part 4 and done
The police man pulls up in his siren blaring, tire screeching, lights flashing, goose scaring cop car. He quite perturbed apparently. "Were you bludgeoning the geese?!!" he demanded.
"Not at all--"
" I have testimony from 50 people saying that you were bludgening and kicking the geese.'
Now there werent even 50 geese in the park and maybe there were 8 other people. But I understood that he was angry, so I responded accordingly. For better or worse, in my career working with teenage groups I have had anough run ins with law enforcement officers that Ive become quite adept at dealing with them.
After explaining that I as trying to teach the kids about coordination and cooperation, the policeman --apparently confused by the educational philosophy terms and phrases-- decided to teach me some of his own knowledge. Apparetnly these geese are federally protected species as monogomaus migratory birds. That means that theyre only here for part of the year AND that if you mess with one, youre messing with the whole family until the end of time. That would be a horrible thing to do. (the poor birds!) He should arrest me, he said, except that was paying such rapt attention that instead he dove into some more animal facts. Apparently skunks and squirrels are federally protected fur bearers. Watch out next time you run one over.
To finish this story, he was very happy that we understood each other (ie that someone finally listened with a smile to his lecture about animals and their familial habits) that hed let me off. On one condition, though. I had to repeat his lecture to my boys to ensure that this will never happen again.
Why not, it adds to the fun. So when the pliceman came back k20 minutes later and tested my guys he was so proud he almost invited me to join the force.
No thanks.
"Not at all--"
" I have testimony from 50 people saying that you were bludgening and kicking the geese.'
Now there werent even 50 geese in the park and maybe there were 8 other people. But I understood that he was angry, so I responded accordingly. For better or worse, in my career working with teenage groups I have had anough run ins with law enforcement officers that Ive become quite adept at dealing with them.
After explaining that I as trying to teach the kids about coordination and cooperation, the policeman --apparently confused by the educational philosophy terms and phrases-- decided to teach me some of his own knowledge. Apparetnly these geese are federally protected species as monogomaus migratory birds. That means that theyre only here for part of the year AND that if you mess with one, youre messing with the whole family until the end of time. That would be a horrible thing to do. (the poor birds!) He should arrest me, he said, except that was paying such rapt attention that instead he dove into some more animal facts. Apparently skunks and squirrels are federally protected fur bearers. Watch out next time you run one over.
To finish this story, he was very happy that we understood each other (ie that someone finally listened with a smile to his lecture about animals and their familial habits) that hed let me off. On one condition, though. I had to repeat his lecture to my boys to ensure that this will never happen again.
Why not, it adds to the fun. So when the pliceman came back k20 minutes later and tested my guys he was so proud he almost invited me to join the force.
No thanks.
posted by Tani at
4:52 PM
1 Comments:
LOL. Quite a testament to your teaching skills that the kids listened to a 20-minute lecture on geese, et al.!
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Ayelet, at 5:12 PM
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