Starbuck wrote on Feb 12
th, 2009 at 12:13pm:
today was "dress like your favorite celebrity" day as part of spirit week at school. besides spreading the word about participles and deponent verbs, i figured i'd inject some rock and roll into today's lesson by wearing my lennon "pepper" outfit. sadly, none of my first hour students save one knew who i was supposed to be. only one...out of 27. good lord in heaven.
i have failed them, haven't I? i shall take full responsibility.
while walking through the hall later in the day, two random students stopped me to comment on the suit. one girl giggled and asked me who i was. "are you kidding?" said her friend. "you don't know what he's supposed to be? were you born under a rock?"
"i'm sorry," she said. "but I just don't know."
"it's elton john, you idiot," the friend retorted. "you know...rocket man? hello? sheesh. get a clue."
oh well. at least the student was on the right page. another kid today thought i was cap'n crunch.
Do you ever capitalize words, or is that just requiring too much effort in life?