Softening of rules might be considered
The Ohio Board of Education is expected to urge lawmakers next week to back off tougher new requirements to graduate high school for at least another two years.
Stephanie Dodd, a board member from Hebron, said test scores should not be the only way to determine whether a student earns a diploma and she’d like them to have other options.
“We want to look beyond testing,” she said.
New state requirements that students score at least 18 of a
the bubble (blown through a straw) and then shoot the intricate patterns of crystals as they enveloped the bubble’s surface.
On Dec. 27, he posted the video on Instagram, thinking others would enjoy it.
“People went crazy,” he said.
The video has more than 20,300 views on Sherrill’s Instagram account, and CNN and the BBC both sought permission to share it with viewers.
As part of that process, Sherrill’s followers in the past 10 days have mushroomed from about 3,000 to 10,300.
“I guess it’s the novelty,” said Sherrill, 48, who specializes in landscapes and nature photography. “People have never seen a
bubble do that in real time.”
The concept of freezing soap bubbles isn’t new, nor is it Sherrill’s idea. Sherrill borrowed from others’ experiences as well as his own to refine his “recipe”: 1 cup water, 2 tablespoons dish soap, 2 tablespoons corn syrup ( it makes the bubbles stronger) and 2 tablespoons sugar ( it acts as “seeds” for the crystals).
The bubbles work best, he said, when the temperature is lower than 20 degrees.
The excitement over his video hasn’t yielded a windfall, Sherrill said.
“I’m a terrible marketer,” he said, chuckling. “I have no idea what to do with this.”
He might have found one audience to target, though: An Instagram account called “If You High” posted Sherrill’s video. There, it has drawn more than 2.1 million views.
Said Sherrill, “I had no idea there was a huge market for making videos for stoned people.”