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Monday 22 June 2009

All this time we’ve had the chalk and yet, to my memory, we’ve never used it for what it’s intended.

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Sure, one can make the argument that chalk was invented for chalk boards.

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As a teacher in Poland, I made my fair use of the chalkboard, coming back to the teachers’ room with my hands covered with chalk. Chalk dust on my clothes, on my shoes, everywhere.

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Yet I never understood that Edward J. Chalkster (or whoever the inventor) really intended chalk for entertainment, not pedagogy.

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Had I known, I certainly would have lodged a protest: chalk abuse. Chalk misuse.

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“It’s for outside use only!” I might have protested.

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“It is, above all else, intended for one, single, aerobic function.”

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Hop-scotch.

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Now we all know. I don’t think it will be the last time. This week.

1 Comment

  1. Zabawne , my rysujemy codziennie podobne tematy: slonce, kwiatki, gra w klasy i ekstra ulubione Szymkowe znaki drogowe ( stop, one way, yield, do not enter itp.) i pociagi typu Thomas and Friends :) Gary dziekuje za list, odpowiem na dniach ale chyba po polsku;) nie mam odwagi pisac do Ciebie po angielsku