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Friday, March 9, 2012

The Plague of Frogs

One of my go-to ice breakers is to make an origami super jumping frog.  It's fairly simple to make and if made well, the frog can jump pretty high.  Anyway, I am the science teacher and I thought, we study frogs in science, so it's applicable.
Little dd I know that I was responsible for unleashing a "Plague of Frogs" of biblical proportions!!  My co-workers would mention to me in a round about way
Co-worker (CW): "Are you finished teaching the origami frog lesson yet?"
Me: "Sure, why?"
CW: Because I am confiscating about 20 of them every class." (hint of frustration in the tone)
Me:  Oops, sorry.  Yeah go ahead and confiscate - I'm done.

My students loved making them, and they are doing so in great numbers.  Two students in particular have over 30 frogs each.  I guess you can't have everyone like you all the time :)

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