time for extra credit?
as the erection,,, i mean election winds down, it’s time for our not-so-apt pupils to hustle to get that passing grade. should they do the fancy powerpoint? build a scale model of the white house? perhaps a 30 minute prime time tv spot? or an all-star song and dance salute to the unsung connection between palin and eskimo’s pie? i hear the cloris leachman is looking for work! Â
amyway you slice it this final week will be interesting. it’s never over even after it’s over.  just look at our last few campaigns and elections: gore v. bush, landrieu v. nagin, truman v. dewey (oh my, i do love  asyndeton)
before i digress into fred babble and upset voters and non voters on all five sides of the pentangle, let me return to the “extra credit” about which i began. Â a few years ago i told my latin students that they could receive extra credit by adding dimensions to their roman house project. Â in other words, they were required to draw and label a house and its rooms in 2 dimensions. Â however, a 3D model would gain extra credit. Â a not-so-shy girl precociously asked about the 4th dimension. Â would she get more credit? i laughed and said, “sure.” when she handed in her 3D mode, there before was her 4th dimension as well. she had duct-taped a watch to her house. Â despite her obvious anachronism, she got it. something had clicked.
no matter who wins… i just hope someone gets it…
BTW… how high do my ACT scores have to be to get accepted into the electoral college? do they have a university as well? a community college? night school?
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