Who's the Master?

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This is the question, from the movie, that defined the 80s. If you know the answer say it with me…
SHO-NUFF!!!!
Yeeeeah!
In my 先生 (sensei) role, I have yet to make a student “kiss my Converse.” They choose to respect me so I don’t need too. I do require my fourth graders to call me Master Murray. It might sound like an ego trip, but I assure you it is all for educational purposes. I read them Grandfather Tang’s Story. To make it applicable, I showed them how to use the Tangrams shapes. They were amazed that those seven shapes (two big triangles, two little triangles, one medium triangle, one square and one parallelogram) make more than 1000 different (I categorized them into animal, person, head and object) figures. The geometric application is wonderful not to mention the $0.99 iPhone App.
Unfortunately, they didn’t agree. In their construction frustration, they exclaimed, “Can you show us how to do it?”
“Nope.”
“Do you even know how to do them?”
I paused, gave that Leroy glare (I even think I began to glow) and said, “I am the tangram Master! From now on, you must address me as Master Murray.” I never expected them to take me serious. Sho nuff, the next time I heard my name “Master” preceded it. I had no choice but to play along and now I only answer to Master Murray.
Stay tuned as Master Murray and his pupils reassemble the Seven Shapes of Tangram Tricksters.

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  1. AnonymousApril 21, 2009 at 2:35 PM

    This is awesome! I love it- Master Murray~~~
    Mia

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