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December 18, 2005

Teaching, Year Two: Halloween Outfit

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This post is very late, but completely necessary. This Halloween at school I decided to dress up like a character our class read about and I thought there was no better character to go as than a greaser from The Outsiders. I wasn't any specific greaser, just one of the gang.


You love the hair.


Yep, still living off the royalties from this one.

December 4, 2005

Acid Rain, Simplified

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Sometimes I get really eccentric when explaining things to my students. Here's one example.

When I asked what the factory should be producing, they said it should produce Lil' Wayne CDs. Say what you want, but every single one of them understands acid rain now.