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Originally Posted by Dave123
Im sure they had a blast at the zoo. Thats right If you have a corn snake farm you will need to have mice too, smart thinking by that kid. Is the picture of just your group? Thanks for keeping us updated.
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Dave, your age shows you as being only 14. Now, when I was 14, I was quite the lil'academic over-achiever myself, and I loved learning (still do, obviously!). I wasn't a fan of school, but I did quite well for myself, I must say.
However, I do know that I would've been intimidated in participating in forums and such, like this one -- in fact, I'm still intimidated because so many people here are so incredibly knowledgeable. Sure, I might know things that those people don't about other areas of life (i.e., how to keep 25 inner-city kids under control without resorting to Ritalin or corporal measures...
), but as this is a corn snake forum, those matters don't apply here. But, I guess what I'm getting at is that I'd love to know if you're really 14 & then, to compliment you on your communication skills (I wish the 14-year olds I taught could put two words together & not only spell them right but have them make sense!) and your confidence. Nice job.
I'd even give you a sticker, if I could.
So! No, that's not my whole class...one was absent and one was back at school (parent refused permission to go, no biggie) and the others were running around like locos. However, you do see one of the two white kids in my class.
(One is Eastern European and the other is plain ol'American...) The rest of my school is demographically 50% Hispanic, about 35% African-American, 10% Asian (everything from Pakistani to Chinese to Filipino...) and 5% Other -- which is where even I fit in, even amongst my colleagues...I love the diversity, though. I have a bright, colorful classroom in every sense of the meaning.
And, as I spent part of my life living amongst farmers in rural central WI, I daresay I shan't be having a farm EVER in my life.