Thursday, October 30, 2008

Something unusual

Yesterday we saw snow flurries in the air around midday, the result of chilly winds mixed with the ends of precipitation from a departing weather front. Now, you'd think that would make the natives at my brain factory crazy wild, but no, not yesterday. For the first time this semester they were so intent on perusing the car and skateboard magazines they'd brought for SSR (silent sustained reading) that, even when someone quietly said, "Oh, there's snow in the air," they didn't lift their heads or make a comment.

Huh.

Now if I can capture that focused attention on something somewhat academic, we may get somewhere.

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