Sam's Double Scoop

Jay Gatsby, the man who many of you knew as a great man, quiet friend, and perfect host. However, few know the man who truly lies here. James Gatz was indeed a man even greater than he who you know. His ambition led him to the persona of "Gatsby", who was a man of great vitality and love of life. Gatz also experienced love; love and selflessness that few experience in their lifetimes. In fact, his love was his life. His whole life, Gatz was a man who loved Daisy Buchanan and it would be true if one said that his life was, in all its totality dedicated to her. James and Daisy were in love prior to his departure to Europe for war, and his love and the dream of her never left him. When he returned from the war Gatz maintained a large estate and house hosting parties open to all, in hopes of the miraculous chance that Daisy would appear and he could profess his feelings for her. Unfortuantely, upon his return to the states, the love of his life had succumb to time and married another. Even though he tried to win her back, time and destiny were still against him, and he took his love, and thus his life, to the grave. Jay Gatsby will be forgotten, but James Gatz will live on in the hearts he touched, forever.

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It is suggested by many that eight hours of sleep is ideal for those who must go to school for seven hours a day. Many have said, " If you stay up with the owls, you must still wake with the eagles " but this is difficult when the owls were awake all night. The eagle, each day, must fish and be noble in his pursuits, but when his eyelids become slack, and his head heavy, he reaps no fish, and his pursuits become deprived. He slouches as he draws deep and long breathes but the day is far from finished. He dreads as he goes into the damp weather outside and must continue his work when many others are done. As night draws near and the sun slips behind a pink horizon, the eagle lays to rest when he hears a familiar hoot from deep in the woods. Forgetting his weariness, he gets up again, to make revelry with the owls another night through.

The dry erase board of T-102 is a special ornament particular to only this room. The large rectangular board is a focal point in the classroom as it stands front and center for all students to see. The ideas written upon it come from English classes primarily, but sometimes other idea of those desiring anonymous expression paint upon its frame. It is a large board and newer than the obsolete chalk boards which where noisy compared to the relatively silent dry erase board. A lower shelf exists, attached to the bottom, to hold three markers, three erasers, one erasing cloth, and a bottle of solution to help remove residue from the board. In the bottom right corner, lonely tags stating the board's makers name and one expressing the board's superiority to others are pasted. Edgar Allen Poe hangs peacefully from a cork row atop the board and with his shadow in its relfection. A white ribbon holds him there attached to a small holder, of which there are four upon the top of the board. An ornament reminiscent of the Christmas season adorns the top of the board. The board, though primarily milky white in color, is ridden with cloudy images left from the residue of yesterday's thoughts.

The board is in the front of the room, and serves as the focal point for much of the teaching methods. It can serve as a void to stare into while delving into our own mind for ideas, or may have someone elses ideas written upon it. It contains old marks where previous innovation have not yet been erased from the physical world, and other spots where fingers and breath had touched it. It is large, white and rectangular, with aluminum lined edges and a lower shelf and cork row screwed to the top for hanging various ornaments of learning or pleasure. As one's attention is drawn to the board due to its largess and all-white coloration, one may see a contrasting black Poe figure dangling in the upper right corner. White ornaments reminiscent of Christas dangle from the cork row above the board. Markers, erasers, and other board- cleaning supplies adorn its lower shelf, and it is empty of all but the lights reflecting in it.

The Board is white in color, relfecting the lights of the ceiling above it. It hangs on a white wall, by its four corners, as well as a silver colored shelf protruding from its base, which is also nailed into the wall. The shelf holds three markers, three erasers, one cloth for erasing and a bottle of erasing fluids. It is outlined with a aluminum lining and adorned at the top with cork, for hanging materials, and a snowflake-like paper arrangement.

The Board is not plastic and aluminum, but in fact a portal to ones thoughts written for others to see and therefore it is a learning tool. The board serves many purposes, but first and formost it is a tool for a teacher to placehis ideas visually and to be interpretted later by student readers.

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