Re: state of the world..

Posted by Lauren on 12/14/07

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This is both funny and sad. It is funny because kids really
can just be air-headed at times. However, it does go to
show that society as a whole does not emphasize the
importance of current events in global, political, and
national news. Instead, people usually pay more attention
to things like Hollywood, fashion trends, and scandal.

On 12/06/07, you can decide if this is funny or sad :)
wrote:
> I teach middle school Spanish and we were learning "to
> like". In Spanish you can't say "I like pizza" in non
> slang speech..you say "Pizza is pleasing to me"--so this
> is a verb students need a lot of practice and examples to
> master.
>
> 2nd period:
> I said we could use people "I like Brad Pitt"), but no one
> at our school and no politicians--no Bush and no Hiliary.
>
> Who's Hiliary?? ask several people at once.
> Hiliary Clinton
> Who's that?
> She wants to be president..
> Of what?
> The US
> Huh? Bush is president!!
>
> 4th period: I say the same thing and get the same
> questions:
> Hiliary wants to be president? Of what?
> So I said: Hiliary Clinton wants to be the president of
> Jefferson Middle's (our school) 7th grade class..
> OHH..and class continues
> A few minutes later:
> David: Mrs. Peterson, is Hiliary Clinton really running
> for school president? I've never heard of her.. but I'm an
> 8th grader.
>
> I said "Well I can see that requiring you all to watch
> Channel One (news for grades 6-12) is helping you learn
> about current events..".
>
> Katie: Why didn't anyone tell me our school elections were
> covered on Channel One?
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Posts on this thread, including this one

• state of the world.., 12/06/07, by you can decide if this is funny or sad :).
• Re: state of the world.., 12/14/07, by Lauren.
• Re: state of the world.., 1/16/08, by Jessica.
• Re: state of the world.., 5/25/08, by It's sad.