Daily Scribe Tuesday 10/28/2008 – Period 5
Today was only half exciting because Mr. Eldridge decided to leave us and grade papers instead.
The period started out with Mr. Petrick’s threat to beat up Callie (Mr. Petrick was the sub). Then, Mr. Petrick went on to tell us a the history of how we “bombed the hell out of Vietnam.” Also, apparently the average Vietnamese woman weighs 90 pounds and the Vietnamese eat a lot of water buffalo and dogs.
I, as the class vegetarian, cringed in my seat.
Then we worked on Imagery #6, which was a passage from “The Woman Warrior” by Maxine Hong Kingston. We were asked to determine which type of imagery the author was using–it was “visual imagery”–and to compare/contrast the first four sentences of the passage with the last one.
After we finished the worksheet, Mr. Petrick went over it with us, which proved he was actually pretty competent as a sub. Ryan Cady, as usual, talked more than was necessary.
After we turned in our imagery worksheets, Mr. Petrick handed out a green pop quiz–thanks Mr. Eldridge! You had to choose 5 out of 10 questions to answer, and each answer had to be 3-5 sentences long. Unfortunately, AP kids–myself included–are really bad at reading directions. So Mr. E., you’re probably going to get a lot of papers that have 10 answers, or 5 one-sentence ones.
That was about it. After the quiz the Sacapuntas began describing their favorite meats in detail in front of me. Tomorrow, I’m retaliating by talking about lettuce.
Oh, and Dylan likes oysters.
- Barnhill
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Barnhill, grow a spine. Your animal kindness ways are weak!
And as a side note, I was reading the progressive story posts. It might just be me, but it seems like people have absolutely no idea what they’re doing. Each post seems like the beginning of a totally different story, even the gender of the character changed from male to female suddenly.
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well, obviously, alex kolkin, the character had a sex change operation. come on, read closer. nice job dylan
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Notice: My comment was posted before Dylan’s post. A simple look at posting time would have cleared that matter up.
I accept your apology, Keith Mendoza, and forgive you for your hastily made conclusion.
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Kolkin, grow a brain.
OHHHHHH.
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welllll
I still agree with kolkin. Even though there was a sex change, I still do not think that the passages flow together. =/ But anyways, I’ll wait until I can grasp the Joanna/John thing and whatnot.
haha ok
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Like any good soap opera (or art film) I’m sure there’s a wicked twist somewhere that will be explained later.
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Oh sorry Kolkin I didn’t even think about that.
My bad
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in my opinion “good soap opera” is an oxymoron
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I concur with this statement.
By the way, Helen Keller jokes in class was a surprisingly effective and hilarious learning tool and segue (segway but i don’t have accent keys).
You know she had a horse right?
Neither did she.
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I officially LOVE Helen Keller jokes as of today.
Another thought:
She’s just as easy to make fun of as Sarah Palin.
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Speaking of Helen Keller–
Who’s played Apples to Apples?
I was playing with my mom and my cousin,
and the green card said “touchy-feely.”
My cousin put down “Helen Keller.”
Needless to say, he won.
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If you have Helen Keller at any time in an Apples to Apples game you are pretty much guaranteed a win as long as you don’t waste it.
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As I have stated countless times before, Apples to Apples Jr. is the only true way to play. It betters its counterpart in every imaginable way.
Every time i see the card, “it’s a fruit and a color” I get a rush of excitement that can be matched by nothing save for Monopoly Jr. (The Haunted House is the best space.)
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Hah i can just imagine alex playing Jr. versions of all board games for hours by himself locked up in his room
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the best apples to apples card is michael jackson. it is funny for everything.
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Speaking of Apples to Apples,
I think we should play as a class at the end of the year when AP testing is over.
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I think the best Apples to Apples cards are Helen Keller and Jesus.
And the create-your-own cards, because then you can make them say Helen Keller and Jesus.
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