In Honor of Dr. Seuss…
By miller727@icloud.com March 8, 2014 Uncategorized No Comments
I’m not sure this is official yet, but according to this tweet from the Oklahoma Education Association (OEA), approximately 3,000 Oklahoma students were part of setting a world record yesterday!
Students across OK set Guinness World Record “Most People Wearing Cat in the Hat hats simultaneously (mult. venues)” #oklaed @NEAReadAcross
Tulsa Superintendent Keith Ballard was also part of the record-setting event and donned his own tall hat at Mayo Demonstration School while reading “Green Eggs and Ham” to a captivated group of children adorned in hundreds of red and white striped hats. A literal “Sea of Seuss”!
In honor of our students’ accomplishment and to cap off the 17th annual Read Across America week, I would like to reprise a Seuss-related post I published back on October 2nd.
At that time, a friend of mine had shared with me the following adaptation of a famous Dr. Seuss book titled “Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!”
For a little historical context, Dr. Seuss sent Art Buchwald, the Washington Post writer, a copy of his original book in 1974. However, Dr. Seuss crossed out “Marvin K. Mooney” and replaced it with “Richard M. Nixon.” To Mr. Buchwald it sounded like fun so he asked Dr. Seuss if he could reprint it. The Washington Post ran the parody.
In light of recent Oklahoma education events and our own pathetic State Department leadership, an updating of the parody seemed appropriate. The comparison between 1974 and today is intentional.
Have fun with this and read it aloud!
Janet C. Breezy Will You Please Go Now!
by James L. Scott (pseudonym)
“Janet C. Breezy will you please go now!
The time has come.
The time has come.
The time is now.
Just go.
Go.
Go!
I don’t care how.
You can go by foot.
You can go by cow.
Janet C. Breezy will you please go now!
You can go on skates.
You can go on skis.
You can go in a hat.
But
Please go.
Please!
I don’t care.
You can go
By bike.
You can go
On a Zike-Bike
If you like.
If you like
You can go
In an old blue shoe.
Just go, go, GO!
Please do, do, do, DO!
Janet C. Breezy
I don’t care how.
Janet C. Breezy
Will you please
GO NOW!
You can go on stilts.
You can go by fish.
You can go in a Crunk-Car
If you wish.
If you wish
You may go
By lion’s tail.
Or stamp yourself
And go by mail.
Janet C. Breezy
Don’t you know
The time has come
To go, go, GO!
Get on your way!
Please Janet C.!
You might like going in a Zumble-Zay.
You can go by balloon . . .
Or broomstick.
Or
You can go by camel
In a bureau drawer.
You can go by bumble-boat
. . . or jet.
I don’t care how you go.
Just get!
Janet C. Breezy!
I don’t care how.
Janet C. Breezy
Will you please
GO NOW!
I said
GO
And
GO
I meant . . .
The time had come
So . . .
Janet WENT.”
Now that would be a happy ending!
I will close by sharing my favorite Dr. Seuss quote. This phrase should serve as an inspiration to every teacher in America:
“To the world you may be one person; but to one person you may be the world.”