...and the student has surpassed the teacher!

I have been teaching here for 14 years. During these years I have tried hard to instill in my students the desire to be the best they can be. Today I am beginning to see many of my students become great and wonderful things.

These are two of my past students who have come into my life once again. One is going to be the new Head master here at Meridian and the other is a Sophomore at Dartmoth medical school.

It made me think...my students are surpassing me. How do I feel? Absolutely wonderful!

Being a teacher is very much like being a parent, especially when you open up your heart to your students. Your love for them increases each year and your desire truly is to see them succeed and become everything they can. To reach their potential, or at least to begin to and to live their dreams.

I am lucky enough to be a part of this. So, how do I feel working for someone who once sat in my room learning from me. How do I feel learning from them? Great! If I can only claim to be a small influence in their lives, then all this sacrifice is worth every minute.

Thanks to all my students who keep in touch. I am proud of each and every one of you. Live your dreams and find joy in your lives, that is the greatest thing you could ever do for me.

Balloon Rockets

This is a typical end of the day for Mrs. Slade.... So tired! Not really everyday, but sometimes.

Today is 7th grade we made balloon rockets and then calculated the velocity of differently weighted balloons. Such Fun! ENJOY!

Tootsie Pop's

I had two students who became rather bored while waiting for the judging of the science fair. During this time they decided to use the time to create and do another one.

Title -- Tootsie Pops! Takin' a lickin'

Hypothesis -- We presumed that the time taken to reach the center of a tootsie pop would be 1 hour.

Experiment: We (Matthew and Jordan) each took a standard build tootsie pop, and commenced the licking process. Patrick acted as teh lick tallier. WE synchromized our licks, and licked our tootsie centers out.

Reality: It took 550 licks to reach the center of a tootsie pop

Paper...

As we watched the other science fair projects commence, the question popped into our heads...."Mr. Owl, how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie pop?".

'How many licks indeed?' We asked. And so we were off! ....

End....

It was a long, hard, and tiring process; but after about fifteen minutes, we struck the El Dorado that we had been searching for...550 licks it took, but we hit not the Ag treasure that the Spanish Conquistadors quested for, but that of a tootsie roll. We had succeeded, and determined that, Mr Owl, it indeed takes 550 licks to reach the Tootsie Roll center.