Day 49. Youth.

Today spirit week continues. Although once again SGA didn't use any of my themes, including my updated ones "Escape from Weston" and "The Purge" I still participated. Most people didn't notice because as a staff member it was my day to dress like a teen. Unfortunately as soon as I got to school I was handed a dress code violation and forced to wear a large baggy t-shirt. I didn't have enough time to grow my hair out and style it like a steamed broccoli floret. It would have looked like this:

Indistinguishable from the rest of the student body.

The rest of the day I went over the latest quiz with my class, briefly forgot a few of their names, and then played a preview game with them.

When I was in college one of the psychologists I loathed was B.F. Skinner. He basically proposed a system of education where students learn from machines, being rewarded with positive or negative stimulus. Now that I have been teaching for over 30 years I think he is a genius. I would love to rig my classroom so that wrong responses or behaviors deliver a small electronic shock to a desk, while correct behaviors drop one Skittle onto the desk from a ceiling Skittle dispenser. Or, if you don't like candy you could opt for something healthier like a poached egg. Imagine:

"What is the main idea of Federalist 78?"

"A strong independent Judiciary?" Close enough! "Splop". Poached egg drops. Everyone benefits.

B.F. Skinner's dream. The class of the future.