Just wait until she becomes Microsoft Certified. No computer will be safe
from her. As for science–give her a DIY DNA typing kit.
>
> While Jay and Bill are enjoying reliving their past glory of giving
>teachers a hard time and making them earn their minimum wage (and Bill, you
>ARE a teacher....shame on you!), I would like to say that I am doing my
>best
>to pass the tradition on to my children. My oldest daughter came home from
>school one day last year claiming to be "bored" in class. I told her how I
>used to play a game in class that I called "Stump the Teacher". No matter
>what the topic, try to ask the absolute most difficult questions that you
>can possibly ask. The student wins the game if the teacher takes them
>aside
>and asks them to ask their questions privately and not in front of the
>class. My daughter won in science class last week after asking about the
>ecological significance of parasites...she's in the 5th grade!!
>
>Rob Denkhaus
>Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jay DeLong
>To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>Sent: 1/27/02 9:43 PM
>Subject: RE: NANFA-- Crawdad
>
> > I got into a big argument with my 5th grade teacher 40 years ago.
>because
> > she didn't believe that they shed their skin. When a shell appeared in
>the
> > tank holding the 2 specimens I had put in the classroom fishtank, she
> > thought that one had eaten the other. I told her that one doubtless
>had
> > escaped and the other shed its skin. I hated it when people thought
>they
> > knew more about stuff like that than I did. I still do.
> >
> > I had a lot of problems in 5th grade.
>
>I remember telling my teacher that contrary to what he said, spiders
>aren't
>insects. 6th grade I think. Then there was the one that said that a
>way to
>tell mammals from birds is that birds can fly. I said if that's true
>I've
>got hairy birds with mammary glands flying around my street light at
>night
>eating insects.
>
>I don't envy teachers having to deal with little shits like I was.
>
>--
>Jay DeLong
>Olympia, WA
>
>
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