Rockefeller the Dominatrix

On Thursday of last week I gave a quiz about industrialization in the early part of the 20^th century. We have been talking about it for the past week or so, learning a bunch of new business concepts and terms. The quiz I gave had several questions that were short answer. I wanted to share with you two choice cuts from this quiz.

10. What is the difference between an invention and an innovation?

Umm. An invention is like things kinda simpleish like a mechanical pencil things like that and an innovation is like discovering light things like that.

14. Do you think men like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller were “robber barons” or “captains of industry”? There is no right or wrong answer as long as you explain why.

I think they were “robber barons” because they were dominatrix and would top over everyone else’s businesses…

Thanks for reading everyone! I'm going to update this several times a week - lord knows that I have enough material!

Happy Weekend! :)

Mrs. SL

USA vs. The World

Background: We were talking about the difference between immigration and migration because we are talking about industrialization and the increasing size of the workforce in America.

A-student (seriously): Mrs. SL, what is America?

Me (totally calm, thinking that she just needs some clarification you know, between the different Americas or something): Well, it's sort of the shortened way of saying "United States of America". It's all the states together, like we had a quiz on earlier this year. You know, that map in the back of the classroom.

A-student (w/ a disgruntled look and she's examining the map): Um...I thought that was the world.

Me (at this point, some higher being took over my body so I wouldn't laugh or flip out): Well...that's not that world. That's just the US. The world is you know...Africa, Asia, Europe, all the rest of the continents. (at this point, I'm PRAYING she knows what I'm talking about)

A-student: Oh yeah. Ok. Thanks.

I think we need globes in the classroom. Don't you?