Pneumonic Devices and Fire Drills
Good evening all, isn't remembering things great? Aren't fire drills awful? Shouldn't you experience both in the same day? If you answered yes to all three of these questions, you were likely sitting in on my Childhood Growth and Development class this morning!
My professor, Dr. Bradshaw, decided to teach us how to remember the order of the 10 plagues (you know, from the Bible... Moses.... Israelites....etc). Since I'm never going to be able to forget the mental images now tied to each of these plagues, I'm going to teach them to you! Here we go!
First, associate the numbers with pictures:
1= an Inkpen
To remember this, think about how an inkpen looks like the number one.
2= a Coat hanger
Again, just remember how a coat hanger looks like the number two.
3= a Tricycle
This one's a little trickier to make stick, but just remember that I tricycle has 3 wheels (plus it begins with the prefix "tri") and BAM you've remembered the number 3!
4= a Car
Yes, I know it's a 3 letter word and you'll get it confused with 3, but just remind yourself, "how many wheels does a car have?" Exactly, so keep it as number four.
5= a $5 bill
Picture the Lincoln, picture the 5; cement the two in your head and remember that halfway through anything you're wishing you needed a little more money. Hence the $5 bill as the number five in the pneumonic device.
6= A monkey's tail
See how it curls at the end? Just picture how the little tail swirls!
7= a Golf Club
Hold on to the handle on the number and SWING all the way to the seventh hole!
8= an Eight Ball
Yes, the one from the game of pool. Not hard, I know.
9= a Periscope
For this one, look to the shape of the number again. Just like a periscope, the number nine has an eye-glass shape right at the top.
10= Ten Little Indians
I really don't know how to help you remember this one except to remind you of the eight ball, it's just that easy...
Okay, so now you're ready to pair up the plagues with the images!
1. Blood. Remember the inkpen? You just broke it and it splattered everywhere. Blood.
2. Frogs. What's worse than pulling out your hanger and finding a zillion frogs hanging all over it? GET THEM OFF!!! Frogs.
3. Lice. Imagine the tricycle again, do you see the little boy riding that red beauty down his driveway? Dirty, smelly little boy. And what's that? He's scratching his head??? EWWW LOOK AT ALL THE LICE FALLING OUT! Lice.
4. Flies. Picture a cloud blue convertible cruisin' down route 66. It's great right? Now imagine that there's a 200 lb. fly at the wheel. Flies
5. Cattle Dying. Remember our Lincoln Friend? In his place, picture a cow with a top hat, his legs spiked straight up. Cattle Dying.
6. Boils. Now this one is a little gross, but imagine your little monkey tail again, but this time your poor friend has been brutally affected by those boils. He can't swing from tree to tree anymore because of all those tail-infecting boils. Boils
7. Hail. Get that golf club out of your head and have at it! WHACK! WHACK! WHACK those hail stones! Hole in one! Hail.
8. Locusts. Remember that eight ball? Get it out and prepare to sink it in the hole. But wait? All of the holes are infested with LOCUSTS!! How are you supposed to make your winning shot? Locusts.
9. Darkness. Take a look through your periscope. You see the beautiful sunshine, oh wait... no you don't. A hand has just covered the lens. All you see is... Darkness.
10. Death of the first born son. Ten little indians... Minus one. :)
I can attest that this device actually works because whether or not those are the actual plagues, I wrote them all from memory from today's class!
The other thing I wanted to mention is how I got out of class early this morning, it was as if boredom had long since died and here my classmates and I were, vegetating over the class material. Low and behold God heard our snores and sent down a bright, flashing light and a mighty, trumpeting! FIRE DRILL!
And that's how I left class this morning, freshly awakened by light of the fire (drill). :)
Now, if you'll excuse me, I think I'll take a cruise with a 200 lb. fly.
My professor, Dr. Bradshaw, decided to teach us how to remember the order of the 10 plagues (you know, from the Bible... Moses.... Israelites....etc). Since I'm never going to be able to forget the mental images now tied to each of these plagues, I'm going to teach them to you! Here we go!
First, associate the numbers with pictures:
1= an Inkpen
To remember this, think about how an inkpen looks like the number one.
2= a Coat hanger
Again, just remember how a coat hanger looks like the number two.
3= a Tricycle
This one's a little trickier to make stick, but just remember that I tricycle has 3 wheels (plus it begins with the prefix "tri") and BAM you've remembered the number 3!
4= a Car
Yes, I know it's a 3 letter word and you'll get it confused with 3, but just remind yourself, "how many wheels does a car have?" Exactly, so keep it as number four.
5= a $5 bill
Picture the Lincoln, picture the 5; cement the two in your head and remember that halfway through anything you're wishing you needed a little more money. Hence the $5 bill as the number five in the pneumonic device.
6= A monkey's tail
See how it curls at the end? Just picture how the little tail swirls!
7= a Golf Club
Hold on to the handle on the number and SWING all the way to the seventh hole!
8= an Eight Ball
Yes, the one from the game of pool. Not hard, I know.
9= a Periscope
For this one, look to the shape of the number again. Just like a periscope, the number nine has an eye-glass shape right at the top.
10= Ten Little Indians
I really don't know how to help you remember this one except to remind you of the eight ball, it's just that easy...
Okay, so now you're ready to pair up the plagues with the images!
1. Blood. Remember the inkpen? You just broke it and it splattered everywhere. Blood.
2. Frogs. What's worse than pulling out your hanger and finding a zillion frogs hanging all over it? GET THEM OFF!!! Frogs.
3. Lice. Imagine the tricycle again, do you see the little boy riding that red beauty down his driveway? Dirty, smelly little boy. And what's that? He's scratching his head??? EWWW LOOK AT ALL THE LICE FALLING OUT! Lice.
4. Flies. Picture a cloud blue convertible cruisin' down route 66. It's great right? Now imagine that there's a 200 lb. fly at the wheel. Flies
5. Cattle Dying. Remember our Lincoln Friend? In his place, picture a cow with a top hat, his legs spiked straight up. Cattle Dying.
6. Boils. Now this one is a little gross, but imagine your little monkey tail again, but this time your poor friend has been brutally affected by those boils. He can't swing from tree to tree anymore because of all those tail-infecting boils. Boils
7. Hail. Get that golf club out of your head and have at it! WHACK! WHACK! WHACK those hail stones! Hole in one! Hail.
8. Locusts. Remember that eight ball? Get it out and prepare to sink it in the hole. But wait? All of the holes are infested with LOCUSTS!! How are you supposed to make your winning shot? Locusts.
9. Darkness. Take a look through your periscope. You see the beautiful sunshine, oh wait... no you don't. A hand has just covered the lens. All you see is... Darkness.
10. Death of the first born son. Ten little indians... Minus one. :)
I can attest that this device actually works because whether or not those are the actual plagues, I wrote them all from memory from today's class!
The other thing I wanted to mention is how I got out of class early this morning, it was as if boredom had long since died and here my classmates and I were, vegetating over the class material. Low and behold God heard our snores and sent down a bright, flashing light and a mighty, trumpeting! FIRE DRILL!
And that's how I left class this morning, freshly awakened by light of the fire (drill). :)
Now, if you'll excuse me, I think I'll take a cruise with a 200 lb. fly.
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