The other day I snarled at the intercom in third period.
The way the lunches are scheduled means that a bell rings no less than TEN times during the course of that one class.
At 5000 decibels.
In my room.
While we’re trying to have an intelligent discussion.
I made a wish, after snarling–something about bringing in a giant magnet to slap over the grill to silence it.
And one of my juniors brought me one!
In he walks, with a big, white magnetic circle and voila. Almost silenced bells. We can still hear them, but we are no longer cowering in the corner with our hands over our ears. Discussions proceed uninterrupted.
I love that boy.
(Also, on a side note: we had tacos.)
February 8th, 2013 at 2:02 am
We have to be careful with our bell use and messages over the loud speaker as the neighbours phone and complain. We have the opposite problem, as often they are so low we can’t hear them!
February 10th, 2013 at 6:09 pm
For a short time, the intercom system was “broken” and only sounded in the halls. Admin kept sending out emails asking which teachers couldn’t hear the announcements and bells. Nobody answered. Oddly. They still fixed it, unfortunately.
February 11th, 2013 at 12:59 pm
Yay! Science to the rescue!
February 13th, 2013 at 4:27 pm
Seriously!