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How I Roll

May 4th, 2009 by

At 21h23 last night, Nate Gravelle, a student of mine, commented to let me know he had demolished my Flight Control high score. He attached a screenshot:

At 7h30 this morning, I spent ten minutes of useful prep time digitally fabricating my own high score:

At first he swears I'm lying. Then I dupe him with the screenshot1 and he fumes for a second, then swears he'll top me. I doubt he's looked up from the iPod Touch he's tucked beneath his desk since school began.

Let's keep this between you and me, 'kay?


  1. Which, side-by-side with the real deal, looks pretty sad.

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7 Responses to “How I Roll”

  1. on 04 May 2009 at 9:17 am1 Tom

    Why not erase the number from the original screenshot twice and replace?

    Maybe you’re just going a more artistic route?

  2. on 04 May 2009 at 9:18 am2 Tom

    Intentionally giving him a chance to see it’s wrong.

    He says after a moment of denseness.

    Feel free to delete both as I need no further evidence of stupidity accumulating on the Internet.

  3. on 04 May 2009 at 10:24 am3 Dan Meyer

    Wouldn’t dream of it.

  4. on 04 May 2009 at 12:34 pm4 rhett

    I guess Nate doesn’t read your blog?

  5. on 04 May 2009 at 12:45 pm5 Mark Kowalski

    My high score is a pathetic 49. :(

  6. on 04 May 2009 at 1:27 pm6 Dan Meyer

    @Rhett, only a matter of time, I reckon.

  7. on 12 May 2009 at 3:44 pm7 Nancy Bosch

    You are almost famous— http://www.universityreviewsonline.com/2005/10/100-most-inspiring-and-innovative-blogs-for-educators.html
    Congrats!