Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Theory and practice
Recently, I found myself so devoid of motivation in the teaching room, that I tossed them the topic 101 ways to use a hairdrier and told them to knock themselves out.
Some of the highlights:
- Moving balloons about (because, apparently, they're far too heavy to move by hand.)
- Revealing what's written on an invisible ink letter (use lemon juice as the ink.)
- Murdering someone in the bath.
I smiled to myself but resisted the urge to tell them about #83: The Tuesday Night Special:
The men's changing room in the Oasis Sports Club, five men seated in front of the mirror. Four stony-faced salarymen of indeterminate age are drying their hair, as is the fifth man: Dan. In contrast to the others, however, and to their tacit disapproval, Dan is drying the hair on his back.
Some of the highlights:
- Moving balloons about (because, apparently, they're far too heavy to move by hand.)
- Revealing what's written on an invisible ink letter (use lemon juice as the ink.)
- Murdering someone in the bath.
I smiled to myself but resisted the urge to tell them about #83: The Tuesday Night Special:
The men's changing room in the Oasis Sports Club, five men seated in front of the mirror. Four stony-faced salarymen of indeterminate age are drying their hair, as is the fifth man: Dan. In contrast to the others, however, and to their tacit disapproval, Dan is drying the hair on his back.
