Three things that I observed this week and alas, all three happened at school. The first falling under the category of "You know you're old when" the senior class president of the school in my second year at HRS (1999-2000) is not a long-term substitute for a colleague of mine who is on leave due to extreme morning sickness.
The other two fall under the category of "Only at a school like HRS". This past week was spirit week and each class has a day in which they declare a theme and everyone is encouraged to dress on theme. Only at a school like HRS would Las Vegas Day produce not one, but TWO students dressing up as Hunter S. Thompson. The second item that lands here was related to me by my colleague Chris D. A male student in his class often wears a t-shirt which has the famous cover from "Dark Side of the Moon".
The cover from Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon"
So apparently, another male student made a comment about the shirt and the two 9th grade boys subsequently had a conversation not about the band Pink Floyd but they were discussing the reasons why the cover is not correct according to the laws of Physics. I've spent the last half hour trying to figure out why (I even pulled out the old college physics text that's been sitting on my dining room floor) but I don't think I totally understand why. Regardless, the geek factor at HRS is running pretty high.
The other two fall under the category of "Only at a school like HRS". This past week was spirit week and each class has a day in which they declare a theme and everyone is encouraged to dress on theme. Only at a school like HRS would Las Vegas Day produce not one, but TWO students dressing up as Hunter S. Thompson. The second item that lands here was related to me by my colleague Chris D. A male student in his class often wears a t-shirt which has the famous cover from "Dark Side of the Moon".
So apparently, another male student made a comment about the shirt and the two 9th grade boys subsequently had a conversation not about the band Pink Floyd but they were discussing the reasons why the cover is not correct according to the laws of Physics. I've spent the last half hour trying to figure out why (I even pulled out the old college physics text that's been sitting on my dining room floor) but I don't think I totally understand why. Regardless, the geek factor at HRS is running pretty high.
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Spoiler on Pink Floyd cover:
http://pages.eidosnet.co.uk/johnnymoped/musicforthemasses/musicforthemassesdarksideofthemoon/musicforthemassesdarksideofthemoon_facts/musicforthemasses_darksideofthemoon_facts_art.html
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