Applesauce

Living in a convent is a strange experience, and apparently it was even stranger before I got there. One thing that I remember is that some of the sisters would put applesauce on their breakfast cereal (in addition to the milk). My guess is that it was because they weren’t allowed to put sugar on their cereal. Applesauce provided at least a little sweetness and a little flavor. (Note that sugar, salt, and pepper were on the table at mealtimes — they just weren’t allowet to use them.)

Why do I think of this now? Because I am sitting here at lunch, with applesauce, and I put some of my Cheerios in it. I caught myself doing that a couple of weeks ago as well. Since Cheerios are bland but crunchy circles, and applesauce has some taste but no crunch and not much body, they actually go pretty well together, in an Odd Couple sort of way. Of course, this doesn’t mean that I’d eat this if I were at home and had plenty to choose from, but I’m sitting in my classroom and it’s … not bad!

I am going nuts trying to finish up my (on-line technology) school project that’s due tomorrow. I made it more complicated than it needed to be for the assignment. Really, it just has to be a lesson or two that go together, but it takes a lot more than that to take my students from being totally ignorant of technology to doing internet research and creating a PowerPoint presentation. The other part is that we have to do it in a way that any teacher can replicate, because it’s going into a database. On the plus side, 12/21 students have finished their individual set of 3 slides, and one is in progress. Plus there are 12 school days left, not counting today.