THE LATEST FROM LIZ
I teach middle school online.
At the end of every class, we spend the last 30 seconds on scribble time.
Everyone gets to scribble on the screen.
On the one hand, it’s stupid.
On the other hand, the kids love it.
And in an online classroom, that kind of joy matters.
Scribble time is a tiny but powerful way of building community online.
Today, during scribble time, one student announced,
“I want to talk about Jeffrey.”
“Jeffrey Dahmer?” another kid piped up.
Oh no.
We are NOT discussing Jeffrey Dahmer.
I’m not going to explain Dahmer to the kids who don’t know.
That inappropriate topic is way above my pay grade.
I was one second away from closing down an inappropriate session when the student held Jeffrey up to the camera.
Jeffrey was a 3D-printed crab.
Wearing a cowboy hat.
Whew.
Jeffrey the Crab I can handle.
A conversation about 3D printing?
Absolutely within my pay grade.
But the kid who immediately jumped to Jeffrey Dahmer?
Yeah.
I’m keeping my eye on that one.
Liz Brenner
Everyone has a story to tell.
Even you.
Especially you.
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