At this time of year I think a lot about food.  Something about the season of turkey and ham brings the food connoisseur out of me.  Freud knows shopping for food can be hard--

We have four grapes and a brown banana! Cub foods says, all we have is oranges!  9-20-13

But this season isn't really about food.  It's about peace and love and faith and gift giving.  Not fighting is a part of that.  On peace, Coach says:

And Gandhi made nonviolence right? Wrong! He just copied us! Emerson and Walden invented it while they were sitting on the rock talking to the tree.   2012-2013

And on the note of being peaceful and generally "Jesus-like", a guest quoted, Patrick, says:

"...but that would be too boring, so it wouldn't work."  12-5-13

So I'm going to work on that.  Or not... it's boring.  Happy holidays, and good luck with all the crazy little siblings out there....

Mad Monday

At this time of year, people can get a little tense.  Dealing with extended family is a lot more people than we are used to handling.  Teachers handle a room full of thirty plus kids multiple times a day-- no wonder they are a little crazy. Crazy teachers come in many brands, including angry--

Coach 2012-2013  I'll buy my own damn paper!

and eccentric--

Freud 9-12-13 This is important! I animated it!

and random--

Walter 12-13-13 Would your butt feel different if you were sitting on the moon?

Context

Coach was teaching the stamp act-- when the already angry colonies received an internal tax on paper-- only paper with a stamp could be a legal document-- they rioted because they wanted to buy their own paper.  Coach agreed.

Freud has a thing for PowerPoint. I don't mean that he is especially good; he just really likes it.  Important things have an animated picture or spin... red things aren't in the book.

Walter

We were talking about pressure and force.  He led into this with a story about a magical teacher that could teleport the room to the moon and use a holographic display to mimic what is normally outside the window.

Context: Food and Teachers

Teachers have a hard time connecting, even in context, so here is the context to help discern the Food and Teachers quotations

Freud was talking about marginal benefits and costs;  how much does it cost to get more food, and how much will you really benefit from it?  This led him to our quotation.  Why are buffets confusing?  Because it doesn't cost any more to go get food, so economists have a hard time weighing the costs and benefits of getting seconds.
That is deep.

Walter was just giving out homework we were allowed to "munch" on.  I still don't know if that meant it was optional or not....

Coach, in his usual loud fashion, and after he finished his daily chocolate bar, was talking about steak.  It makes sense that he is the red meat eating kind of guy.

Strange Words

Teachers use strange words to communicate elaborate ideas:

Freud, 9-12-13

I left my dangle in the computer over the summer,

and now my doohicky doesn't work. 

And that's what a doohicky is.

Or sometimes the words are just strange:

Walter, 9-13-13

God is chartreuse.

And then teachers manage to sound crazy without even using any strange words:

Coach, 12-6-13

The US system would be much more interesting if it operated like the Commons.

Context

Freud was talking about the wireless adapter for his "clicker" he uses with the computer, so he can walk around e room and move the slideshow forward.

Walter was explaining the concept that some arguments aren't worth arguing.  His example was "If someone said God were chartreuse."

Coach's quotation is not out of context. That was his entire idea... and if you want to know what he means, go find "Questions for the PM" on the internet and skip to the middle.  There should be a lot of yelling.

Mr. Darp

These are Mr Darp.  I thought the page needed a mascot, so here are the options. A pole will go up for him on Friday.  Votes should be more on face type... not artistic ability.  For more information on the origins of Mr Darp, read below.

Mr. Darp was introduced to us in Freud's class as just a lonely name-- an abbreviation-- without a face.  It means Marginal Revenue, Demand, Average Revenue, Price.  I think.  I was drawing faces.  And so the lonely name began to grow a face, whichever one is most Darpy.

100 Days

Today my senior class marks this: we have 100 school days left.  Even as we slip into the senior slide, we struggle to make room for everything we have to do.  Teachers are the same way with their jobs.

Coach, 12-5-13
I don't got time to do that.

Coach doesn't like our handwriting in particular.  Teachers have also seen the changes of the times as they work--

Freud, 9-9-13
Now your book uses Lebron.  Your old book used Colby.  That's how they update books.

So we should go out and buy a new textbook every year, right?  Nothing like using your $80 economy book to keep up to date on basketball.  Even with textbooks and tests and handwritten homework, teachers manage to keep in perspective what really matters.

Walter, 9-20-12 
Note to self.  Jesse # called me a bad person on 9-20.

Words of wisdom. 

Remember, "Food eats salad!"

Food and Teachers

Teachers think food is an easy way for them to connect to us.  In the effort to bond with us, make creative metaphors, and expand on their classwork, they can be a little off par.

Freud, 9-10-13
         Buffets are a confusing place for economists.

Walter, 12-13-13
         I'll let you guys munch on this over the weekend.

Coach, Spring 2013
         Food eats salad!