May 19, 2003

I just got home and realized I never brushed my hair today.

I had my students do an exercise adapted from a class I took at Goode Olde Snootye Artye Universitye. The written instructions were as follows:

  • Walk in one direction for three blocks quickly
  • Turn right or left or continue forward for 2 blocks at your regular pace
  • Turn right or left and walk 2 blocks quickly
  • Continue forward for one more block, moving as slowly as possible while observing your surroundings
  • Return to class at your own pace

They were to speak to no one. Upon returning, they read the following information:

  • Compose three haikus
    What images did you see?
    What noises were heard?
  • Syllabic structure:
    5-7-5, remember?
    Turn them in to me.

We were going to continue work on our guerilla marketing projects, but it's the end of the year and people are continually absent, on school outings, or traumatized. So, original plan scrapped and new insta-plan created so they could go meander in the sunshine.

That's pretty much what we've been doing since the middle of April. I keep thinking I'm going to get in trouble with Administration, but so far it seems to be okay. Even so, I focused really hard on a piece of paper I was carrying in hopes that the Upper School Director wouldn't notice me as I walked out of the building.

Posted by Ida at May 19, 2003 04:11 PM
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By the way -- I never said how much I love and cherish that trick of staring intently at a piece of paper to make yourself invisible to other people. I use it all. the. time.

Posted by: Mol at May 23, 2003 08:21 AM