Henderson, Y’all!
Posted by Chris on October 7, 2008
Hello, please. Chris Mathews here, perennial newbie to the BoM crowd. So, this session marks my first entrance into the BoM workshop teaching circuit. As such, I have been nominated to be the Henderson Residency Blogger. As I am new to this world and all that surrounds me in it, let me be your entry point into the story (I will be your Wolverine in X-Men, your young, unnecessary white guy in Hellboy, your Alec Baldwin in The Hunt for Red October). You will learn, as I learn, what volunteer teaching for the Barrelses of Monkeyses is all about and how to navigate its Russian Nuclear Sub infested waters with glee. er….Henderson Elementary School.
But I am not afraid. Nor should you be, as I’ve got some of the most seasoned and spirited BoM crusaders in the company to stand at my side, ushering me into games such as ‘impersonate a banana and peel yourself like one,’ ‘act like sleepy zombies and move your desk to the side of the room,’ and ‘how to respond when one of the students already knew I was clumsy because I have a “clumsy face”’ (a physiognomic truth I am familiar with, daily). On the roster is MC Christina Anthony, BeardMaster Joe Schupbach, Czech Rani Waterman, the conservatively-adorned Molly Brennan, and Team Leader Dixie Belinda Uffelman, with a guest appearance by Elizabeth “not one of the students” Levy.
Stay tuned for updates as I make my first steps amongst Our Future and teach them how to imagine that toys and pillows will grow from sewer holes if you dig them deep enough.
3 Comments
Nice one Chris. I look forward to future reports. Also, I am maybe going to make the BOM office listen to some Whitney Houston now.
Heidi October 7, 2008 at 05:28 PM
I really need that non-threatening point-of-view character to draw me into the narrative. Way to be one.
Rachel Wilson October 7, 2008 at 06:02 PM
I do have a beard.
also,
today a student told me
“I have never thought this much before in my life!”
and then she followed up that comment with…
“Joe, you should get braids with beads on the end”
Joseph October 15, 2008 at 04:50 PM