You may be wondering what it's like to be a child in Hoobah Boobah Land. Well, you might not like it very much -- that is, if you watch a lot of TV, play video games, and use the computer. Since electricity barely exists, there is only one TV station, only a few hundred TVs in the whole country, and the internet is illegal (did you know this website can not be viewed in Hoobah Boobah Land?), you would be out of luck. However, if you like to ride strange bicycles (see the posting from early May that discusses Hoobah Boobah 'bicycles'), play old-fashioned games, go fishing, or go on rides on the Hoobah Boobah species of buffalo known as a bleegoingaak, then you would love it there. Hoobah Boobah children live the simple life that we led 150 years ago. Their lives have not been changed by technology.
But, strangely, Hoobah Boobah children are very naughty in school. They are constantly giggling and getting distracted. They play tricks on the teacher (I don't even want to say what those are). No matter how strict the rules of school may be, they have no effect on the misbehaving students of Hoobah Boobah Land's schools. The children are always getting detention, but punishment has no effect on their behavior.
Perhaps this is because education is not as important in Hoobah Boobah Land as it should be (see the earlier post on Hoobah Boobah education). Let me just say that I am glad I teach in Brooklyn, NY, not Hoobah Boobah Land!
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
School Lunch In Hoobah Boobah Land
Hoobah Boobah Land is practically a waste-free society. Food products and other items are almost never sold in wrappers. The country uses no oil (only natural gas for heating and running its railway system); therefore, plastic bags are not made there, nor are they imported into the country. When Hoobah Boobahns shop, they use burlap bags, or traditional craft bags made out of the sturdy grasses that are so plentiful throughout the northern part of the country.
The Hoobah Boobahns also have an attitude towards food that is very different from our own. For one thing, they rarely snack between meals, and they don't eat junk food.
Hoobah Boobah children are not 'goody two-shoes' who never eat junk food because they prefer to eat vegetables, fruits, and other healthful foods. It is simply that they have never been exposed to chips, candy, and other treats that are common in our society. And believe me, they are even more mischievous than children in other countries! The after-school detention rooms in Hoobah Boobah schools are filled to capacity every day (I will try to explain why this happens in another post).
A typical lunch at school would include roast goose with wild cranberry dressing (Hoobah Boobah Cranberries are very tart, and less sugar is used in Hoobah Boobah cranberry sauce than in the United States), wild marsh rice (harvested from the marshes around the Hoobah Boobah capital, Florjabeesh), and itaaxicat, a kind of spinach pie made from the Hoobah Boobah national vegetable, which is similar to spinach (see posting of 10/31/07). To drink, the children have melted glacier water, brought up by rail from the southern region of Nuktor.
They will have dessert, however. They will have an ice-cream made from bleegoingaak milk (scroll down to see illustration of the bleegoingaak, or go to March postings).
The meal is served on china, and the kids use real silverware. The meal is closely monitored to make sure the children behave appropriately during the meal. The children are allowed to talk, so don't worry, the atmosphere is not completely strict.
The Hoobah Boobahns also have an attitude towards food that is very different from our own. For one thing, they rarely snack between meals, and they don't eat junk food.
Hoobah Boobah children are not 'goody two-shoes' who never eat junk food because they prefer to eat vegetables, fruits, and other healthful foods. It is simply that they have never been exposed to chips, candy, and other treats that are common in our society. And believe me, they are even more mischievous than children in other countries! The after-school detention rooms in Hoobah Boobah schools are filled to capacity every day (I will try to explain why this happens in another post).
A typical lunch at school would include roast goose with wild cranberry dressing (Hoobah Boobah Cranberries are very tart, and less sugar is used in Hoobah Boobah cranberry sauce than in the United States), wild marsh rice (harvested from the marshes around the Hoobah Boobah capital, Florjabeesh), and itaaxicat, a kind of spinach pie made from the Hoobah Boobah national vegetable, which is similar to spinach (see posting of 10/31/07). To drink, the children have melted glacier water, brought up by rail from the southern region of Nuktor.
They will have dessert, however. They will have an ice-cream made from bleegoingaak milk (scroll down to see illustration of the bleegoingaak, or go to March postings).
The meal is served on china, and the kids use real silverware. The meal is closely monitored to make sure the children behave appropriately during the meal. The children are allowed to talk, so don't worry, the atmosphere is not completely strict.
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