The whiteboard is over-rated. Back in the day, we learned on chalkboards, and we liked it. Chalk has many more merits than the erasable marker. First of all, chalk (AKA CaCO3 as the nerds like to say) is environmentally benign and there is no shortage of it. Also, sniffing chalk will not give you a buzz (trust me, Chris Dempsey has tried this)- it will only give you milky looking snot and make you sneeze
Anyhow, I now teach mostly using blackboards now that I am in Japan. Last week I drew this portrait of this student, and I think it came out rather well. I am yet to use my fingernails to get attention, but now that I remembered it I am bound to use this dreaded technique in the future (you think your Wu-Tang Style can defeat me!?!).
Comments (2)
mmmm...chalk...so deeelicious
Posted by: Chris Dempsey | October 9, 2003 10:30 AM
Posted on: October 9, 2003 10:30
ken chan is the cutest lil kid ever! way to go with the calcium carbonate, ross...
Posted by: buttface | October 13, 2003 9:08 PM
Posted on: October 13, 2003 21:08