Mid-Winter Break 2

So this break has been long and slightly unproductive.

During my week off, I carried my camera with me as I went out. There were many sightings of items and companies that wanted to help our environment. Unfortunately, I don't believe they are making much of a dent but, i guess it's worth a shot. Companies like poland spring and stores like 7-11 or claires are making a small effort.

I also found that staples, certain staples, have stopped carrying recycled paper. I went into a staples in brooklyn and at first, i thought "wow. they actually sold out of recycled paper?! THATS GREAT." But then one of the workers offered their assistance and i asked him if they had any more recycled paper. He said "Oh no. We stopped carrying that a month ago. They weren't selling much so we took it off the shelves. You can always go on the staples website to order it if you wish." How terrific, they make recycled products even MORE unobtainable.

This project has been annoying me a bit over this break. It was always in the back of my mind. I feel a bit lost over this project and of course, i'm nervous about teaching the first lesson. Instead of making the students make the brouchures, I was thinking that I should just teach them a crash course on the topic. Five 45-minute crash courses. Sometimes i think that if they were to make the brochures, that the rest of the class wouldn't learn much from it. 5 students would know about pesticides while others wouldnt.

^ That reminds me.
There was that big snow storm the other night and the next morning, all you could hear outside was the shoveling of snow. Now, as i was walking down the streets i came to a realization. PEOPLE USE A LOT OF SALT AFTER SHOVELING. I wonder if its causing another problem. On some of the sidewalks, i felt like i was walking on sand.

This post has been such a rant but I guess that's the best way to express what I've really experienced over this break.

TO DO LIST
-Talk to Rumpolo about which way to go for the project. Crash course or class project.
-Start brainstorming for the video.
-Talk to the school about giving out brochures in the school library.
-Brainstorm about bulletin board to expand attention about environmental problems.