Notes from the Laminate Underground

I'm committing the working faux pas of posting from my job, but I've been switched to media centre duty, and I'm high of toner fumes. Well, no, but things are quieting down, and there usual ten person deep line up for the laminating machines is gone. One thing you must know about teachers is that they laminate EVERYTHING. I know that one day they'll flip on the lights, and a manic teacher will be feeding the students in, foot by foot, Bronte by Tirth (actual names I saw being laminated yesterday).

Which lead me to come up with a worksheet problem that they could photocopy and laminate:

Laminate Math

Ms. Maple wants to laminate her class so that they'll be durable and hard-wearing. If she has twenty pupils in her class, the average pupil is 3'6" high, and laminate costs 0.24 dollars/foot:

a) How many feet of laminate would she require? (assume that they would expand only in width when flattened)





b) How much would Protagitron's employer have to charge back the school?





c) Would her plea of insanity hold up in a court of law?






Don't forget to show all your work!


I've been posting sparsely again, what with the whirlwind of appointments and packing I've scheduled lately. This will probably continue until at least Sunday, since I'm moving back to Montreal on Saturday. Wish us luck and no auto problems.