Wax Museum

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 05/20/2015 at 14:44 • Filed to: None

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My third-graders (yes, they’re twins, can’t you tell?) took part in their Wax Museum class project today. Each student picks a historical or influential figure, learns some facts about them, and dresses like that person for the presentation. Then they stand there until you “push a button” to make them talk, and they recite their spiel. Can you tell who they are?

Coty > ttyymmnn 05/20/2015 at 14:45

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Yes.

Party-vi > ttyymmnn 05/20/2015 at 14:46

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I wouldn’t call Steve Jobs or Stan Lee historical figures. Not yet at least. But cool nonetheless.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > ttyymmnn 05/20/2015 at 14:46

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Steve Jobs. What do I win?

OPPOsaurus WRX > ttyymmnn 05/20/2015 at 14:46

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I have twins, how have you survived for this long?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 05/20/2015 at 14:47

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Before I saw who posted I though, the boyo on the left looks familiar...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 05/20/2015 at 14:48

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Shrek and Iron Man?

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/20/2015 at 14:50

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Nailed it.

ttyymmnn > Party-vi 05/20/2015 at 14:50

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Well, let’s say important or influential. They had to pick somebody that “changed the world” somehow.

ttyymmnn > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 05/20/2015 at 14:52

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What about the other brother?

ttyymmnn > OPPOsaurus WRX 05/20/2015 at 14:52

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Copious amounts of alcohol.

ttyymmnn > OPPOsaurus WRX 05/20/2015 at 14:53

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But the better answer is one day at a time. As you know, it can be quite a challenge.

OPPOsaurus WRX > ttyymmnn 05/20/2015 at 14:55

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lol i’m pretty sure your other response was the better answer.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > ttyymmnn 05/20/2015 at 14:55

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I should know this. Can I phone a friend?

ttyymmnn > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 05/20/2015 at 14:57

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Look at the props.

ttyymmnn > OPPOsaurus WRX 05/20/2015 at 14:59

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One is true, one is an adage. Can you tell which is which?

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > ttyymmnn 05/20/2015 at 15:02

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I got that far. Guessing it’s a comic book thing but I was never into those.

OPPOsaurus WRX > ttyymmnn 05/20/2015 at 15:03

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not even a challenge. i’m grabbin beers on my way home. I also have to plaster the bathroom, you always need beer to work on the house. how do you deal with one being good at something that the other is not?

ttyymmnn > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 05/20/2015 at 15:03

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It’s Stan Lee, the guy who created Marvel Comics. Think Spiderman, The Avengers, etc.

ttyymmnn > OPPOsaurus WRX 05/20/2015 at 15:09

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That’s a good question. We tried from day one to make sure that each was his own person. We never dressed them alike, we didn’t give them alliterative names, they slept on different sheets. As a result, they’ve each become very much their own person, and actually very different people. Steve Jobs has become more of the tech-y kid, though Stan likes video games. Stan has become more of the sportsman, though Steve plays soccer too. There hasn’t yet been a situation where one has become really good at something while the other is jealous of his prowess. But I think if my wife and I have managed to do one thing well (and only one thing) it’s been to have them each comfortable in their own skin. They’re often jealous of what the other has , but they don’t seem to be jealous of what the other is . Of course, this may change when they get older and more serious about their interests. But Steve is definitely more cerebral, while Stan is more physical. It’s pretty fascinating, really, and sometimes I wonder if they are really identical after all.

Hot Takes Salesman > ttyymmnn 05/20/2015 at 15:11

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These kids are lucky- I have a twin sister ...

OPPOsaurus WRX > ttyymmnn 05/20/2015 at 15:12

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i’m kinda surprised, I figured if anything wasn;t equal it would be a conflict. Being three they are just starting to show their personalities. We took them on a walk in the woods the other day. They both loved it but one just wanted to run thru the trail while the other wanted to stop every ten feet and investigate everything.

.jdb. > OPPOsaurus WRX 05/20/2015 at 15:12

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Go Team Oppo Twinparents! Mine are three and a half. I was recently at a doctor’s office; she was reading through my medical history, kinda doing that “mumbling aloud” as she did... “Non-smoker....light alcohol consumption...Uh...mmhm...yep...__ years old, and...oh, you have kids? How old are they?”
“Three and a half”
“How old is-oh. Twins?”
“Yeah.”
“Wow, I don’t know HOW you do i- oh. Three to four cups of coffee a day.”
Seriously, though, I can’t drink much - I can’t imagine trying to chase after them with a hangover. That’s a special depth of hell.

.jdb. > ttyymmnn 05/20/2015 at 15:13

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See my comment above. Hooray for twins!

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > ttyymmnn 05/20/2015 at 15:14

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Thanks. I should have known that.

OPPOsaurus WRX > .jdb. 05/20/2015 at 15:15

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holy crap i’ve had to do that. Its definitely something to avoid. It wasn;t really that I drank a lot and was wasted but more of not having anything else to eat or drink.

ttyymmnn > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 05/20/2015 at 15:17

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No worries. I had no idea who Stan Lee is until we started watching the Avengers movies.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > ttyymmnn 05/20/2015 at 15:19

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I haven’t watched the new Marvel movies. The name sounds familiar now that you’ve said it.

ttyymmnn > OPPOsaurus WRX 05/20/2015 at 15:22

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I see those differences as fascinating, even if it is terribly frustrating. When the boys get ready for school, one is generally pretty good about it while the other moves like a glacier. One is the first to spring out of bed while the other is a slug-a-bed. And being different also means that we can rarely get them to agree on anything. And the plaintive, “It’s not fair!” has been heard too many times in this house. But my stock reply is, “Life isn’t always fair, and you don’t always get what other people have.” I’m done buying two of everything. When asked, “Does it ever get easier?” I always reply, “It doesn’t ever get easier, it just gets different.” Add to this mix a 12-year-old older brother, who can’t decide if he wants to be 9 or 15. Honestly, he’s our greater challenge these days. But that’s another whole story.

ttyymmnn > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 05/20/2015 at 15:26

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Skip The Avengers but go see Guardians of the Galaxy. It’s fantastic. And The LEGO Movie . It was the funniest damned thing I’ve seen in a long time.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > ttyymmnn 05/20/2015 at 15:28

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I have seen both of those. Those were pretty good. I thought that the ending of The LEGO Movie was a little cheesy, but it was expected.

ttyymmnn > Hot Takes Salesman 05/20/2015 at 15:28

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Sometimes, I wish we had more estrogen in the family. And then I don’t.

.jdb. > OPPOsaurus WRX 05/20/2015 at 15:29

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BTW, mine are three and a half and I’m totally telling EVERYONE because it’s the most amazing thing: Balance bikes. They are freaking magic. We gave the boys a pair for their second birthday. They kinda noodled around with them for a year but it was mostly just playing. At about 3y6mo, it clicked. Within a month, they went from “walking on the bike” to zooming, to riding for as long as the momentum would take them without putting their feet down. They’re ready for pedal bikes now and will never need (or use) training wheels.

ttyymmnn > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 05/20/2015 at 15:31

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I didn’t mind the ending at all. I thought it expressed perfectly the adult mentality of LEGO vs. the kid mentality. I’m like Will Ferrell: I like to build my special sets and put them on a shelf. My kids like to build cool stuff from all the pieces in the bucket. It was almost a Christmas Carol moment, when Scrooge finds the true meaning of LEGOs.

Hot Takes Salesman > ttyymmnn 05/20/2015 at 15:32

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I have two sisters, including said twin and an older one. It is painful, trust me

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > ttyymmnn 05/20/2015 at 15:32

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That is true. It really depends on what set it is if I put it on a shelf or do things to it. I kept the new Tumbler on the shelf and didn’t do anything, but the VW Bus... that thing got stanced because I have no life.

MonkeePuzzle > ttyymmnn 05/20/2015 at 15:41

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without looking at the comments below, my guess is Jobs and that comic book guy who cameos in all his own movies, whose name eludes me.

MonkeePuzzle > ttyymmnn 05/20/2015 at 15:43

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you know, oppo is really a car blog, but it feels like we are evolving into a car hobbiest’s social media outlet, with posts not directly car related. like facebook, but we all have a similar interest in common. and I like it! :D

ttyymmnn > MonkeePuzzle 05/20/2015 at 15:49

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Right. The other is Stan Lee, the founder of Marvel Comics.

Klaus Schmoll > ttyymmnn 05/20/2015 at 15:50

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...or the Big Bang Theory. You can passively learn about comic book culture by watching that.

I kinda dig the idea. The youngest ones I teach are 5th graders, so I’ll have to spice it up a notch, but I think I can work with this. I’ll keep it in the back of my head. Thanks for posting.

ttyymmnn > Klaus Schmoll 05/20/2015 at 15:58

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I think it’s a great project for 3rd graders. It’s their first poster project, they get to start doing research, and they start memorizing. But you could take all that to a higher level. It’s fun.

ttyymmnn > MonkeePuzzle 05/20/2015 at 16:00

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I like it to. It shows that Oppo has become a community, not just a bulletin board. And besides, cars get boring after a steady diet of them.

MonkeePuzzle > ttyymmnn 05/20/2015 at 16:10

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gah! thats it, Stan Lee

OPPOsaurus WRX > ttyymmnn 05/20/2015 at 17:40

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Haha we have the same issue with getting ready. One will go pick or her own pants the other lays down and wants you to put them on for her