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Re: on a lighter note...

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From: croberts (croberts_at_TeacherArtExchange)
Date: Wed May 16 2001 - 17:02:10 PDT

Stephanie...
"been there...done that" with high school students last year
They call them "couchies"....
Carolyn

> Oh! Y'all want hilarity, try papermaking with an all-boys high school
class
> (or any middle school class I'm sure). There are SO MANY TERMS to evoke
the
> giggling. They seemed to think that the word "deckle" was hilarious (as
in
> "mould & deckle") - I'm not sure why THAT one was funny - but oh,
everything
> else. One that's sure to get them started is telling them about
"couching"
> the sheets - it rhymes with smooching, and evokes something else for them.
> Never tell high school boys to set up a "couching station."
> Stephanie 

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