As an attempt to return to blogging.....I am cross posting this blog with a post I wrote this weekend on my Ning Community for a teaching class I am taking- it's called "Expanding the Boundaries of Teaching and Learning" . More info on this in the future
When I woke up this morning I really wasn’t sure what deep philosophical thought I wanted to share with you about education. Better yet I didn’t know if I have any deep thoughts left in my brain at all since this was our first five day week. I probably needed some caffeine. And then I turned on the news….
Dunkin Donuts is changing their Styrofoam cups!
Obviously we all share that by necessity we are all morning people. We have to be “on”. I assume other levels are really the same, but in elementary school I need to be able to perform when those students arrive at 8:15. (Someone once said, “Teaching can be 90% acting”.) To this end in the last several years of teaching, I have become a coffee addict. My “real life” friends would tell you that they have never seen me drink coffee and didn’t believe I ever did. Friends and colleagues at the Killam school know that I’m always seen walking in with my medium Styrofoam cup.
I won’t go in to crazy detail, but it’s never too hot on your hands and liquid stays warm for quite a while. Now, I am a moderate environmentalist. I’m an avid recycler and have always tried to honor the earth, be a good example to my students, etc. There is just something about that Styrofoam cup. I’ll tell you a secret- I actually don’t always need the medium amount of coffee, but I dislike the small paper cup and lid so I purchase a small in the medium Styrofoam cup.
Maybe I should admit that I just don’t like change…..I hope for that the company is able to come up with an acceptable green alternative.
No just for the earth, but also for me! Any other disappointed coffee addicts out there?
