In Which I Almost Puke in Front of a Class
/My wife and I recently had a new baby, which means I have momentarily become terrible at organizing my schedule. Case in point, a few weeks ago, I had a Skype visit planned with the great Eric Carlson (@buffaloteacher), a Minnesota teacher who has read Peter Nimble to his class for the last three years. I love Skyping, especially for teachers as awesome as Mr. C! Here's a picture I drew of him last year as a zombie:
So this year we had our annual Skype visit lined up, and Mr. C had his class all excited. Witness some awesome pictures they drew in preparation:
But on the day we were set to Skype ... I FORGOT ABOUT IT ENTIRELY![1. see previous point about the newborn]
Mr Carlson's class was very forgiving, but I felt like I had to make it up to them.
So when we had our visit the following week, I added a little "punishment" for myself. I spread out a whole bunch of food from my fridge along with a bowl and spoon [2. Ingredients: Crispix, milk, maple syrup, soy sauce, catsup, mustard, ranch dressing, chocolate chips, croutons, banana peppers (and juice!), chocolate frosting, parmesan cheese.]. After each kid asked a question, I let them instruct me to put one ingredient into the bowl and promised to eat it at the end. Here's what it looked like:
I had promised to eat the entire bowl, but when push-came-to-shove, I could barely get down a single (heaping) spoonful ... I may have even thrown up in my mouth a little bit while saying goodbye.
All in all, I'd say it was an AWESOME Skype visit!
