Day 107- "There is now why." Slaughter-House Five

White Friday. It seems fitting my longest day should come at the end of a very long week. Even though it was a virtual day in blended, I had a few blended kids show up in class to work on their study guides. Based on how many study guides were submitted, this class is beginning to slack a little. Nothing a little missing assignment zeros won't probably cure. My other English 12 classes took a quiz over chapter 4, then we discussed it. The chapter ends with the Tralfamadorians saying only on Earth is there free will, so I am anticipating a lively discussion on that in the upcoming days. I had an epiphany of sorts during class, and it seemed to really help my students understand how the Tralfamadorians see the galaxy. I prepped them for chapter 5, and told them that the Tralfamadorians see the universe as "luminous spaghetti". I tried to draw this on the board, but my epiphany showed it even better. I showed them a picture of cars at a stoplight, all in one moment. Next, I showed them a picture where the shutter was kept open and you could see just the streaks of headlights and brake lights the cars leave. I love photography, and I'm disappointed this light didn't go off in my head sooner, but it fit with where we were in the book. Hopefully these genius epiphanies keep coming.