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Newbie
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 Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:43 am Post subject: Do the ducks in your country fly? |
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I had a very frustrating 45 minutes class last night trying to convince a bunch of 16 year-olds that ducks fly. They were pissing themselves laughing at the notion of flying ducks... "teacher, teacher, do Canadian chickens fly too?" ... "teacher, teacher, why didn't "ugly duckling" fly away?"
I'm gonna have to bust out my old Nintendo and "Duck Hunt" game for next class. |
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JustJohn
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:49 am Post subject: |
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| Awesome. A youtube video of duck hunting or teal migration should also do the trick. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:56 am Post subject: Re: Do the ducks in your country fly? |
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| Newbie wrote: |
I had a very frustrating 45 minutes class last night trying to convince a bunch of 16 year-olds that ducks fly. They were pissing themselves laughing at the notion of flying ducks... "teacher, teacher, do Canadian chickens fly too?" ... "teacher, teacher, why didn't "ugly duckling" fly away?"
I'm gonna have to bust out my old Nintendo and "Duck Hunt" game for next class. |
Most domesticated breeds of ducks have lost the ability to fly. Some still do, though...but farmers clip the tip of the wings or trim the primary wing feathers of those ducks to prevent them from flying away. |
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mistermasan
Joined: 20 Sep 2007
Location: 10+ yrs on Dave's ESL cafe
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:22 am Post subject: |
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| the north american fly way. beautiful stuff. |
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cbclark4
Joined: 20 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:46 am Post subject: |
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| Chickens can also fly. |
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nautilus
Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:12 am Post subject: |
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I had the same "debate" with my elementary kids. Of course walking over the river home I happened to see a few wild ducks that promptly flew up at my approach.
At my last school I proposed leading day trips to a farm and lake, just to point out to them some nature. It would have been an eye opener to these kids. Of course the school didn't want it due to possible safety issues. So I guess they'll grow up to think milk comes from cartons now. |
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xtchr
Joined: 23 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:25 am Post subject: |
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| Only if they're trying to escape from the 'joo' (which is, according to all my middle schoolers, where ALL animals and suchlike live). |
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mistermasan
Joined: 20 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:23 am Post subject: |
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| it isn't hard to convince kids thesedays that lowfat milk comes from special lowfat cows. they only know what we teach them. |
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Hanson
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:01 am Post subject: |
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| Season one of The Sopranos. Tony has his first panic attack when the ducks in his pool fly away. Was that the pilot episode? |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:18 am Post subject: Re: Do the ducks in your country fly? |
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| Newbie wrote: |
| I had a very frustrating 45 minutes class last night trying to convince a bunch of 16 year-olds that ducks fly. They were pissing themselves laughing at the notion of flying ducks... "teacher, teacher, do Canadian chickens fly too?" ... "teacher, teacher, why didn't "ugly duckling" fly away?" |
What was the name of that movie with Jeff Daniels, about the migrating Canadian ducks? (or was it geese?) |
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Mix1
Joined: 08 May 2007
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:40 am Post subject: |
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I had a K-girlfriend who was sure ducks couldn't fly. I felt very worldly and wise when I pulled some pics off google of ducks doing the craziest things...like flying.
To balance it all out though, she rocked me at math, and was multi-orgasmic. A fair trade I suppose. |
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JustJohn
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