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Spring Into Sherlock over at sherlockmas is going well! *knock wood* The submissions are rolling in, and I've managed to design things in a way that I don't have to threaten to break any kneecaps if people don't come through with their commitments! (Though I may have threatened the lives of a few anonymous kittens. Hey, whatever works!)

Here's a conversation I had with two students tonight: (Isabelle is 10, Max is 13.)

Max (apropos of nothing): How do you think the world is going to end?
Me (unfazed): I think in a few hundred million years, the sun will expand, and...
Isabelle: You don't think the world will end in 2012?
Me: No...
Max: You don't think the world will end in a zombie apocalypse?
Me: I don't know...what if it did?
Max: I would hide out here! (Meaning the math center.)
Me (scoffing): Are you kidding me? Look at those big glass windows up front! The zombies would get right through that...
Isabelle: I'd hide in the prize case!
Max: I was going to say that!
Me: How would you even fit in there? Besides, it's made of clear glass...you guys really gotta work on your zombie survival plan!
Max: Well, then I'd hide in the trunk of your car!
Me: I don't know...I don't have a very big car.
Max: We'd drive over to Kroger (a grocery store), and eat a bunch of food!
Me: That could be a plan...I could die in a Kroger.

Sometimes, being a good tutor means teaching the kids about life, and not just about math. :P

Comments

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This is why each Zombie Survival Plans is personal and specific to the individual: I hate the mall, and would rather not spend my last moments there!

As a committed Foodie, I wouldn't mind dying in a Kroger, but now that I think about it: I should aim higher! Maybe a Whole Foods, or one of those other fancy markets they have downtown. I could die happy eating locally-produced cheese and organic avocados! :D

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LOL! Well if you're hell bent on dying, you might as well be happy when you go.

Uhm... guess my plans tend to lean towards the survival bit of things. I'd like to outlast my stay here as long as I could even if everyone's going to the zombies. :P

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I'm not necessarily "hell-bent": I'm just a realist. It takes a certain set of skills to survive a plague of zombies, and I wouldn't over-estimate my chances. Sure, I've got brains: but then, that's exactly what they're after, isn't it? :P

I'll make a go of it, but if worse comes to worst, I'm going out happy!