Things I Love About Lindblom III

Today so far has been a quirky day - one of many that I've had so far here. It started this morning with this exchange.

(Student opens door)
Student: "Hi Mr. Silva, do you have any eggs?"
Mr. Silva: "Eggs?"
Student: "Yeah eggs, you know, like from a chicken?"
Mr. Silva: "I know what eggs are thankyouverymuch and no, I don't have any eggs"
Student: (to another student in the hall) "He doesn't have any, let's ask Mr. Ray"
(Student exits)

Turns out the students were participating in a scavenger hunt for a project for their art class. Something about ordinary objects being used for abstract art or somesuch thing. The other quirky part of my day results from our mock presidential election.

Zack Linderman and Nate Diamond, a history teacher and an art teacher respectively, have been managing the school's mock election this year. We have fictitious candidates and so far all we have learned are names and posters with the name, slogan, and art. We don't know what the candidates look like at all, their political affiliation, etc. Until today that is.

As I was walking downstairs I noticed a new poster - one that said, "do you want a president who was a prostitute?" Turns out if the students achieve some goal in class, they are allowed to release negative ads against a competitor. In this case, Aryia the candidate apparently was a stripper some time ago and may have a criminal record.

The end result is that I have a new adjective to describe my school; quirky. The teachers here are so damn inventive its amazing. While other schools will hold traditional mock elections with inevitable results, we're trying to figure out who these candidates are and now waiting to see what will come next.

I absolutely love it.