[1] I am at work. It is the beginning of 2nd period, which is designated as Silent Sustained Reading (SSR) time. There is no one in the library. I open my book and read one or two paragraphs. Suddenly 37 students appear, urgently needing to (a) renew a book, (b) check out a book that is on the Accelerated Reader Quiz list, is at least 935 pages long and is about an obscure genre of music I've never heard of and which is the ONLY topic the student is at all interested in, or (c) print out an essay that is due in 5 minutes and can I PLEASE bend the rules "just this once" and let him/her use a computer without giving me his/her ID card, which has been left at home in his/her other pants and/or is in a box being shipped to their grandmother's house in Mexico which they will be picking up at Christmas.
[2] I am at home. I settle in on the couch with a book I've been looking forward to reading all day. Suddenly, a cat appears and stands directly on the book, poking me in the chest with his paw. My choices are to (a) put the book aside and worship the cat or (b) try to read through the cat. On occasion I am given choice (c) try to read while the cat lays across my neck and face, holding the book at arm's length.
Why do these things happen? What mysterious property of books attracts students and cats every time I open one? I shall have to conduct further scientific investigations ...
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I don't know about the students since I don't have any, but trying to read through the cat sounds all too familiar. Mus (our male kitten) thinks I'm his mother, and every time I sit down with a book he jumps on my lap and starts sucking on my shirt. If I don't pet him, he swats my hand until I do, so reading through him is not an option. Not that I get much of a chance to sit down at all these days...sigh.
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