♦ apologies for the spotty blogging as of late. after work i no longer want to do anything. for example, i came home yesterday, ordered unhealthy fried chicken (the soy sauce kind) and watched the last 3 episodes of beethoven virus (review to come). still it wasn’t a blissful experience as the inside of my mouth is out of whack (there are three or four painful areas due to stress; it’s getting better though).
♦ today i had four consecutive classes before lunch. then i missed lunch (second day in a row) because i helped set up the stage for a citywide conference they have at my school twice a year. then i had EOZ (english only zone) which is twenty-five minutes of english conversation time (with a few select students) during the latter half of lunch (i hate EOZ).
then the main office was chaos the rest of the afternoon because they plan on replacing all the teachers’ desks this weekend. yes, we’ll get brand new desks but god dang it, the office is a mess (we had to clear out all our stuff which was so fun). the good thing is, diana and i went home early because a) we had no classes and b) we had no desks.
♦ the stargirl project presentations started this past tuesday and i must say, i am very impressed with some of the students’ products. these korean high school students are so creative and tech-savvy. some of the movies they’ve produced make me wish they’d consider going to film school; the children’s books / comic books some of the groups have made are brilliant; there are even song and dance numbers (where the lyrics have been changed to reflect parts of the book); even the powerpoints are out of this world (i wish i could show you all this stuff).
these presentations make me think of the projects i did while in high school and it’s like night and day (from a technology standpoint). powerpoint? we didn’t even have a computer in our classroom; my teachers used OHPs (overhead projectors) most of the time. making movies? no one taught us how to splice scenes together. ::sigh:: i wonder what it’s like in american high schools nowadays…
♦ june 21st is father’s day. my father and i don’t have a bad relationship, but we’re not close, either. i can convey every conversation i have with my father with the following exchange:
father: are there any problems?
me: no. are there any problems at home?
father: no. if there are no problems then let’s hang up.
me: okay.
as he is getting older, he is getting more senile. and i think his hearing is weakening as well. i didn’t know what to get him for father’s day. since i ordered flowers for my mother on mother’s day, and my father would understand why i wouldn’t spend money on him, i still ordered my father a sun hat for when he mows the lawn. it’s practical, but still gift-worthy. i will call him this sunday evening to wish him a happy father’s day.
