Monday. The last week of school. French.
Tuesday and Wednesday were finals days. So, Monday was a finish-any-late-work day. And study for finals.
But, the teacher clearly knows her students. She also left them a choice between two movies.
It's no longer put tape in VCR and press play. Oh no. Nowadays, it's streaming. The teacher had her computer set up with both movie choices on separate tabs. And the computer was already connected to the large TV in the room.
(I did manage to muck things up early, though. I accidentally closed one of the tabs and then disconnected the computer from the TV. But it was easy enough for me to reconnect to the TV and I opened a new tab and found the movie. I managed to do all this before the students arrived, so no issues there.)
As I didn't really care, I gave each class the choice of movie. And put it to a vote. And all three classes chose the same thing...
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
Naturally. (The other choice was A Minecraft Movie.)
And so, once again, I got to see the beginning of the movie multiple times, but not the end. On the bright side, we're on a block schedule now, so I only had to see the beginning three times (rather than five). And, it is streaming on Disney Plus, which I have, so I can actually see the end of this thing. Whew.
I haven’t seen that movie yet. Let me know if it’s worth watching.
ReplyDeleteIt is. If you enjoyed the first. But it ends on a cliffhanger, so be warned that you'll be waiting for the follow up.
DeleteGood job on getting everything all hooked back up again, that would've stressed me out. Although I'm sure the kids would be able to figure it out!
ReplyDeleteYou'd be surprised at how many of the students are completely clueless on some of this. But that's good, as some would then connect their computers, and things could get dicey quick.
Deletenot sure I have seen that Spiderman movie. End of school, do you look forward to summer break? Any plans? French, when I was in school, it was not required you have a diff language. Then again, not required for any math plus general math. Good thing, I would have failed both.
ReplyDeleteA world language is not required per se. They have to take a language or a fine art. Most take Spanish. Minimum college requirements do specify one language.
DeleteGlad you can see the end! My son works at an elementary, and the kids get rewarded with school "bucks" to save up. One thing they can use them for is a movie. However, he warns them it's just what the staff picks, and only 20 minutes of it. Plus popcorn.
ReplyDeleteThat's still a nice prize.
Deleteaah...movie time at school!!!! :-)
ReplyDeleteYes, happy end of the year.
DeleteA movie day at school was always a good day.
ReplyDeleteWhat grade were you subbing for? Do you always do the same grade? My husband (who is a 26 year old man) LOVES Spiderman and is obsessed with that movie! Good choices kiddos!
ReplyDeleteOh how I loved to see those movies again and again during the school movie projection. In those days it was the 35mm reel days.
ReplyDeleteInteresting how much teaching seems to involve technical computer skills. I haven't seen any Spiderverse movies and I would love to. Maybe one day.
ReplyDeleteSo much has gone digital. It had been heading that way, but when the schools shut down for Covid, it only accelerated the process.
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