All elementary schools should add the course “Doors 101″ to their curricula. (And no, I don’t mean anything to do with Jim Morrison).
In this course students would:
- Learn how to close the door without shaking the entire house.
- Learn how to shut the door all the way (some shut it too much, others not enough–and even the same operator can suffer from both maladies).
- Learn how to not stand in the doorway and let the cat out of the house.
- Learn the relationship between bug, the out of doors and open doors.
- Note the significance of climate control.
- Learn to open the door quietly.
- Learn that there is a reasonable limit to the number of times one expects the door to coming flying open in a given 15 minute period.
In the second semester students would learn such advanced door-relate activies as:
- When to close your parent’s bedroom door (such as when one is playing Game Cube at 7:00 on a Saturday morning).
- Why it is best not to shut your bedroom door when the cat is in your room, yet you are not.
- The general meaning of closed and locked doors.
Do I have an “amen”?
Amen, brother. I have five, ages 7 through 17.
Comment by Bill Hennessy — Saturday, February 5, 2024 @ 2:10 pm
Heh. We haven’t gotten that far yet. Though I will definitely have an introduction to The Doors sometime. Hey, it’s a logical followup to Beach Boys, Beatles, Peter, Paul & Mary, some of Deb’s country stuff, Bee Gees, Simon & Garfunkle, the Turtles, Righteous Brothers, Monkees, and so forth.
I remember how we drove my parents crazy the same way. Especially my younger brother. Everything was mostly his fault. Yep.
Comment by Jay — Sunday, February 6, 2024 @ 8:10 am
I feel certain that there should be a refresher course in the middle school and the high school. My 16 year old is the worst at the “shaking the entire house” door maneuver.
Comment by Jan — Tuesday, April 12, 2024 @ 8:20 am