Very clever bit of tongue in cheek!
But you could have expanded on the days it isn't worth teaching:
First day of school - you want kids to know how fun it is -definetely
the day for a 3 Stooges fest
End of the first week of school - don't want to stress the kids out (and
the teachers probably need a break) -
The two or three days before halloween - kids are too excited to learn -
and we could call it a monster lit / movie comparison
The two or three days after halloween - kids are sick and can't pay
attention -
etc.......
Robert Eiffert
Librarian, Pacific MS Vancouver WA
pac.egreen.wednet.edu/library beiffert@egreen.wednet.edu
Librarian in the Middle Blog: www.beiffert.net robert@beiffert.net
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Hastings, Jeff wrote:
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>It's the last day before winter break and I'll be spending it in
>traditional fashion: acting as an accessory to a federal crime.
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>Yes, friends, nothing imparts that holiday glow quite like the teeny
>thrill of naughtiness and the lingering sense of guilt that comes with
>being part of a willful breach of copyright guidelines.
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>Bust out the eggnog and pass the DVDs!
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>Oh, come now You know what I'm talking about: The holiday film festival.
>Isn't it pretty much de rigueur in every school on that last day before
>break? I know I've been asked to do it every year since entering the
>profession and, though I always, gently, point out that it's actually
>naughty, not nice, to bend copyright law, teachers and administrators
>alike always simply nudge me toward the play button with a wink and a
>nod.
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>Ah well, it's for the kids...
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>This year's line up is pretty hot, too: Our library will be hosting a
>gathering of about a hundred kids who'll grab some popcorn and get cozy
>in our Kiva area (I installed a dedicated presentation system complete
>with gut-rumbling cinema sound a few years back) and be treated to a big
>screen showing of "Christmas with the Kranks." By bypassing any pesky
>admission or rental fees, we'll be stealing bread off the tables of Tim
>Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis and the hundreds of other artists and
>tradespeople responsible for the production and distribution of the
>show.
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>But that's not all:
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>For those who can't make it down to the library, I'll be pumping out
>"Madagascar" on our schools in-house TV distribution system. You heard
>me right! The just-released on DVD blockbuster will be available in
>every classroom in the house!
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>Now that I've shared my dirty little secret, tell me yours. Does your
>school system do this too? Are you and I part of what is perhaps the
>most overlooked mass act of civil disobedience in the nation? Are you
>doing it right now? Do you feel badly about it or do you kinda like it?
>Do you ever bring the nasty realities of the matter up to faculty and
>administration? Do any of you work in a district that has actually taken
>steps to arrest this sort of practice?
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>Tell me about it. I wanna know. And, if you tell me, I promise, I'll
>write you right back. The library's pretty much closed anyway.
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>We're watching movies!!!
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>Happy Holidays!
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>Jeffrey Hastings
>School Librarian, possible Federal Felon,
>Highlander Way Middle School
>Howell, Michigan
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