The Kiddo (otherwise known here now as Ledzepkid) is in 8th grade this year, so they’re doing American History. Today they were discussing the land grabs of the 19th century, and they did an in-class exercise:
Each student was given 2 Post-it notes. At the teacher’s signal they were to go about the classroom and ‘claim’ any two items (first to tag an item got the claim), the idea being that they would race to see who could secure the most advantageous position for themselves. So as most of the kids scrambled for the computer, projector, and other ‘big-ticket’ items…
My kid tagged the door.
And the light switch.
