Need a Good Contractor?

Do you have any students that seem to live in a state of disorganization?  You know the kind, they ask you for multiple copies of things constantly because "they can't find it."  Now, as the teacher, you know that the paper in question is somewhere hidden in the avalanche of papers flowing out from the depths of the student's desk.  Today I made a comment to my student who consistently hosts a desk avalanche.  The comment sounded something like, "It looks like a natural disaster hit your neighborhood" and the rest of the class came up the most amazing idea.  Don't you love it when that happens?

Chris, an amazingly smart little guy (and NOT the desk avalanche creator...if anything he's the extreme opposite), told the class that his uncle "Crazy Jack" is a contractor in New Jersey.  When Hurricane Sandy hit New Jersey "Uncle Crazy Jack" went into action to help rebuild people's homes.  Of course, contractors receive money for the jobs they perform.  So....my brilliant students decided that we should take away a job that we don't use all that often on our employment board and replace it with "Contractor."  The contractor will assess the damage and then state his/her price to clean the natural disaster.  The desk above was assessed at $45 by Chris, our first contractor.  In my opinion he should've required more money, especially since he had to leave the jobsite to catch the bus and will go back to cleaning this natural disaster area in the morning.  Meanwhile, the owner of this desk does not have property insurance, so he will pay the $45 fee to Chris over time.  Welcome to the REAL world!

Here's Chris in action this afternoon:

A note on our class insurance system...

Students can choose to purchase health, property, and/or car insurance. Health insurance benefits students when they need to make a non-emergency trip to the nurse’s office and/or during “Life Happens” scenarios. Property insurance benefits students when a natural disaster hits a neighborhood (i.e. a desk is too messy) and a contractor must be brought in to remedy the situation and/or during “Life Happens” scenarios. Car insurance benefits students during “Life Happens” scenarios.

Insurance costs an upfront fee of $10 per type. If students want to purchase all three types of insurance it will be an upfront fee of $30. Once purchased, there is a deductible of $15 for “Life Happens” scenarios or natural desk disasters and a deductible of $2 for classroom healthcare necessity.