February 17, 2005
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Current event day . . . otherwise known as "Friday."
Argh! You'd think it'd be a simple task, wouldn't you? To visit one of the myriad news sites and locate a news story suitable for Dmitry to read, comprehend, and explain in history class.
Well, take it from me, you'd be wrong. The really odd thing is you'd think he'd welcome news from Russia - though, really, it's just as difficult to find anything there - but he doesn't. I'm not about to send him off with the story about Bill Cosby not being charged with groping some woman, nor about the serial killer plaguing Kansas, nor about whether Dallas should go to a strong-mayor system. They're either unsuitable, sensational, or bor-ring.
Finally chose an exciting piece of news from The Australian, telling how around the globe, English is beating French's fanny in the second-language stakes.
I remember having to scour the newspaper in junior high for current events, and it was a chore then, too.
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How about the cookie caper? That's current, isn't it?
I thought about that when it was first written about nationwide, but assumed someone else in the class - or two or three - would be reporting it. Still, I'll ask him if it has been, and if not, maybe he'd like to use that instead.
Turns out no one had reported it, so Dmitry is going to! Good thought, Moosie.
Current Events - what a drag! When Jason was young, it was his easiest job in school because we were news junkies and he could always talk about what was going on in the world. Then, in high school, one of his teachers got all the kids in his class a subscription to the Wall Street News. All they had to do was clip news items, date them, write a synopsis and keep all of it in a notebook. EASY, you'd think, for someone like Jason...Sheesh! He barely had it finished and he got something like a C on it. I was so disgusted.
Brat!
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That's what I'm here for. Every now and then, I think of something that works.
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