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.
Labels: 7th graders, ads, burger king, Cingular, commercials, dairy queen, jeep, jingles, skittles, snickers, starbursts, t-mobile, teachers, teaching, viva paper towels
Quick observations before my butt takes a nap.
- Teachers are way underpaid for what they have to deal with. My feet, knees and hips HURT.
- I'm exhausted. And apparently the kids were ANGELS today.
- They are very smart... smarter than they think they are. The kids came up with some pretty awesome slogans/tag lines. (I have pictures of some of the ads they did to come.)
- They know the Snickers jingle by heart. Every class could sing it. Which they did, I have audio.
- The class that was supposed to be "remedial," or at least the worst class were some of the smartest... they definitely saw through some of the ads.
- They plagiarize a little too much. One of the teacher's assistants was going through recent papers highlighting all the stuff they copy/pasted from the internet. All I can say is DAMN.
That's it for now. I ate school lunch - not bad. They have "Got Milk" ads in the cafeteria, but I'm hungry so I'm off to eat and probably take a nap. I had to borrow lunch money.
Oh, and my friend is my new hero.
Labels: 7th graders, ads, commercials, got milk?, plagiarize, snickers, teachers, teaching, underpaid
Prompted by seeing that a remake of the old Tootsie Roll® Pop commercials has been posted on MySpace (they've got it on their cool new videos).
I searched and found one of my all time favorite commercials on YouTube. It's so dumb, but I laugh every time I watch it.
*The audio/video sync is messed up, but all the ones I found were like that*
Labels: commercials, funny, pandas, snickers, tootsie roll pops
