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October 26, 2004
Bad Mix
Two things common in my life at school.
1) Chalk dust is an omnipresent irritant in the classroom. No modern whiteboards at my school, thank you! My hands are constantly covered, my skin itches, my eyes get cranky, it clogs the pores of my head.
2) Marker stains all over my hands. Much of my work involves using markers and rulers. One transfers to the other, it all transfers to my hands.
I'm not going to say that my eyes and nose were disastrously itchy today, but every kid was staring at my face during class and snickering.
Ink on hands, itchy face. You do the math. I'm done for the day.
Posted by G at October 26, 2004 09:48 PM
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Ah...I HATED chalkboards. I was so insanely allergic to the dust when I was teaching. fortunately, my second year they replaced them all with whiteboards. Then, if the students got annoying, I'd just start sniffing the markers....ahhhhhh.... :)
Posted by: Alan at October 27, 2004 11:07 AM
The great as-yet undiscovered mass tort: WHITE LUNG!
(I've been saying that ever since I started teaching last year. Can you tell I was a lawyer before this?)
Posted by: Cohort 6 Fellow at October 27, 2004 10:39 PM
I miss chalkboards. I do NOT missing standing outside banging chalkboard erasers together to de-dust them.
Marker stains are hot, though.
Posted by: paul at October 29, 2004 03:19 PM