Tobacco

Today, the fifth graders learned about how a good portion of our young nation was supported by the growth of tobacco. I can see that the "no stank you" commercials are doing their job. Whenever I said the word tobacco, the students' faces screwed up in disgust.

Geeky teacher side note: We have a tool for English Language Learners called GLAD-Guided Language Acquisition Design- and each new vocabulary word has some sort of motion to go with it. For example, whenever I say "portfolio," the kids mime opening up a notebook and writing in it. I think I could consider tobacco a GLAD word, just because of their consistent reaction to it...

Also, I sat out on Jon's porch with Charlie, Ruthann, and Timmy while smoking was happening, even though I am allergic to tobacco. That is the reason I am sleeping on three pillows tonight. Sometimes I need to think about consequences. It must be a sin for me to hang out around smoke if I know it's just going to make me sick later.