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Maybe next year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Soup of Soups Recipe Writing Kit: Consists of 35 plastic spoons, a dried<br \/>\n  leg bone from an unidentified farm animal, a cube of bullion, dehydrated<br \/>\n  carrot flakes, and a stack of Country-classic Style Aunt Bonnie Recipe Cards<br \/>\n  (blank).<\/li>\n<li>What In the Heck Were You Thinking Kit: Inside you&#8217;ll find a small<br \/>\n  glassine envelope filled with quick-forget dust, which, when you cast it into<br \/>\n  the air induces such raucous fits of sneezing that everyone in the class will<br \/>\n  fail to recall the wrong-headed lesson you danced through on the previous day.<br \/>\n  Includes a set of handouts for fill-in-the-blank haiku.<\/li>\n<li>Remove-A-Tongue Kit: Face it, during the winter months students sometimes<br \/>\n  put their tongues to the metal poles at recess. Minimize the trauma and<br \/>\n  embarrassment with this kit. 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The first fifty orders include a free autographed<br \/>\n  Charles Rogers poster.<\/li>\n<li>Retired Mobile Devices Sandbox Kit: One 60G iPod with a dead battery, a<br \/>\n  Nintendo Gameboy and two cell phones along with a twenty pound bag of Malibu<br \/>\n  sand, and an instructional guide.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">\u23f3 Approximate reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">mins<\/span><\/span>My 06-07 NCTE Professional Resources catalog arrived in the mail yesterday. I leafed through it, giving it a thorough looky-loo, and while I was curious to find more kits than ever before, here are a few of the literacy education kits I did not find. Maybe next year. 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