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Location : Wasted Space Job/hobbies : Cayman Islands Actuary
| Subject: The world tells kids "No, you can't" in endless ways Fri Jun 24, 2016 11:13 pm | |
| My ninth-grade biology teacher would wipe his chalkboard with a smelly wet rag that he only washed when it stuck to the wall. He had other eccentricities as well. When we dissected squid, he pre-emptively fired up the classroom Bunsen burners. Once we had popped open the ink sac and sketched the tentacles, he told us, we could fry and eat our specimen. I have no idea how many kids ate the thing, because I hightailed it out of there before Mr. H. handed out scalpels.
That wasn't the only problem my teacher had with me. I refused to clean anything with that dirty towel, and I giggled when he explained plant reproduction. I still remember the "male" pollen-laden stamen, the "female" egg-holding pistil and all the 14-year-old boys joking about flowers getting it on.
http://www.essentialkids.com.au/development-advice/advice/10-ways-to-help-kids-take-risks-in-a-world-of-nos-20160623-gpq11p |
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