quote:
Don't you just love it when teachers' good intentions go amuck!! For those
of us with kids, I can see this really happening.
An elementary school class started a class project to make a planter to take
home to their parents. They wanted to have a plant in it that was easy take
care of, so they decided to use cactus plants. The students were given green
ware pottery planters in the shape of a clown which they painted with glaze.
The clown planters were professionally fired at a class outing so they
Could see the process. It was great fun. They planted cactus seeds in the
finished planters and they grew nicely but unfortunately the children were
not allowed to take them home. The cactus plants were removed and a small
ivy replaced them and the children were then allowed to take them home
instead.
-Tok
