As wacky reads go, it's hard to find a wackier one than this. The sixth-graders of Geyser Creek Middle School are all riled up because their cafeteria sink is clogged and needs replacing. The stink is unbearable, but the school is burdened with severe budget cuts. This is all thanks to Sen. Sue Ergass, who thinks money should be spent on "worthy" causes, such as saving -- get a load of this -- the endangered Chinese Sinkiang Blinking Spotted Suckerfish, rather than wasting it on "self-serving class trips."
So art classes, sport activities, school excursions and the like are made a big no-no at Geyser Creek. And, as Klise takes great pains to point out, the stagnant water in the old sink is not exactly doing wonders for the school morale -- or for its feng-shui. Literally meaning "wind and water," feng-shui is the ancient Chinese art of placement. Simply put, it is a method of living in harmony with nature.