Slice of Life: I Got a Rock in a Box

(This is a Slice of Life post, which is part of the daily writing challenge facilitated by Two Writing Teachers. You write, too.)

Write, Share, Give

When I got home from school yesterday, a package was waiting for me. I thought maybe some publisher had sent some books for me to review and then I saw the return address and thought, did I win some Slice of Life prize that I didn’t know about?

You see, it was a package from my good friend, Stacey Shubitz, who is part of the Two Writing Teachers team of teacher/writers. I ripped it open and found … this inside.

Cool. A rock with a message that keeps getting sent forward to other people. Yes, it is part promotional gimmick to spread the word of a new book about teaching students to be Upstanding citizens of the world through inquiry and decision-making but I like the main author (Smokey Daniels), I like the message, and I like the way something in the mail connects us to others. And I know just who I am going to send the Upstander rock forward, too, and why. They will be surprised (unless they are reading this right now.)

Peace (in the standing up),
Kevin

9 Comments
  1. Clever marketing tool. Reminds me of when you used to send out the writer figurines to Summer Institutes. We had a lot of fun with Mark Twain. You should write about that for one of your slices.

  2. Your comments always show that you are a supportive upstander, so I get why you were sent the rock. It makes me think we could do something like that in school.

  3. It sure is a good marketing scheme! At first I was like, “this is kinda like a chain letter,” but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that it’s also an honor. I’m glad it arrived safely. Can’t wait to see where it travels next!

  4. It would be easy to dismiss it as “just a marketing scheme,” but like you said, the message itself is meaningful. It’s a cool idea that could perhaps be utilized for a purpose other than marketing. Thanks for sharing this!

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