I love white boards, or to those not in the biz- dry erase boards.
They’re crisp and clean and you can use a variety of colors. When I write on them I write in all CAPS, just because I think that is something grown-ups do.
I like to sit at the back of the classroom admiring my own writing on the board and feel powerful because, with an Expo marker in hand, I could ruin these kids’ lives!
Nowadays, chalkboards are obsolete and have been replaced by the SmartBoard. The SmartBoard makes me feel like a DumbAss. I think sometimes I’m more suited to teach the Wilder kids on Little House on the Prairie (not to mention Michael Landon is hot), but instead I have to work with these new age gadgets.
This Board O’ Smart is linked up to everything imaginable: the computer, the internet, a satellite, some foreign kid in Germany.
It’s sad to think this new generation will never experience chalk. The smell, the way it would dry out your hands, the awkward ass handprint that would show up on your black jeans. Of course the pegged jeans, side ponytail and New Kids on the Block sweatshirt in neon wasn’t awkward at all.
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You really struck a chord with the NKOTB reference! I uh, went to their show in Oakland in 1989. Even worse, I came home and lied about it to my little sister. I told her that during intermission (as if it's the ballet) everyone left except for my friends and I so we went up to the stage and met the band. Shook hands and everything. She was awestruck. I don't even know why I did it.
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