the future

the other day i was judging science projects at a fair. there was the usual assortment of science projects, ranging from the interesting and thought provoking ones, to the... less inspired sort. while judging, i make a point to review logbooks, because that's where (i think) the real work is done. not that i've ever kept a good logbook in my escapades in science, but we all have our aspirations. it's always easy to see which logbooks were made post-experiment and which ones were actual log books (at least in the case of sixth through eight graders). here is one logbook that particular caught my attention. at least she (or he!) was honest.

10/24/04
Today we tried to go to the science lab 4th hour, but something came up. We're never going to get this experiment done. I really don't like it. ò.ó

11/03/04
Hurrah! We're going to do a different project! *prance*

...

11/24/04
I got an extension for the science fair. I don't have to turn everything in right away. Which is good, because we're still not even halfway done with the project.

*end of logbook*

it's so nice to see that students have mastered the art of procrastination at such a young age.