"The small things of life were often so much bigger than the great things..." Barbara Pym
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Monday, October 13, 2014
This is an A1, Super-Duper, Cool, Killer, Extra-Awesome Post
These peanuts are "Super Extra-Large"? Who wrote that? A twelve-year-old?
Reminds me of students who ask if they can go to the bathroom "real quick"? My smart-alec answers include, but are not exclusive to:
"You can go any speed you want."
"No need to rush, this isn't a race."
"Have fun, Speedbuggy."
"No, you have to go in slow-motion."
"Let's see. (I raise my wrist and make the timer button on my watch beep.) Go!"
FYI: If only two students per period ask me to use the bathroom, then I have heard that question:
16 times a day
2,880 times a year
66,240 times in my career so far.
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