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bexter #197997 03/04/11 03:53 PM
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Or the concept that in a drop of rain water there could
be a whole other universe. Or this universe is in, say,
a drop of water, being watched by others.


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I always liked the end of Men In Black films, where they are a universe in a marble or in a locker...always made me laugh


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I never really paid much attention to the MIB movies, but
what you say about the universe in a marble could be apt
for a number of movies. Perhaps the Mad Max bunch, or
even LOTR.


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Originally Posted By: bexter
I always liked the end of Men In Black films, where they are a universe in a marble or in a locker...always made me laugh


And in the book Horton Hear A Who! by Dr Seuss. Remember, a whole planet of people existing on a speck of dust on a flower...."even though you can’t see or hear them at all, a person’s a person, no matter how small."

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I always liked the end of Men In Black films, where they are a universe in a marble or in a locker...always made me laugh


And in the book Horton Hear A Who! by Dr Seuss. Remember, a whole planet of people existing on a speck of dust on a flower...."even though you can’t see or hear them at all, a person’s a person, no matter how small."



Well, that is my idea of the raindrop in literature form.
Never read Seuss, however.


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Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8

Never read Seuss, however.


really? O.o


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Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8
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Never read Seuss......


OMG...how could you not have. This was one of my kids favourite....

Green Eggs and Ham

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Well......sorry, still am not going to read it, unless that
was the whole of it.


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I read "Hop on Pop" to my kids dozens and dozens and dozens of times - along with "Red Fish, Blue Fish" and "The Butter Battle Book." I sometimes still call my youngest (now 18) "My Daisy Head Maisy."

http://www.mfwi.org/mfwi/Recordings/HopOnPop.pdf

OTOH, "The Sneetches" is prophecy.

While I usually tutor several hours a week in math, I had about 15 minutes of tutoring an ESL student on an essay a month or so ago. Her assignment was to write a persuasive essay with supporting evidence to support or reject "Designer Babies."

She had been working on the essay for days and had only written half a paragraph on the con side, her supporting evidence being that it is "against god."

I suggested she first write an outline of her paper and made a reference to "Sneetches" which she did not understand. I then recommended she read it. In fact, I think every HS graduate ought to have read it (though I had until years later myself).

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Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8
Well......sorry, still am not going to read it, unless that
was the whole of it.


try "The Lorax". a bit more depth...


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