In the last weeks of school, my wife randomly selects a king/queen for the day in her fifth-grade class-- so every kid gets a turn to be a classroom monarch and as such, they are entitled to certain privileges . . . they get to sit in the teacher chair, they choose a prize from the prize box, they get to be first in line AND they get to make five rules for the day-- and these are the (quite impressive) rules that her first queen created:
1. Everyone had to adopt a food-based nickname (Tasty Taco, Ms. Sushi, Dr. Brownie, etcetera)
2. If you had to throw something out in the garbage, you had to moonwalk to get there;
3. If you left the room, when you re-entered, you received a "silent celebration"
4. If you had to sharpen your pencil, you had to proceed to the sharpener in slow motion . . . I really enjoyed this rule as it is reminiscent of "the lead game"
5. At the end of the day, there would be a paper airplane competition . . .
and my assessment: these are rules to live by, and I will be instituting them in my class (and from this time forward, please refer to me as Mole Poblano).
These are solid rules indeed! Also solid is Whit's album list from 2001, but it lacks representation from a few of my favorite artists and genres. I would encourage you to listen to:
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Everything by BDP and KRS-One's solo album Return of the Boom Bap
It Takes a Nation of Millions and Fear of a Black Planet
Jungle Brothers' first two albums
De La Soul's first three albums
Daily Operation and Hard to Earn
Illmatic
The Great Adventures of Slick Rick and Behind Bars
It's a Big Daddy Thing
Sex Packets
Enter the Wu-Tang
Ironman, Supreme Clientele, Fishscale
Only Built for Cuban Linx
Liquid Swords
The Chemical Brothers' first three albums
Midnite Vultures
Three E.P.'s
I'm going by Caesar Sal in that class
ReplyDeletenot sal caesar? solid albums to add, i know most but a few i haven't heard: sex packets? daily operation? i will be inserting these into the spreadsheet
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