Re: Any helps for whiplash? - re teaching

[Guest guest]

- I could not be a teacher. I can be (and am) with my four kids

24/7 and I truely enjoy teaching and hanging with them - but a

roomful of kids that I can't control with a 'look' - I never

survive.

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Your comments reminded me of an incident that happened in one of my

high school classes more years ago than I care to think about.

The teacher was writing something on the chalkboard with her back to

the class and the class wasn't paying proper attention. In fact,

there was a low undertone of conversation going on in various places

around the room. With no warning whatsoever, she suddenly dropped

the chalk, spun around facing the class, made a V sign with the

first and second fingers of each hand, placing the edge of her right

hand against her right eye brow and the edge of her left hand

against her left eye brow. And then she " wiggled " her fingers at

the class.

Needless to say, the class was so stunned that everybody shut up and

simply stared at her. We all had looks on our faces that basically

said " what the hell is that all about? " So she told us. It was sign

language for African Fire Ants.

Seems that there had been a major drought in the area of a large ant

colony, the kind that make the big, tall, steep mounds. No water

meant not much food and the ants were starving. In desparation, the

Queen Ant sent scouts out to look for food. After several days, one

of the scouts came back all excited. He had found a large, fairly

fresh cow pie, large enough to feed the entire colony for several

weeks. It was also old enough that it had dried out enough to be

able to move it.

So, Queen Ant sends all of the worker ants out to bring it back,

which they did. The problem was getting it up into that steep

mound. After about three hours of effort, ants under it, ants

behind it, all lifting and pushing, they finally get it right to the

rim and are trying to tip it in, when some of the ants in back

slipped and the pie starts to slide back down the outside of the

mound.

At this point, Queen Ant, directing everything from the edge of the

mound, frantically starts " wiggling " her antennae in the same way as

teacher. What did it mean? ... " Stop that shit! "

You guess correctly. After telling us the story, her " look " for the

rest of the time we had her for class was to simply wiggle her

fingers at us.

[Guest guest]

> At this point, Queen Ant, directing everything from the edge of the

> mound, frantically starts " wiggling " her antennae in the same way

as

> teacher. What did it mean? ... " Stop that shit! "

>

> You guess correctly. After telling us the story, her " look " for

the

> rest of the time we had her for class was to simply wiggle her

> fingers at us.

LOL!!! That's a GREAT story, Mike!!! Maybe I'll adopt that!

Love Lana