Random VTS Musings, A Word to the Wise...

 First grade is getting ready to create clay animal sculptures. I thought it would be helpful for them to VTS an actual sculpture. I quickly executed an image search. The thumbnail size image of this one appeared perfect. Imagine my shock when I enlarged it on my SmartBoard! Yep, that ox-like creature has a large, prominent penis, and we are talking about first grade babies with no forewarning! AUGH!
I hesitated briefly, and debated finding another animal sculpture, but decided to forge ahead. There was much giggling, not because of the penis, but because the one animal has it's arm around the other. 'Maybe the ox is asking the rabbit to marry him?' a student observed. PEALS of laughter ensued. One student suggested that this was an animal park and another that perhaps this was a monument to two famous animals. Yet another observed that it looked like these animals were sculpted of mud. All in all, it was a very successful session, I'm glad I stuck with the image. By the same token, however, if at all possible, in the future I will attempt to preview every image on the SmartBoard during a time when no students are present!