School Days and Projects

If you look at the calendar, today looks to be an ordinary day. February 11, a Wednesday, the middle of the week.

But apparently, teachers view this day as the Perfect Day for Major Projects Due. Last night our living room was a beehive of activity as my boy had a major English project due and he was busily wiring objects to his display board.

Meanwhile, my girl had her poster completed illustrating linear equations with various intercepting, parallel, or sloping lines and was busily identifying them and creating and solving the corresponding word problems.

Fortunately the rain that started about bedtime had stopped by the time the projects needed to be carried into the school. There was only about a 15 mph wind to contend with!

Ah, the wonderful days of school projects. It reminds me of the infamous "Critical Review" of a novel we had to do my junior year in high school. Along with a written report on the novel, we each had to do an oral presentation with a visual aid. One of the brainiest guys in the class had made an incredible model of The House of the Seven Gables for his report. The teacher (who was the absolute best teacher I ever had and I still keep in touch with her) was delighted and practically drooling over the idea of keeping that masterpiece in her classroom as an example for years to come.

I've never read the book, but I will never forget that, as he finished his presentation, he took his hand and in one fell swoop destroyed the house. I don't know if the story ends with the house's destruction or what the significance was. I just remember the horrified look on the teacher's face when it was reduced to a pile of rubble.

Sort of the way my living room looked after my kids finished their projects. . . .


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