Okay, I’ll admit it ... Prizes are one of the oldest “teacher tricks” in the book! But now that I have your attention ...
As you may already know, I’ve mailed a submission to the comic strip syndicates. You see, my childhood dream has always been to draw a daily strip, like the ones published in newspapers.
I’ve written more about this in PARTS 1, 2, and 3.
While I certainly hope that the syndicates enjoy my submission, another very important group of people in the funnies business is the readers. I'm curious to know what you think about my new comic strip, K is for KRICK, and so I’m inviting you to:
BE THE TEACHER ...
Yup! I’m inviting you to take on the role of a teacher and help “evaluate” my new comic strip, K is for KRICK.
As a token of appreciation, I’ll give you the chance to:
... WIN A PRIZE!
Are you interested? Here's what to do ...
- Review my samples of K is for KRICK.
- Type your evaluation.
- Email it to me privately or Post it as a blog comment.
Submit your evaluation before the deadline below, and you'll be entered in the draw ... It’s that easy!
Pretty much anyone, so long as it’s legal for you to read comic strips in your country (unfortunately, I’m serious). The good news is that you needn’t be a cartoonist or a teacher, but you’re most especially welcome if you are! It doesn’t matter if you’re young or old either. My only suggestion is that you feel young at heart ... like Krick! That said, young children should always be supervised by a responsible adult while they are “surfing” the Internet.
It’s easy! Review my samples of K is for KRICK and then send me a written “evaluation.” Essentially, I’d like to know what you think of my new comic strip, be it positive or negative. For example:
Your evaluation can be as in-depth as you’d like. I’ll be happy to review any feedback you offer about my new comic strip.
You can either send me your evaluation privately via e-mail, or share it publicly as a comment on my blog. To Send Privately: To Share Publicly:
Sunday, December 16, 2007 I will contact prize winners the following morning via e-mail.
Yup! There’s more than one prize to be won! Unfortunately, I can NOT offer you 65 inch, LCD flat screen, Full HD TV with 500 Watt surround sound and installation ... unless you buy it for me first! However, I CAN offer FIVE randomly selected participants their choice of any ONE of the following:
All prizes will be signed and can be personalized to anyone you would like. Prints can be any of my cartoons of your choice. More information will be provided to the winners, but if you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me using the address on my contact page. END OF CONTEST DETAILS |
A FINAL THOUGHT & THANKS ...
It’s not easy being a teacher -- especially when it comes to assessment and evaluation! On one hand, you have the sweet little angels who never cause trouble and always do their work, so it’s tempting to just give them an A or B without ever really looking at their assignments. Then there are those little devils, and one word comes to mind: REVENGE!
I’ll admit it, I wasn’t always an angel ... I once bit a classmate.
It’s true!
Okay, so we were in Kindergarten.
But no matter the joy/grief that a student offers, an “ideal” teacher is an impartial judge/jury of their learning. As such, the most valuable evaluation that a teacher can give a student is not a number or single letter ... It’s a comment.
Thanks for your comments ... and GOOD LUCK!
- Mike Cope