tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post3704544727105001796..comments2024-02-23T04:39:49.329-05:00Comments on Conversations in Klal: Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? Not to go to the DentistProfKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954446826821665314noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-20042251800147764932008-09-22T12:33:00.000-04:002008-09-22T12:33:00.000-04:00Lion,The posts on the aging members of Klal were n...Lion,<BR/>The posts on the aging members of Klal were not meant as doom and gloom warnings but as more of a wake up call that we are ignoring an important element in any plan that Klal makes in discussing tuition or other financial matters. Otherwise it's like discussing a wedding but only talking about the cost of the hall and ignoring all the other costs that are going to be there.<BR/><BR/>Leahle,<BR/>I had assigned a reading for class which it was clear that most students had not done. There was no way to have a class discussion when they hadn't done the readings. So I went to the computer, downloaded every "groan" joke I could find and started reading them aloud. Then I asked the class to analyze them using the tools they would have used on the assigned reading, and made them put the analysis into writing. I'll tell you this much, for the next class EVERY student had done the reading and I think that at least half of them had memorized the chapters. <BR/><BR/>Jewtoo,<BR/>If you think back a little more, I only made that promise if every student would do every assignment for the rest of the term. A few of your classmates reneged on their end of the deal so I'm patur from my promise.ProfKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954446826821665314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-54192680421737967842008-09-22T12:05:00.000-04:002008-09-22T12:05:00.000-04:00Problems of the aging and chicken jokes both on on...Problems of the aging and chicken jokes both on one day. I guess maybe that's why I like your blog--you aren't very predictable. Never know what is going to pop up here.<BR/><BR/>Is telling chicken jokes some kind of new classroom tool? More important, does it work to do whatever it is supposed to do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-46597954797274847612008-09-22T11:43:00.000-04:002008-09-22T11:43:00.000-04:00it could have a דבר תורה, a literary explication o...it could have a דבר תורה, a literary explication of a difficult passage in faulkner, why you love staten island, etc.<BR/><BR/>anything but more gloom and doom.<BR/><BR/>but i'll take humor as well.<BR/><BR/>(and btw, after reading your original post and remembering that i am overdue for the dentist . . . last night i had to run to him for an emergency visit. sigh.)Lion of Zionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10342299133387602141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-1118987183733513292008-09-22T11:21:00.000-04:002008-09-22T11:21:00.000-04:00Noooooooooo, you promised, you swore in front of a...Noooooooooo, you promised, you swore in front of a whole room of students that you would never never tell another chicken joke again!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com