Four Things Unrelated

Pepto-Bismol paint covers a papier-mâché dancer who is being stabilized by masking tape taut-lines. Across the room Ninja Turtle-Ooze drips from the head of a blue discus thrower. An “A” student cheerfully calls from her desk, “Mr. Marsh, my guy looks like a caramel apple, am I gonna get docked points?” Yep.

“You’re probably wondering why I’m wearing a jacket,” I told my students.
“Because it’s freezing in here!” one responds.
“No, actually it’s because I forgot to put on deodorant this morning and I’m trying to hide my waftiness.”
This statement prompted three responses: “Gross!”, “Sick!”, and “I have some pear deodorant in my locker if you want to use it.” Hmm… tempting.

Todd is obsessed with anatomy and draws skeletal systems whenever possible. To Todd, “whenever possible” includes periods of time most students devote to things like taking tests, doing their work, and participating in class discussions. The other day he walked up to the an art teacher in the school and addressed him, “Disease? Er… I mean Mr. Stradley? Sorry, I was just thinking about disease.” Well that’s comforting. It was just kinda on his mind I guess. No harm, no foul.

Speaking of fowl, the counselors just brought me a new student who couldn’t handle choir. Using nothing more than lined-paper, colored pencils, and tape he has created a fleet of about twenty unique Star Wars space craft. Each is individually labeled with year, make, model, owner, gas mileage, and VIN. He tells me he saw turkeys fly across the road while he was on the bus this morning. I wonder if he likes turkeys.