Watch Out, Asimov!

As part of the unit assessment, the kiddos had to write a short story about someone who fights to save the Earth.  Here is the best opening line of a sci-fi story EVER:

Yeah. I know.

Life on Mars

Today we were reading a story called "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed" by Ray Bradbury.  In true Bradbury form, the Earth settlers on Mars slowly morph into Martians.  Apparently Bradbury dragged out the action a little too long for one of my students...

Student:  Are they all going to die?  I just need them all to just drop dead.  That would be the best. story. ever.

Duh

The new overhead projectors that were installed in our classrooms before break have speakers installed in them.  Which is great, except that you can't use the speakers without also having the projector on.  Fortunately, you can freeze the screen so you can listen to something and still use the computer without the kids seeing what you are working on.  So I usually freeze the screen on my homescreen. which looks like this:

Student 1:  Is that a beaver?

Student 2:  No!  Only sloths read books.  Beavers just build dams.  You should know that.

Me:  *mouth opens and closes in fish-like manner*