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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

The PowersShuffle

What do you think The PowersShuffle is?

Hints:

It's not a dance move or my iPod.

Mr. Bryant coined the phrase. *Update: Mr. Hammerman coined the phrase. Mr. Bryant simply uses it often. Well, as often as is necessary. I guess. *Update to the update: Mr. Bryant did coin the phrase. I was right the first time. I should always go with my gut.

First person to get it right, wins a prize.


36 comments:

  1. Music Playlist
    Favorite Essays

    Yuval S.
    Period 3

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  2. Is it the way you walk in the morning when you're tired and haven't had your coffee yet? Like a kind of slumped trudging or so is what I'm saying.

    ~Caterina Golner
    Period 2

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  3. Unlimited Guesses?
    Prize is?

    Guessing that it is spelled "The PowerShuffle" with a capital "S", it is a noun, can't be a person or a place, maybe an idea or thing.


    –noun
    12. a scraping movement; dragging gait.
    13. an evasive trick; evasion.
    14. an act or instance of shuffling.
    15. Cards .
    a. a shuffling of cards in a pack.
    b. the right or turn to shuffle preparatory to dealing: You win the shuffle.
    16. a dance in which the feet are shuffled along the floor.

    Its not an iPod or a dance move, so only #13 really works- an evasive trick or evasion.

    Knowing Mr.Bryant its probably having something to do with getting away from working, so maybe it means making up an excuse to get away from something? Or maybe a kid escaping from doing work?

    This is pretty much a long shot.

    -Rodolfo H. Period 4

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  4. Rodolfo way to look up the word shuffle in some dictionary. I agree with cat, im guessing its some sort of walk, or trudge that Mr. Bryant does after he is done talking to Mrs. Powers and he shuffles back into his room through the connecting door.

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  5. Is it when you have to be secretary for Mr. Bryant?

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  6. Not the way I walk (with or without coffee).

    Not my fabulous secretarial skills.

    Nothing to do with essays or playlists.

    Ro is the closest. And I'm pretty sure I'm doing it again today.

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  7. In collaboration with Sam Friefeld

    OK, YOU are doing it.....

    So you're excusing or distracting youself from doing some of the essay grading?

    I'm confident in this...

    -Rodolfo H. Period 4

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  8. like shuffling through the work you have to grade
    sam friefeld

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  9. Edit:

    In collaboration with Sam Friefeld

    OK, YOU are doing it.....

    So you're excusing or distracting youself from grading?

    I'm confident in this...

    Rodolfo H. Period 4

    I WANT TO WIN BEFORE SOMEONE GETS IT!!!

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  10. Could the PowersShuffle be a way of getting through

    the grading process and in way of shuffling

    through it and skimming so that you have less work

    and can have the ability to grade more in a small

    amount of time.

    -Sam Friefeld-per.4

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  11. Aha! I think I know. Saying you'll grade papers (or even taking them home), but then
    1) Putting it off for a long time
    2) Not grading at all.

    Mira Merchant
    Period 3

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  12. *EDIT: 2) Not grading THEM at all

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  13. I think the PowersShuffle is taking home papers to grade and then not grading them.

    Yuval S.
    Period 3

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  14. @Yuval: Way to copy my answer... xD

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  15. Mira was first to get perfect answer! Ro you may have contributed to the thought process, so you deserve credit, too!

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  16. I would have guessed it when you open the door between Mr.Bryants room and yours and walk out to go get water or watever it is you do. Now I'm wondering, what do you do when you leave the classoom and then come back?

    Tyler Levinson Pr.6

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  17. Awesome!

    I like these blog posts...they're more thought-provoking.

    I wonder what Mira gets as the prize? She'd better share...(if it's edible)

    -Rodolfo H. Period 4

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  18. $5.00 Target gift card. Not much but a prize nonetheless. :)

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  19. @Tyler - What do you think I do when I leave and come back? What do you do when you need to leave the classroom? I'm human, too. LOL.

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  20. You're human?:o bombshell. JK.

    Tyler Levinson Pr-6

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  21. Craig- Just be quiet. You're beating a dead horse. :^(

    Mira you're not going to even thank me? I did most of the heavy lifting! >:-I

    Man this blog post was pretty hectic...

    -Rodolfo H. Period 4

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  22. Rodolfo, did you really just make a crying emotocon in response to my "human" joke?

    Tyler Levinson Pr.6

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  23. Wooooow... This happpened in like a matter of minutes!

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  24. Haha that is pretty funny. Grading papers at night.

    It really is hard work to be a teacher!

    Ryan G p6

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  25. Wow, that was crazy I didn't even have the slightest clue to what was going on. Still, it looked pretty intense.
    Kevin Scott Period 5

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  26. This blog is off topic. Read the beginning and then read the end. It is pretty funny.

    Jason C. Period 5

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  27. I think the Power shuffel is grading essays as were writing them in class or playing scrabble on the iphone
    Allison Blake Period 3

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  28. HAHA! This made me laugh... the comments cover a large range! XD

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  29. Ummmm.....Allison was kinda late there.

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  30. Hahaha(: this was a very funny blog post!

    -Kayla Moodie Pd.3

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  31. This was amusing. If I had checked and commented on this blog earlier, I would have guessed that the PowerShuffle was the way you walked. This is because Mr. Bryant seems like the type of person who would point out your height, and small things don't really walk. Since I am 99.9% sure that you have no idea what I am talking about, here is an example: Mice scurry. Mice are very small creatures, and people never say that mice walk because it sounds weird. Also, mice have a very small stride which is why they have to scurry and move their legs fast to move. This led me to conclude that Mr. Bryant meant that because your strides are so small, it would be considered shuffling, not walking. Well, now I know that I was wrong. By the way, this was not meant to be mean. I am short too! Short people are cute and cuddly, so I take pride in my height. I may be small, but I've got it all! I don't know who said this, but "We short people have a great perspective in life; we are always looking up.":)

    Christal Hector
    Period 3

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  32. ahahaha! cool idea for a blog post Mrs. Powers! I wish I would have saw it earlier so I could have guessed :)

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  33. I liked this blog post I wish i would have posted before. Congratulations Mira!
    -Aina Rivas pd. 2

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