Spicing Things Up

My students think that hippies are people who listen to Bob Marley and have dreadlocks.  That is a rather narrow point of view, don't you think?  I couldn't just sit there and let them bask in their close minded perception towards the topic- so I told them I was a hippie and that being a hippie is obviously what makes me so awesome. They doubted my bold claim and asked me how this was so, since I don't fit the dreadlock criteria. I told them that I like to walk around barefoot and that I also like to share, and that most importantly- being a hippie is all about peace and love (which the Middle East could use a lot of).

Thanks to this trivial conversation, I now have a fun and engaging lesson planned out for next week: a powerpoint on a day in the life of a hippie.  Stay tuned :)