Summary

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 88777
Story Slug TEACHING GRAVITY 10/27/1993
Location ELGIN, TX
Format PKG
Date 10/27/1993
Archive Time 19:13
TRT 2:27
Supers Ron Hardcastle, teacher Jim Swift, rptg.
Video Description STUDENTS, TEACHER DRESSED IN BIZARRE CLOTHES, DROPPING EGGS FROM WATER TOWER, SOTS
Script LEAD: IMAGINE FOR A MOMENT, YOU'RE A TEACHER. YOU'VE JUST STARTED A JOB IN A NEW SCHOOL AND YOU HAVE A CLASS FULL OF STUDENTS LOOKING BORED. SO WHAT DO YOU DO? WELL IF YOU'RE RON HARDCASTLE, YOU DIG UP A SIXTEEN CENTURY ITALIEN SUIT OF CLOTHES, PUT ON A FRACTURED ITALIAN ACCENT, AND SEND A BUDDY UP A WATER TOWER. SCRIPT: THIS IS A STORY ABOUT INNOVATION, COOPERATION AND APPRECIATION. (SOT) THE INNOVATION COMES FROM FIRST YEAR ELGIN HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS TEACHER RON HARDCASTLE. (SOT) BUT HARDCASTLE COULD TOUCH NO ONE THIS DAY WITHOUT THE COOPERATION OF ELGIN CITY WORKS DIRECTOR GARY COOK. FOR IF GALLELEO WAS TO DEMONSTRATE THE LAWS OF PHYSICS LIKE GRAVITY HE'D NEED AN ASSISTANT TO TOP A ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE FOOT WATER TOWER. REWACHABLE ONLY BY A LADDER THAT TILTS BACK 30 FEET FROM THE TOP. (SOT) (SOT) SO THE STAGE WAS SET FOR THE STUDENTS TO LEARN BY DOING. THEY HAD COME UP WITH THERE OWN DESIGNS WITH PROTECTIVE DEVICES AIMED AT KEEPING AN EGG INTACT DURING A 10 STORY FALL. (SOT) (SOT) THE WINNERS AND THE LOSERSALL WON BECAUSE THEY GOT ANOTHER REMIINDER THAT LEARNING AND GROWING CAN BE FUN IF YOU WANT IT TO BE AND UNLIKE PHYSICAL OBJECTS THROWN OFF THE WATER TOWER THE ENTHUSIASM FOR LEARNING GOES UP AND NEVER HAS TO COME DOWN AGAIN.
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