Thursday, February 22, 2024

What is the longest amount of time you have gone without using the internet?

 I take attendance by having the students answer a question. (Previously 20172019.)

What is the longest amount of time you have gone without using the internet?

Answers varied:

  • not long
  • 10 minutes
  • few hours (x2)
  • 12 hours
  • 1 day
  • 2 days (x3)
  • 3 days
  • 5 days
  • days
  • 1 week (x5)
  • a week in nature
  • 2 weeks
  • month
  • 9 months
  • 6 years
  • no clue
  • my childhood
  • first couple years of my life
  • first 2 years of my life
  • first 5 years of my life
  • first 7 years of my life



This post's theme word is testudinal (adj), "slow; old." Reminiscing about years of school pre-internet makes one feel testudinal and ornery.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

What is the first word you spoke aloud?

 I take attendance by having students answer a question (previously).

What is the first word you spoke aloud?

  • MAMA / mom (very popular)
  • Dad (also popular)
  • Yeah / no / yes / Hi (makes sense)
  • goat
  • duck
  • cow
  • ball
  • apple
Kudos to the student whose first word was "0" (the number).

Bizarre side-eye to the following students who wrote:
  • student A: "[student B's name]"
  • student B: "I love [student C's name]"
  • student C: "yeah"

This post's theme word is umbriferous (adj), "casting a shadow." Luckily a child's first word is not an umbriferous portent of their entire life!