I got there early and did Hall Duty with my friend, this includes telling the kids not to run and taking their hats. Then homeroom (where we stood and said the Pledge of Allegiance) and then first period.
We had the first class (the AP kids) twice. Once for first period and then for third (2nd period is a planning period for her). It took us a while to settle them down. I told them if they didn't quiet down they'd have to give me their lunch money. They said that was mean. I said they were wasting my time. They said, "oh, good point." No lie.
So I showed them print ads and some commericals - Snickers, Jeep, Cingular, T-Mobile, Burger King, Skittles and Starburst, Viva... oh and the Dairy Queen Flamethrower one.
They sang McDonalds "I'm Lovin' It" for me and they sang the Snickers jingle.
So we talked about those and if they thought the ads made sense and if they worked and who they thought the commercials were marketed to.
*Continues below.
In all the classes, most thought it would be awesome to have ads on school buses when I first asked them. But then I pushed them a little. I asked them about what they thought if ads were on the sides of space shuttles, all three times I got the answer - if they are on the side of the space shuttle it must be a good company or an important product they should know about. So I asked what if it was a candy bar and the company just paid the large amount of money to have it there. They sat there thinking for a while and then decided it wouldn't be that cool.
Part of the school bus thing was my fault, I absent-mindedly used bananas as an example and they couldn't get passed that. Besides they have the Got Milk? ads in the cafeteria they told me.
Perfect timing for this too as we are now getting electronic billboards that will rotate about 6 different ads. And one is on their way to school. I got the "it's awesome" response and then somebody raised their hand to say that he thinks it could cause a lot of wrecks because people would pay too much attention to the billboard.
So first answer was more than likely - "that's cool," "that's awesome," but if you pushed even a little they started thinking beyond the fact that it was flashy or funny.
By the way - the candy really is good. And it smells even better.
No, no... I didn't go searching for it, one of my friends joined it and therefore I saw it in the stalkerish news feed they have.
Seems there is also one for the singing rabbit.
Maybe I don't understand Facebook groups.
My sister came home from work last night and as soon as she opened the door:
Sister: You're at your computer, right?
Me: Yeah.
Sister: Go to YouTube and search for singing, bunnies and skittles.
Me: What?
Sister: One of our IT guys told me about it. Just go do it.
*searching and then watching the Singing Rabbit Skittles commercial*
Me: I've seen that.
Sister: That's hysterical. You have to put it on your blog.
So here it is.
I hope that guy went and got a rabies shot. It's odd, but not as odd as Russian Skittles commercials.
