Mustaches and Mice

Yesterday, Heathen #2 had to present an oral report on a famous person of his choice.  It was very open-ended.  Pick a person, dress like them, and talk for no more than 5 minutes.  Not too bad - unless you are in fourth grade and have never done this before.

Years ago, Heathen #1 did this same project and chose Abraham Lincoln.  He based his choice solely on the idea that he wanted to build stilts and be really tall when he did his report.  Bless the Asst. Zookeeper's heart, the boys build stilts.  I have pictures somewhere, but I can't locate them at the moment.  Heathen #1 was VERY tall that day - he did a great job and had a lot of fun doing it.

Heathen #2 decided that he wanted to do Abraham Darby - who did something with smelting coke.  I tried suggesting all kinds of other people that I thought would suit him better, but he made his choice.  Then the night before his project is due, he walks over to me and says, "Mrs. Kresak said we could change our person.  I'm going to do Walt Disney instead."

Such a better choice for him!  He did his entire project in an evening (which we educators frown heavily upon) and had everything ready to go for school the next morning.  Here's the costume:

Heathen #2 as a younger Walt Disney.

During his report!

While I was ecstatic over his score (27/28), he was bummed!  He lost a point because he didn't look at his audience enough.  I told him that takes practice.  And he had the hardest part - he was the first presentation for the entire class.

I loved Walt Disney before yesterday.  I was very proud of MY Walt Disney and I love him even more than the real one.  Well done, Heathen!