Science 2

February 3, 2006

Another hypothesis disproved. Today is Friday (TGIF), and we had a good activity—yet today’s class was okay, just okay.

One student was absent. We had time for three people to tell their itineraries. One person followed the directions, telling his itinerary from morning to evening, with times, places, and prices. He also had photographs on his Play Station of the places he visited. He did a great job, and he gets a check plus. Another student talked in general about the place, its attractions, and its history. This was interesting, but he didn’t make an itinerary. Check. The third was very spur-of-the-moment, unplanned and vague. Sadly, the grade will have to be check minus.

So, the class was not unpleasant, but the overall quality of the presentations was a little disappointing. One thing I was happy about, though, was that students asked questions, good questions. Said was particularly good; his questions cut to the chase: “Okay, it’s nine a.m., and I’m hungry. Where do we go?”

We will finish up this activity on Monday (in spite of my vow never again to do conversation on that day).