Homer's Lesser-Known Works

The headmaster took up reading "The Well-Trained Mind" by Jessie Wise and Susan Wise Bauer this evening, trying to get some mid-year inspiration. Somehow we must find a way to get the students from "this is a pencil", to "applied elocutio in How Antiochus the Great lost control of Syria".

Shouldn't be too difficult, right?

When the headmaster got to Chapter 34, "Some People Hate Homer", he had something of an epiphany, since he can certainly relate to Homer. He went straight to his collection of beer bottle caps, and rounded up the students for a rousing game of "Beer Cap Challenge"!

It seems that the Headmaster has been collecting unique beer bottle caps for some time, and is rather proud of his collection. This is a game he made up on a night when his bottle cap collection grew considerably.

Each student reaches into a coffee can full of beer bottle caps, and selects one at random, keeping it hidden from others' view. When all students have made their selection, they deliver them to the Headmaster, who mixes them up, looks them over, and then chooses the best beer of the bunch. Whoever selected that cap gets to keep it. After the entire collection of caps has been depleted, the one with the most bottle caps wins.

Now if that doesn't get them in the mood to study Homer Simpson, the Headmaster doesn't know what will.