The Science Project

"How to Save Fossil Fuels"

I remember when my youngest, Heather, was in 6th grade.  She had a science project to do and a week left to finish it. They were studying Ecology and Protecting the Environment and Heather chose the topic, “How to Save Fossil Fuels” for hers.

Midweek, I asked how her project was coming along and asked whether she needed any help. She said everything was going great —she had decided to make a poster to illustrate her topic and then turn it in on Friday.

Monday, she came home all giggly and excited. “Mom, I got an A on my science project! You’ll get to see it next week when you go to Parent-Teacher Conference Night.”

“That’s wonderful, honey! I’m proud of you.”

Okay, now let’s skip ahead to Wednesday, Parent-Teacher Conference Night at school. The science projects and posters were proudly displayed all around the classroom for parents to look at as they waited their turn to speak to the teacher.

As I entered the room, I could hear snickering. I looked over to see a group of laughing adults pointing and looking up at the wall above the chalkboard, behind the teacher’s desk. I went over to have my own look … there was Heather’s poster. I could see her name in the bottom right hand corner.

Oh My God … I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.

It was a bright red poster with the picture of a large coffee can, (Folgers I think), glued to the center of the poster.  Printed neatly in bold black letters and centered right above the coffee can: “How to Save Fossil Fuels”.  Just under the coffee can were the words:

“SAVE GAS — FART IN A CAN”

Pinned to the top left corner, was a Blue Ribbon : “Category: Humor”, and beside it, was the “A” Heather was so proud of.

(sigh)

Kids ... Ya gotta love ’em …

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