Just another day in paradise :)

Setting: First Period of the Day – Grade 12 Chemistry

(Insert lots of talking, yelling and laughing while writing a note on polypeptide formation.)

Miss Lindsay: You hyper kids! Write the note!

(Continuation of talking, yelling and laughing [TYL].)

Miss Lindsay: I appreciate your enthusiasm and energy, but seriously – write the note!

(TYL fails to cease….add a W for walking around the room)

Miss Lindsay: Omar! Why are you at Ahmed’s desk?! What are you supposed to be doing right now?!

(You get the idea. “On task” and “focus” were not part of this morning’s routine.)

Miss Lindsay: Good news class – you get to practice note-taking today! Maybe the note you make will be more exciting than mine! I hope we can listen better tomorrow!

(Note is erased from the board and there are some over-exaggerated boo’s and intermittent “We are SOOOOO sorry’s” from the crowd.)

Students: Please miss! Please, give us a last chance!!! We will stop talking!!! We will work!!! Please!

(Excessive whining and complaining ensues.)

Students: But we have exams in three weeks! And we are stressed! And we like your notes better! Let us photocopy the note! We will pay you for the note!!!

Miss Lindsay: No thanks. You should get started on your work! I will give you a new note tomorrow (baha)!

Quiet student in back of class (removes iPod and slams fists on desk!): Miss! There are children dying in Gaza. PLEASE – give us the note!

I couldn’t help but laugh. Nice try. Unfortunately for them, I failed to see the connection between Gaza and note-taking.