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    A Scenario

    Ohanian Comment: Just when you think you've read everything. . . Sure, unless you've finally given up, lots can still enrage you. . . But if you think you're immune from surprise, read on.
    My theory is that the person featured in this incident (I don't want to give away the punchline here), probably has training in the corporate team building plan of walking on hot coals.


    To show their enthusiasm for the corporate team, the employees were asked to engage in the ritual of fire-walking -- literally to walk barefooted across a bed of white-hot coals. How hot? As hot as 1,200 degrees!
    Read the rest of Walking on Hot Coals for Burger King.


    Recommendation: Browse at A Voice Cries Out for quite wonderful posts: astute and funny, too.


    by A Voice in the Wilderness

    You have been asked to work with a struggling new teacher who recounts the following situation that occurred in her class:

    She was having a difficult time managing her second graders when a bee flew in. The already disruptive children became even more incensed. Determined to regain control, the new teacher saw her opportunity when the bee landed on her desk. She seized the moment and "she swatted it, popped it in her mouth and gulped it down."

    Would you:

  • Calmly explain that this is fairly dangerous behavior to model for second graders?

  • Discuss the need to teach children about empathy for all living creatures?

  • Have a quiet conversation about hygiene and safety?

  • Say nothing and immediately march into your supervisor’s office to recommend a psych. evaluation?


    • Ok, take a moment to Think Pair Share and then come back to us.

    Some time goes by.

    Ready? Ok, as much as I would like to hear your answer, I really can’t but you would probably be wrong anyway because the correct answer is:

    Make her The Chancellor of the Washington DC Public School System!



    Yes, Michelle Rhee, former Teach For America Teacher and Chancellor of the DC School System happily recaps the bee story in a Newsweek article. Apparently, killing and digesting the insect was exactly what she needed to get her students' respect.

    Yes, we are living in the twilight zone.

    — A Voice in the Wilderness
    The Chancellor's New Clothes
    2008-05-05

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