Hi BBSTan,

Good message in this one. We have a big huge weed in the empty raised flower bed out by the deck in the back yard. Yesterday afternoon my son said, "Mom we have a Rumor Weed". It did look similar to the Veggie Tale's Rumor Weed, a character that looks like a big weed who grows and grows each time she spreads more gossip. It's a character building video by that group Big Idea. Incidentally, Ms. Bobbie recruited their famous composer to come and speak to us at Pineyfest year before this last one.

Speaking of educational lyrics. I need to model a chemistry lyric maybe on something like precision versus accuracy or something else that's notoriously difficult to communicate. But, any topic in chemistry would be helpful. I've got three students who a members of the 'band' at their school. One plays the drums, another plays base and the other plays electric guitar. I got to thinking, we could record their song on my equipment if they got motivated to start writing their own educational songs. As long as I could keep them to the chemistry parody songs genre' I think it would fly. So far the principal has been very open to my non-traditional teaching methods even though I'm smac dab in the middle of an ultra-conservative school system. (Course that always happens when half the football team is subject to getting benched because of their science or math grades).

Would you help me if I try to put a lyric together? I have no idea which song to try and parody. Maybe if I write the lyric you could tell me which song it is closest to? Or maybe just suggest a tune that they might know and that would still be playable in the church? (in case they do let us record it?)

I guess I just highjacked your thread. blush

Oops. grin

Oh, I hope the weather holds out for you and Calvin there in Florida. We were supposed to go to the beach tomorrow. Not sure now. If not, we'll do something.

big lsh,
Vanessa