Had two of my favourite students this afternoon and as they're both chatty and up for a laugh and as I'd spent a good part of last night watching Lost (love it, love it) I decided to focus a lesson on the 'if you were stranded on a desert island' dilemma. After a little while of the 'what ifs' and the 'maybes' I shifted gear to the question, "if you could take five things to a desert island, what would you take?".
A few moments of comtemplative silence followed. Cue student A: "I'd take a digital camera". Why? "Because I can take loads of photos and when I get rescued I can open a gallery in New York". Very entrepeneurial. But, I point out, what happens when the batteries run out, and more to the point, how are you going to print the photos? Good point. A few more moments of silence. "I'd have sun energy". What, I ask, you mean solar power? "Yes, Yes! Solar Power!". I'll let this one go, I think and swiftly ask student B. Student B has upto now been deep in thought. Cue lightbulb above head. "I'd take a rice cooker". A rice cooker? But how will you plug it in? A huge grin "Solar Power!". Don't you need rice for a rice cooker? No problem, it seems that rice plants are easily grown. D'oh.
I can only conclude that my students have no shortage of imagination but would certainly suffer greatly from a technology shortage if ever stranded on the preverbial island.
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