoulder that's still twinging.
One thing I didn't see at the time was the principal dragging the junior team over to the ice cream and soda...
If I have any readers left, I just want to say that things are already looking pretty good for this year, as I may have a lead on a new job. It's not in schools, but it's still in education, and I dare not say any more for fear of jinxing it. But if you still have those prayer weasels around, start giving them a few test spins. I'll let you know when to get them going at full speed.
But the main reasin I wanted to write today is to commemorate the thirty-fifth anniversary of one of the greatest educational tools of the twentieth century, Schoolhouse Rock. I loved these cartoons when I was a kid, and I believe those and PBS (particularly Sesame Street and The Electric Company) had a lot to do with the formation of my love of learning and desire to go into education. So, since I'm a math teacher, I thought I'd celebrate with my favorite installment of Multiplication Rock, the trippy "Little Twelvetoes." Enjoy!
Eric Gjovaag, often known to his students as Mr. G, grew up on Bainbridge Island. He considered journalism as a career in college, but education won out in the end, and after attaining his degree he spent twelve years working as a substitute teacher in districts around the Seattle area. This blog is his journal of his experiences, sharing his successes, discoveries, and other random thoughts. Eric is an acknowledged Wizard of Oz expert and runs his own website on the subject. He's married to Laura, who has her own blog, and helps maintain this one.
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