I feel so old....

[Rachel Bray]

I was humming The Shot Heard 'Round the World from 
Schoolhouse Rock and one of my student employees asked me 
what it was I was humming.  I told him....got a blank 
look....I explained it was from Schoolhouse Rock.....got 
another blank look.....

He'd not heard of Schoolhouse Rock.  And neither had three 
other of my students.

I didn't realize they didn't play them anymore.  They were 
such a staple in my childhood.  Saturday mornings, on ABC.  
Interjection.....Lolly, Lolly, Lolly.....I'm Just A 
Bill....Conjunction Junction....etc.  I really learned 
quite a bit from those cartoons.  The little songs 
reinforced everything I learned at school.  I remember in 
the 5th grade we were learning the Constitution, Bill of 
Rights and the such and the whole class sang the Preamble.  
Miss Hammond (my teacher) was so tickled over it that she 
wrote ABC and told them how much she appreciated 
Schoolhouse Rock.

I should bring in my Grammar Rocks or History Rocks 
videotapes and make these guys watch them!

Oh well.  

Then again, this is the same guy who said "I wasn't born 
when Return of the Jedi came out.  So Star Wars didn't form 
my childhood like it did yours."

Gee....where's the line to pick up my Social Security 
check?  Wait...can't find my walker.  So nevermind.

:-/

Rachel Bray
The Ohio State University
Fees, Deposits and Disbursements

LORD OF THE SNITCH
Three men form the chaser-squad under the sky 
Seven are the teammates on their brooms of wood
Two are Bludger balls charmed to fly
One is the dork Ref all on his own
On the field of Quidditch where the Quaffles lie.
One Snitch flits over all, one grab will win it
One game may take three months, or may take but a minute
On the field of Quidditch where the Quaffles lie.

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