When the tales of brothers Grimm and Gorey have been outlawed

Get out your measuring cups and we'll play a new game
Come to the front of the class and we'll measure your brain
We'll give you a complex and we'll give it a name

Get out your measuring cups and we'll play a new game
Can't have the cream when the crop and the cream are the same
Liquid or gas no more than the glass will contain

When you talk about the hand of glory

A tale that's rather grim and gory

Is it just another children's story that's been de-clawed?

When the tales of brothers Grimm and Gorey have been outlawed

I think they're gonna make you start over
You don't want to start over
Put your backpack on your shoulder
Be the good little soldier
Take your places now
'Cause we're all predisposed

Measuring cups, play a new game
Front of the class, measure your brain
Give you a complex and we'll give it a name

When you talk about the hand of glory
A tale that's rather grim and gory
Is it just another children's story that's been de-clawed?
When the tales of brothers Grimm and Gorey have been outlawed

Put your backpack on your shoulder
Be the good little soldier
It's no different when your older
You're predisposed
That's all for questions now
The case is closed

Comic Sans

Disappointingly, I am not able to make this blog post in Comic Sans, but the topic is Comic Sans. The focus of my blog seems to be changing. I'm glad I specifically chose a vague name for my blog, because I seem to want to write about what ever I am thinking about, which is usually influenced by whatever I am doing. Last year I was living in France and trying to learn some French. This year I am learning about teaching.

I'm putting together a PowerPoint presentation for a lesson that I need to present for a Science Teaching Methods course. I'm going to actually teach this lesson to a grade 6 class in November as well, so I want it to be good. I had heard that using the font Comic Sans helped with reading comprehension, so I have decided to do most of the text on the slides in that font. 

I'm not a fan of Comic Sans, it's a pretty undignified typeface, but I think it will be just right for my lesson on Arthropods. 

I wanted to share this because I found it funny.

Getting educated in the Faculty of Education

It is not yet noon and my brain is already fried. I open up my locker and stare into it, immobile. I know I have to do my assignments one at a time, but which of the three readings that are due tomorrow should I start with?

My professors are not entirely to blame for the intensity of my schedule: many of my time commitments have been self-imposed. I have never been so intellectually stimulated by formal education as I am here. I sat in my morning class and trembled with excitement while we discussed Rousseau's Emile.

The things that we discuss in class only touch the surface of what I want to know. One of our assignments is to design the ideal classroom. I draw diagram after diagram of desk placement, but I'm also interested in how lighting affects learning, whether or not it would be a good idea to give my students stress balls, if 11-year olds can and should meditate, and something called rocking chair therapy (which apparently can be helpful to persons with ADHD). One of my profs uses a rain stick to get our attention. I would like to use a tibetan singing bowl, but would it be loud enough?

I want to research alternative/experimental schools. I don't know if I can find the time. I am reading a book of Short Creative Nonfiction (called In Fact, it is selected submissions from the first ten years of the journal Creative Nonfiction.). I can really only seem to find time to read it while I'm eating. All my other time gets consumed.

Other blogs I read

Maybe I should just start blogging about the crazy word usage of another blogger that I know. You can read his blog here:
http://consweatman.wordpress.com/

Last week, I learned the word panopticon:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon
Amazing. How did this word escape me for 22 years?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXav-PljwtE
"Do you know what this is, son? This is the panopticon". I heard that song for the first time 5 years ago.

Today I started to read Con's blog and only got as far as "multifariously".

I read other blogs too, I think there's a section on my blog that shows which ones I follow. I really enjoy "Smother Goose" which is someone blogging about twisted children's tales. I also read my friend Sandy's blog. She's a journalist who likes to blog about cats.

Plugging my other blog

I would like to refer you all to my new blog:
http://meinmysmallcorner.blogspot.com/
The new one is about the Bible. I have no idea how many posts it will inspire, but people generally have a lot to say about the Bible so maybe I will too.

I will continue to post in this blog about everything else.