Question for more popular-culture savvy friends. . .

Okay. I'm to write a purim schpeil skit-like thing for the other teachers at the Hebrew School. As Rafi, the education director is a) a really nice guy b) having a pretty stressy hectic week, and c) British, I thought that we could do something American Idol-ish so that Rafi could chew out and snark at the rest of us teachers, something he DOESN'T do in Real Life, but which might be funny and theraputic for him.

Something like where the rest of us teachers are the contestants in the beauty contest. Something like that.

So. . .

When does American Idol air? I mean, I've never seen it. I need to write this by Thursday.

I like my Hebrew school class. . .

So, Purim is next Thursday night. So we did Purim-related things in school.

I showed up wearing my Mad Scientist Local 42 lab coat and a Mardi Gras jester hat. Should I be worried that, when I explained that I was wearing this because I accidentally put on my NORMAL outfit instead of my TEACHER outfit, everyone accepted that as perfectly reasonable and believable? Everyone in the school believes I'm a jester/mad scientist.

Of course, they're probably right.

I wrote a Purim skit. It's the second half of Chapter II, plus Chapter VI of the Megillah. You know, the B plot involving Bigtan and Terish.
( My play. )

They made costumes in the second half.

I think this is gonna be fun. I just hope they all show up.

Other cool things about my Hebrew School class

Almost all my students are geeky. The girls playing Bigtan and Teresh asked me if they could be "the palace guards who say 'Ni!'" I thought that was great, but said that it didn't go with what we were doing. But that I am all up ons the idea of doing an entirely Monty Python themed skit for NEXT year.

One of the other kids (the one who wants to be a systems librarian when he grows up, actually) asked me if I had ever read Silver on the Tree by Susan Cooper. Which, by coincidence, I'm in the middle of right now. So is he.

I love my class.