Creative Cooking With a Focus on Pudding - Thursday Period 3

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The ceiling was covered in pancakes.

Wonka was at the back of the home ec room, cast iron skillet in hand, clad in a tiny-fonted "Give the cook a respectable arm's length of personal space, thank you," apron. A lovely golden pancake sizzled within the skillet, browned to perfection. One mittoned hand gave the skillet a gentle shake. Then, a flick of the wrist, and Wonka jutted the pancake into the air. It hit the ceiling with a satisfying "smack!"

"Today, dear children, we cook. Breakfasts are versatile, especially those dishes which can function as pastries. Today, you'll be making one of three delightful breakfast foods, and through the addition of sweet ingredients, turning them into desserts. We've spent the past two weeks developing your palettes, so it's time to bring out the canvases.

If you don't feel up to anything fancy yet, you may want to start adding chocolate chips or blueberries to a modest stack of pancakes. Wafflemakers? Fruited toppings are traditional, but far from mandatory. The brave few who choose to attempt crepes should be equally brave with their fillings. If you can wrap it, it can go in there!"

Wonka checked his watch. His eyes bulged for a moment, and he grabbed his skillet, scrambling atop Dante's desk.

"Do watch where you put your notebook, one's liable to slip on it."

He stretched out one gangly arm, and a pancake fell from the ceiling, landing squarely into the skillet. A happy little face of chocolate candies grinned back at the room.

He looked to the rest of the class.

"Don't just sit there, mouths agape. You've your directions! Get hopping!"

Civics, 1st Period - Thursday 1/26

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Tony had an extra large cup of coffee and the sort of manic expression that came from reading the news. At any point this year so far. So, there was that. He both regretted this class and was glad to be able to teach it at the exact same time!

"Last week we discussed the right to protest and the weekend following we saw one of the largest protest movements of our time," he said.

"And then, after the inauguration, there was another, even larger, protest," Steve teased.

Those empty parade routes had been sad. In a hilarious way. "Today we're going to talk about how you build on the momentum of a protest," he continued. "Decisions are made by those who show up, and you have to just keep showing up and making sure the people in power know you are going to hold them accountable. So--" he gestured around the room to the phones on their desks. "We're going to call your Congressmembers."

They were funny in a sad drinking sort of way. If nothing else, these next four years should have increased liquor sales!

"There are a... veritable plethora of topics you can contact them about," Tony added. "From reproductive rights, to protection of voting rights, to protection of undocumented immigrants, to that f--stupid wall. God, I never actually thought it would come to this."

And he had spreadsheets of potential disaster scenarios!

"Now, for this exercise, we are giving you members to call based on where you live--they will not care what you have to say if you will not vote for or against them next election," Steve said. "So we've added the major town of their district to your information so they don't hang up immediately."

Sneaky, Steven.

Well, Tony clearly approved of that method as he brightened up considerably. "If you need any help, just let us know," he said. "We have easy and quick scripts in case you don't know what you want to say exactly."

"And be nice to whoever's answering the phone," Steve added. "They aren't much older than you are, are getting paid practically nothing, and are answering angry phone calls all day long."