Saturday, February 20, 2010

Were you educated by School House Rock cartoons?

Conjunction Junction What's your Function?


How influencial and effective were the School House Rock Cartoons for you in your formative years of education? I'm just a Bill, Figure 8, Verb, anyone?Were you educated by School House Rock cartoons?
I still have those rhymes in my head, especially the Conjunction one because of the long train in the commercial. Do you remember the one they use to run about cheese? ';I hanker for a hunk of, a slab, a slice, a chunk of, I hanker for a hunk of cheese.';Were you educated by School House Rock cartoons?
I did not use them, but they are cute and probably very effective./
a little bit, don't remember from which song, but yes it educated me a little.
A lot. As a teacher I could use them now.


I can't say the Preamble, but I can sing it. They were short and a bit corny sometimes, but they instilled the concepts of grammar, arithmetic and social studies.
I learned the Preamble song from one of those videos, but that's it really. I find it easier just to memorize stuff.

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