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Good IntentionsDon't you just love it when teachers' good intentions go amuck! An elementary school class started a class project to make a planter to take home to their parents. They wanted to have a plant in it that was easy to take care of, so they decided to use cactus plants. The students were given green-ware pottery planters in the shape of a clown that they painted with glaze. The clown planters were professionally fired at a class outing so they could see the process. It wasgreat fun. They planted cactus seeds in the finished planters and they grew nicely but unfortunately the children were not allowed to take them home...the cactus plants were removed and a small ivy replaced them and the children were then allowed to take them home instead. The teacher said cactus seemed like a good idea at the time! Click Here to See The Picture of their Best Intentions BUT BEFORE YOU CLICK HERE! READ ON! "This amusing photo you are going to look at
has been circulated on the Internet for years prior to someone's May 2001
invention of the story quoted above. No, there wasn't any such class of
cherubic, apple-cheeked youngsters headed up by a naive teacher; that part was
all some jokester's flight of fancy. A closer examination of the photo shows
these botanical offerings aren't in a classroom but what looks like a warehouse.
It's a stock photo, in other words; the planters are shipped with cactus as
shown, and the effect is deliberate." From Snopes Urban Legends:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/planter.asp#cactus
It is so funny how these urban legends grow with time. Just another example of how silly our human cousins can be! NOW GO AHEAD |
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