"She [Anna Jarvis, founder of Mother's Day] was specific about the location of the apostrophe; it was to be a singular possessive, for each family to honour their mother, not a plural possessive commemorating all mothers in the world."
i appreciate people like anna jarvis, not for this "celebrating mothers" crap (although i am down with that), but because she not only thought about possessive apostrophe placement but also formed a strong opinion on it. i miss grammar nerds.
tomorrow's mother's day in thailand, hence my mother's day-related post in the middle of august. right now the students are in a big assembly and a bunch of them brought their moms. it looks like a semi-fancy affair. ooh la la.
love and miss you, momma :)
11.8.10
average weather forecast
for koh chang/trat, tomorrow through sunday:
high: 32 degrees celsius (89.6 F)
low: 24 degrees celsius (75.2 F)
chance of T-storms thursday and friday: between 30% and 50%
chance of rain showers saturday and sunday: between 20% and 30%
tropical island, here we come?
high: 32 degrees celsius (89.6 F)
low: 24 degrees celsius (75.2 F)
chance of T-storms thursday and friday: between 30% and 50%
chance of rain showers saturday and sunday: between 20% and 30%
tropical island, here we come?
10.8.10
i'm such a fat kid
i've really taken a liking to just sitting on my bed lately. actually, sitting is a generous term--i'm really lying down with my head strategically propped up against a pillow so i can play on the computer. i've also really taken a liking to eating a lot because food rules.
those two new habits lead to this picture of me right now:
that's melted chocolate on my neck. it's still there. fat kid.
those two new habits lead to this picture of me right now:
that's melted chocolate on my neck. it's still there. fat kid.
8.8.10
the upsides and downsides to actually being involved
last week, i sat down in a meeting with my four co-teachers to discuss what they wanted from me for the future--what sorts of lessons they want, what they want the kids to learn, how they'd like it taught, what sort of expectations they have for different classes, etc. one of the teachers had made an outline of what they thought would be good things for me to teach: reading/listening passages and general knowledge trivia games, mostly.
it was awesome. i've wanted a meeting like this since october. i have NO IDEA what i'm doing here, in this whole "teaching" business. i've been mostly relying on my wit and good looks to teach the kids english, and it's only been half working. so to have this outline of things to teach, to be on the same page as all of my coteachers, to now be doing something that i KNOW they want me to do is thrilling.
but this now means that i'm staring at a list of 20+ vocabulary words and trying to make 5-10 of them into an interesting dialogue. come on, brain. let's work together on this.
it was awesome. i've wanted a meeting like this since october. i have NO IDEA what i'm doing here, in this whole "teaching" business. i've been mostly relying on my wit and good looks to teach the kids english, and it's only been half working. so to have this outline of things to teach, to be on the same page as all of my coteachers, to now be doing something that i KNOW they want me to do is thrilling.
but this now means that i'm staring at a list of 20+ vocabulary words and trying to make 5-10 of them into an interesting dialogue. come on, brain. let's work together on this.
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