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Tuesday, October 2, 2007
School Life Isn’t Always So Bleak
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
There is little doubt we have major issues in our public education system. Each day it seems some dire new statistic rears its gloomy head, sending us bloggers into a frenzy.
I’ve been reading the comments here for several months and, finally, I’ve reached my saturation point.
ENOUGH! LIGHTEN UP!
I’m not angry, just weary of all the heat that lies under the surface of far too many responses. Friends and gentle adversaries, let’s blog about the lighter side of learning for once.
Over the years, my students have given me plenty of laughs.
Just the other day, a student asked me for help with his computer-animated drawing. I told him to zoom in so we could get a closer look at the problem. Well, he leaned so far forward his nose nearly touched the computer screen.
Then there was the young man who got so wrapped up in designing the ultimate bachelor pad he forgot to include a kitchen, bedrooms and closets. His dream house was all den, recreation rooms and bowling alley.
Stuff like this happens everyday, and it isn’t just the students providing the laughs.
Once, when a retired schoolteacher was subbing for me in a residential design class, she walked into my lab, saw my students drawing and ordered them to: “Put up those pictures and get out your school work!”
Do you get my drift?
Surely, others have amusing anecdotes from either their classrooms or their own school years to share.
Let’s lighten the mood for one day. Tomorrow we can get back to fixing Georgia’s education problems.
Today’s guest blogger has been an instructor in the Career, Technical and Agricultural Education program for 33 years. If you would like to be a guest blogger here, send an e-mail on any education topic to bgutierrez@ajc.com. Please include the words “guest blog” in the e-mail’s subject field.
