Facts

It is a well established fact that project based learning is one of the most effective ways for students to learn. It is also a well established fact that listening to the presentations of said projects will drive even the most conservative teacher to drink copious amounts of booze. What I learned today from Francophone Country Reports:

1. It is a good thing we are out of forks in my pod because I may have poked eye out with one. And these were above average projects. But really, let's face it: Who really wants to sit through two hours of presentations daily about Francophone countries?

2. Country X became involved with France in 1958 and gained it's independence in 1960. Me: (giving the student a chance to see the mistake) So it was only under colonial rule for two years? Student: Yeah, that's what it said.

3. 86% of the Luxembourg population is Roman Catholic, but only 44% believe in God. Me: (giving the student a chance to see the irony) Huh? Student: Apparently they have some doubts in Luxembourg.

4. Niger and Nigeria are really the same country.

5. This is a map of the world:

You're thinking the same as me. "No it's not. That's a map of Africa in the shape of a globe." Well, you obviously did not type "map of the world" into Google and get that image, because if you did you would know that if Google returns it as a search result it as true as the sky is blue.

Additional facts I have learned this week:

The average IQ of the feline population of my pre-ghetto (ghetto-adjacent) neighborhood is far below basic. Sunday night I was awakened by the sound of a cat crying out for her lovah to attend to her more base needs. (Or maybe her lovah was attending to her needs, I didn't get up to verify.) The first time, I was the only one who noticed, so I stayed in bed, rigid still with fear that someone else would wake up and want out. Then the cat cried out a second time. This time its plea for satisfaction was was picked up by the Canine Satellite Intelligence Solo Antennae (CSISA) and transmitted via 101 Dalmatians Morse Code to the on duty double sentry who, as required, spent the next twenty minutes trying to get out of the house. I, on the other hand, not willing to dispose of another dead cat, did not want the sentry to exit the building, so I remained rigid still faking slumber hoping that they would forget what they were in the middle of doing. They did not and I had to let them out. Luckily the cat and her paramour were in another yard, or managed to escape. Either way, the feline population is not too smart. One would imagine that they would spend some quality time avoiding my yard altogether.

Fact: The room I am in at the college is so far below standard that it has nearly backtracked to advanced and has no chair for me to sit in and so I have to sit on the table when my leg goes numb. Yesterday the table creaked. Sure I could have gone with the disheartening you sure are a fat ass, but you know what I thought? Workman's Comp! Who's gonna get her back fixed?? Still waiting for someone to kick me in the back at work.