Ethan is currently writing a persuasive speech on whether Australia should have a new flag. He will present this to his school class in the coming week.
This made me think about what I did for 'presentations' when I was in Grade 3. I can remember two occasions........
One involved me bringing in a cassette tape of Cyndi Lauper's 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' and doing a dance for my classmates (which was made up on the spot).
The other instance I can remember involved me bringing in a large book from home that contained lots of colour pictures of animals. I showed the class my favourite animal pictures. I think the only reason I can remember doing this is because I gave myself a paper cut turning a page in the book, but refused to stop my presentation short despite my bleeding finger.
I definitely don't recall debates on the Australian Flag, or whether we should continue with a constitutional monarchy or become a republic.
Times have definitely changed!
This made me think about what I did for 'presentations' when I was in Grade 3. I can remember two occasions........
One involved me bringing in a cassette tape of Cyndi Lauper's 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' and doing a dance for my classmates (which was made up on the spot).
The other instance I can remember involved me bringing in a large book from home that contained lots of colour pictures of animals. I showed the class my favourite animal pictures. I think the only reason I can remember doing this is because I gave myself a paper cut turning a page in the book, but refused to stop my presentation short despite my bleeding finger.
I definitely don't recall debates on the Australian Flag, or whether we should continue with a constitutional monarchy or become a republic.
Times have definitely changed!
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Mum, I don't remember mine being much different from the presentations of the other students in the class. I think that is all that was expected.
I think kids now also have the advantage of computers and the Internet to help put together something a little more 'sophisticated'.