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.