This week's Student of the Week is Joey H.
I remember when I first "met" Joey. She took Math 9 with Ms Ford in my room (during my Prep). Often times I would stay in the room during this time to work. I'd notice different things about the students in the class... even if I did not know their names. The two things I noticed most about Joey:
I am so proud of Joey for how involved she has gotten at our school. She is an active member of the Green Team (which I think must be a thankless job). She is also the Head of the International Students Club at our school. I know that this takes a lot of time and organization but Joey seems to do it all quite effortlessly and without a complaint. In fact, Joey ALWAYS seems to be in a good mood! What a wonderful person to be around. Every day I see her (and she often makes a point of popping by my classroom even on days I don't teach her) Joey has a big beautiful smile on her face and is eager to share a laugh with me. I have been so lucky to teach her every year for the last four years! Joey, I am so glad I got to teach you again this year. It truly is a pleasure to see you and spend time with you. Thanks for all your hard work (except grade 9 hahaha), your desire to do well, and the special, special person you are! I will miss you next year, Joey! In a remote prison somewhere in South America, three prisoners are serving a life sentence. The guards decide to play a game with the inmates to pass the time.
They have a trunk of hats, and they show the prisoners there are five hats in the trunk—three black hats and two white hats. The guards make the prisoners sit in chairs and line them up three in a row, such that the prisoner in the back of the line can see the two in front of him, the prisoner in the middle can see the one person in front of him, and the prisoner in the front can see nothing but the prison wall. The guards blindfold the prisoners, and place a hat on each of their heads. They then remove the blindfolds and tell the inmates that they can go free if they correctly name the color of the hat they have on—but if they guess wrong, they will be shot dead. Needless to say, the prisoners cannot see what color hat they have on their own head. The guards first ask the prisoner in the back of the line, "what color hat do you have on?" He says he doesn't know. They ask the man in the middle, and he also doesn't know. When the guards ask the prisoner in the front of the line what color hat he has on, he answers correctly, and goes free. What color hat did he have on, and how did he know? |
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