Scenes from the Obama Visit: Holy Name High School

Jonathan Weisman:

The setting: Holy Name High School, a small classroom with a sari-clad teacher, four boys and two girls in jackets and ties in front of environmental dioramas. Two girls presented an extremely well rehearsed rundown on their model of an eco-friendly village with a windmill.

"So let us work today for tomorrow," the kids all said in unison. A boy talked of forestry and asserted, "The government of India does not allow the felling of trees."

A paper mache black rock with a crying face was labeled "Black burnt carbon earth."

"You don't want to live on that," Mr. Obama said.

Oversized cigarettes were bound and wired, and marked RDX of Cancer (which is a frighteningly sophisticated way to say dynamite). A blue paper mache globe was sinking into a cardboard sea, with the label "Sinking Earth."

Posted by Jim Zellmer at November 8, 2010 1:03 AM
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