Text 6
M: Did you see the new student in Miss Foley’s class, Sally? I think she’s from a poor family.
W: Poor? Why would you think that?
M: She had pieces of cloth on her jeans. I’ll bet she has holes in them, and she can’t afford to buy new ones. Her mom had to sew on the pieces of cloth to fix her old jeans.
W: Rusty, you’re a little behind the times. That’s the fashion nowadays.
Half of our class has pieces sewn on their jeans. If her parents are really poor, we certainly will help her.
M: That’s great. Anytime we should help the poor.
Text 7
M: What time is it, Harriet? I’m starving, but I guess it’s not time for lunch yet.
W: Let’s see…according to my iPhone, it’s just a few minutes past noon. M: What? I thought my watch was wrong. Shouldn’t the sun be overhead if it’s noon?
W: Oh, Don. I can tell you weren’t listening in science class last week. The sun is only overhead at noon for two days a year.
M: Ha-ha. Very funny.
W: No, really. Mrs. Sorenson explained it. The earth goes around the sun at an angle, and that changes where the sun is at noon.
M: But…then those old clocks that measured time by the sun’s shadow are all wrong?
W: Um, not exactly. They’re just not the same as the time we keep on our computers.
M: I wish I were sitting at a computer right now instead of out here. I’- 19 -