Friday U-boat, ed. 11

Before we get to today's U-boat, let me explain why most of them have been removed. In the wake of the Natalie Munroe brouhaha, I examined (with the "encouragement" of my lovely wife, herself a former teacher) why I blog the things I blog.


The larger philosophical things I write about because I'm hoping to start a conversation. I'm hoping you read the BlazeBlog, and you start to think about why we teach the way (and things) we do.


The personal anecdotes I tell because I think they're funny. It's also a valuable way for me to vent my otherwise blood-pressure-elevating irrational anger.


But the U-boats are a problem. You see, I like them. I think that they're great. They drive traffic to the site. People like them. But they're also mean spirited. I have been willing, in the anonymity of the Internets, to say things about students I would not have said to their faces.


So, I've decided to stop. I'll still post stuff that's funny, but not because it's dumb. I'll post stuff like K-Love's Bodaciously American Guide to the American Revolution, but I'm done with the ones that make you wonder what the hell the writer was even attempting to say.


It is a little sad, since I currently have one in the hopper that involves a Nazi-Alien, or as I call it, a Nazalien.


In that light, I present you with a student produced video that made me giggle. The message is even good. Read a book.

That Waldo, he's so Corny!

Have a great weekend!