In real life, pranksters arm themselves with label-makers. It’s often difficult to find chalk in Keene State classrooms, which makes this label humorously apt. What makes it even funnier is the fact that there was a piece of chalk sitting exactly where you see it, a chance juxtaposition I couldn’t have asked for.
In real life, I’m deep in the throes of the semester right now, somehow managing to be behind in my grading for every one of the six classes I’m currently teaching. In real life, I have bills to pay, and grading papers is how I earn my keep; in real life, I know I’ll finish these present papers, eventually, but only in time to collect more papers. In real life, when work inevitably piles up, it’s a relief to encounter an occasional prankster with a label-maker and a sense of humor. I bring my own chalk when I teach, but I’m always happy to accept chalk-charity, bad grammar be damned.
This is my contribution to this week’s Photo Friday theme, Real Life.
Hoarded Ordinaries 
Oct 14, 2007 at 10:11 pm
Hah, a good photo of a good prank! Labelmaking pranksters…that’s a new one to me.
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Oct 15, 2007 at 8:33 am
Special grade grading vibes from here for tackling what seems to be a sisyphean task.
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Oct 15, 2007 at 10:11 am
They still use chalk? I sort of assumed the dry erase boards had repalced chalk boards.
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Oct 15, 2007 at 11:11 am
I JUST HAPPENED TO FIND YOUR GALLERY WHILE DOING SOME RESEARCH. WHAT A GREAT SELECTION OF PHOTOS…MARVELOUS AND SPECTACULAR. I NOTICED SOME PHOTOS OF OLD BARNS AND BUILDINGS YOU HAD PUBLISHED BACK IN 2005. I MAINTAIN A HANDFUL OF PHOTO AND ART BLOGS AND I WONDER IF YOU WOULD GRANT PERMISSION TO BLOG YOUR PHOTOS IN SOME OF THE PERTINENT BLOGS. I ALWAYS GIVE PROPER CREDIT AND REFERENCES TO THE PHOTOS I USE. THANK YOU, ROBERT L. HUFFSTUTTER
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Oct 16, 2007 at 6:05 pm
Sounds like a line in a blues song. Something about being in love with the teacher – too shy to say it out loud and there “ain’t no chalk”.
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Oct 29, 2007 at 11:37 am
Of course, “ain’t no” is a double negative — so that means there really IS chalk!
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Oct 31, 2007 at 11:30 am
Thanks. I was surprised to see my comment on your website, but that is fine with me. Publicity is usually good, especially when affiliated with quality blogs like yours. I do love your photos…so, I will assume, then, that you have granted me permission to publish your photos along with your credits. I do love the quality of aged oak. Although time will rust the nails and let the timbers fall a bit, they seem to have stood so long they have no problem keeping there rightful place and position. This is sounding more like a Robert Frost poem than an E Mail reply. Should I begin a new blog called OLD OAKEN E MAIL POETRY or VERSE INSPIRED BY AGED OAK? THANK YOU, ROBERT…
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Mar 2, 2009 at 8:35 pm
thanks for the kind words…I have a Flickr photostream and hope you will take a look when you have the chance. I had a gallery with AOL, etc until last August. I was left out in the cold with no Email that was valid, etc.
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