Hetty's piece

Teaching advice for incapable teachers    by: Miss H. King
                                                         

Poor Felix.

                                                                "Teaching school is not an easy task. Children never sit quietly in their seats unless told to do so, which, is needed to  be said at least thirty times. Have a set of classroom rules. Here is just a few of my many: Students must not daydream, they mustn't chew their hair, nor throw paper balls at each other. (I just listed a few major rules. You must have your own, I am not your personal tutor, mind you. I'm just giving helpful advice. And that is all.) Always keep this on top of your mind- you are the boss. Not the other way around, which, for some teachers, it is.Your students must mind you, serious consequences will arise if they "take over" your role.  Scare your students a bit. Not literally scarifying them, but, just something that puts them, in their minds, to shame. I have, for instance, a cone shaped hat, called the dunce cap. I have it in full view, where each and every student can see it. It's used for a student that misbehaves, or if he\she does poorly in his\her studies. That studying problem is usually a "curable" issue. The student does not do his homework or does not study like he should, thus causing poor results. Have the student wear the cap for the entire morning, or afternoon. Do not let him wear it the entire day or else it effects his brain. With recess, do not have too many rules, and let them have 15 minutes of play time, exactly."


   
                           

Aunt Abigail's chocolate cake

It was crisp and chilly outside, and Abigail Ward had nothing to do. In fact, she was getting bored of having nothing to do. She cleaned the parlor that morning, swept the kitchen floor, blacked the stove and dusted the upstairs bedrooms.....but now, now she has nothing on her little list of things to do! Well, except for sweeping the porch outside, but that is of no use since the wind would scatter leaves all over it again. She sighed a deep sigh. "Oh!" she groaned in exasperation. "What am I going to do?" Then, a thought popped in her head! Grandmothers chocolate cake. Yes that is exactly it! She will bake a chocolate cake, and stop by her sister, Janet King. Abigail went into the kitchen and bustled around, and her boredom drained away.
                                                                                                             

"Yes,that's what i'll do."

Aunt Abigail's chocolate cake

1 cup butter                            2 tsp. baking powder
1 cup brown sugar                              2 tsp. vanilla
4 beaten eggs                          1/2 cup cocoa
2 cups whole grain flour        1/2 cup boiling water
pinch of salt


Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease 8X8 pan. Cream butter, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla. Combine flour, salt and baking powder, cocoa and boiling water. Mix until all lumps are gone. Bake until fork comes out clean, or 30 minutes. Let cool. Add icing if desired.

*An easier way of explaining things: Mix all until combined. Bake. Cool. Eat. :)