[Sca-cooks] obscure measurements

[Olwen the Odd]

>Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...
>
> > >  I missed most of that because we didn't use them,
> > >and, in fact, at the boarding school I was at at that time, our plates
>and
> > >cups were all hand made pottery- in fact, every kid was required to 
>make
>a
> > >bowl, a plate, and a cup during their stay there. Only limitations were
> > >size, so as you can imagine, we ate off an interesting "set" of dishes.
>The
> > >serving pieces were handmade, too, but the teachers made them, at need.
>They
> > >tended to be a bit more consistant ;-)
> >
> > Cool! Did you actually eat off your own, or simply add your pieces to
> > the general pool? It might be interesting to see a kid's
> > interpretation of the proper size for, say, an oatmeal versus an ice
> > cream bowl.
>
>No, they became part of the general supply, although you might get first
>chance to eat off them when they first came out of the kiln. The deal was
>that these were made during the pottery block. The end of the day, we had
>our arts time, where we'd have blocks dedicated to a particular craft.
>That's where I learned how to weave, make stuffed animals, build a kayak,
>stained glass, pottery, all sorts of stuff. I remember one block, we built
>our own matchbox derby racers- mine was about the ugliest- I was slow at
>developing hand/eye coordination- but it beat everyone else's, no matter 
>how
>pretty ;-)
>
>Was an interesting school. During one of the science blocks, they cut me
>loose with an algebra book, to teach myself algebra- mornings alternated a 
>3
>hour science block ad a 3 hour history block. It was nice, because you
>didn't really have time to gewt bored with a topic- by the time you 
>couldn't
>stand it, you were studying something else.
>
>St. Phlip,

Prey tell, what school was this?  And where?  What grades are/were there?  
Sounds odder than the Baltimore High School for the Arts where Morningstar 
went (but it wasn't a borading school, just really cool).
Olwen

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