Thursday, July 9, 2009

I Want Vulture Eye

We gave one of the 7th grade classes today their first writing assignment pertaining to EAP's The Tell-Tale Heart. They are working in groups and have a choice of two prompts, they can either write a newspaper article as if they were the police men that investigated the murder or as if they were the madman making an entry in his personal diary before he committed the murder. We gave them a worksheet to complete before where they would essentially plan out their essay. I hate these kids and I love these kids for the things that they come up with, they are truly bizzare children. One group decided to do the diary and wrote as the three things they want to discuss in the story:

"I want to die,
I want the vulture eye,
I want to madman."

I almost cried laughing at that paper, and still have no idea how to correct it.
Another group writing the newspaper decided to write:

"At 26:00 hours I recieved a call at the SS Bandra police station that I was to report to 1245 Memorial Dr.........."

The kids were also amazed by my signature and the odd way that I continue to hold my pencil. Anna and I also made a discovery a little less pleasant... there were feces found on the stairs leading to the second flood...this is puzzling for multiple reasons:
1. They had to be human
2. Someone would have either has to pop a squat right there or transport the specimen to the location
3. The 10th graders are on the second floor

The monsoon is getting crazier and it is terribly difficult to get a cab now bc they are such old cars that they often don't even try to drive in the rain. I am ready to be done with work for the week and I get to pick up more suits today.

I just got my lunch and it is just my luck.....

...that woman ordered us Manchurian again.

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