I hope the parents don't hear about this

[Michael]

A friend who teaches sixth grade just sent me this story from her day at work:

In our morning lesson I was showing the children the

different ways a person could go about trying to

identify an unknown rock (we're in minerology now).

One of the methods used to determine whether a rock

has calcite in it is to see if it will effervesce when

hydrochloric aid is dropped on it. I had a large piece

of mineralized coral which I dropped some acid onto,

then invited them all to come up to the table I was

standing at to watch it and listen to it. They were

duly impressed. So much so that at the end of the

day, just as we had finished singing our farewell song

[this is a Waldorf School], one boy spoke up. "Mrs. W.?"

he ventured, "can we drop acid tomorrow morning?"

I thought I would never make it through the good-bye's

without giving my hysteria away.

[becksdad]

That's a good one!

[kyle308]

lol thats hilarious

[shamrock]

I'm going to send that to a teacher friend of mine. It will make her day!!

[Armyfmly]