{"id":9989,"date":"2026-05-07T07:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T11:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/?p=9989"},"modified":"2026-05-08T04:21:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T08:21:39","slug":"thursday-5-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/?p=9989","title":{"rendered":"Thursday 5.41"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4518-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" data-attachment-id=\"9986\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/?attachment_id=9986\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4518-scaled.jpg?fit=1920%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 12 mini&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1778138265&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0010030090270812&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_4518\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4518-scaled.jpg?fit=474%2C632&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4518.jpg?resize=474%2C632&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4518-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4518-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4518-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4518-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4518-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4518-scaled.jpg?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4518-scaled.jpg?w=1422&amp;ssl=1 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>SGB, 7:18 AM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haiku of the day: <br><br>Is there a good way? <br>I never know, though there is <br>no way to be sure.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4505-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"464\" data-attachment-id=\"9988\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/?attachment_id=9988\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4505-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C2507&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,2507\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 12 mini&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1778000535&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0059880239520958&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_4505\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4505-scaled.jpg?fit=474%2C464&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4505.jpg?resize=474%2C464&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4505-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C1003&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4505-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C294&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4505-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C752&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4505-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1504&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4505-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C2005&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4505-scaled.jpg?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4505-scaled.jpg?w=1422&amp;ssl=1 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the New Yorker. I want to use this with my incoming ninth graders; ironic, too, that we had a conversation on Wednesday about how to teach organization. This is a perfect cartoon for those sorts of conversations.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4489.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" data-attachment-id=\"9987\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/?attachment_id=9987\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4489.jpg?fit=2535%2C1692&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2535,1692\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 12 mini&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1777904055&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016393442622951&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_4489\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4489.jpg?fit=474%2C316&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4489.jpg?resize=474%2C316&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4489.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4489.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4489.jpg?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4489.jpg?resize=1536%2C1025&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4489.jpg?resize=2048%2C1367&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4489.jpg?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4489.jpg?w=1422&amp;ssl=1 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Used this passage in <em>Really Big Books<\/em> to talk about identity and emotions.  Can you teach people to talk about emotions? Can or should it be done in school?  <br><br>Alderton, Dolly. \u201cGood Material.\u201d Albert A. Knopf, 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1393303599\">https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1393303599<\/a>.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SGB, 7:18 AM Haiku of the day: Is there a good way? I never know, though there is no way to be sure. From the New Yorker. I want to use this with my incoming ninth graders; ironic, too, that we had a conversation on Wednesday about how to teach organization. This is a perfect &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/?p=9989\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thursday 5.41<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-walking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8rNFZ-2B7","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9990,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9989\/revisions\/9990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}