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I have had one heck of a year, let me tell you about it.

My year started out with me becoming the possession of a mad scientist; in an effort for anonymity I will call him Mr. P.  Okay, mad scientist may be a bit of an overstatement but a crazy chemistry teacher none-the-less. Mr. P definitely has a bit of a sense of humor or it could be the craziness showing through.  Most of my time in his possession I just laid around on his desk getting pushed from one area to another, though Mr. P is was “kind” enough to leave me out so that I wasn’t stuck in a desk drawer and forgotten about. 

The time I spent on his desk was by no means exciting, what it was was educational. I would just lay there and watch the lecture presentations.  Yes, paperclips have eyes just very small.  Sometimes Mr. P’s desk would get a little cluttered and I would get covered up so I couldn’t see the board but I could still hear what was going on.  I would take in all of his lessons and I learned much.  The lessons started off easy but quickly became considerably more difficult as time progressed.  Now I do admit without having hands to write down notes and do practice problems it was a little challenging.  This was overcome easily with a little extra perseverance.  I think some of his students needed a little more perseverance and they would have done better. 

There was one day this past year I do remember very clearly.  I guess Mr. P thought that I had learned a lesson well enough and he allowed me to teach it to his pupils.  Though when the time came I froze up, I’m not much of a public speaker.  I mainly just clung to Mr. P’s tie like a tie tack, and didn’t say a thing.  So be it for me to mention the option to teach again was never offered. 

I finally did make it through the school year with Mr. P it was a long an arduous educational journey but fun none the less.  I really hope that his students learned as much as I did in his class.  But, I might just leave that as a HOPE.  Who knows I may try and make it through another year but we will see. 

Well that was my crazy year, I wish yours is as good but hopefully a little more active.