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It's also true that 'good' guys don't always win.
I remember, involve me and I
learn.
-Benjamin Franklin
I remember, involve me and I
learn.
-Benjamin Franklin
love coming home. Not saying that the southern accent gave me giggles everytine I heard it, but theres seriously nothing like coming home, and having your friends make you dinner. Mmmm
The state of Third Son's face at the end *shudder*
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I've spent 2,5 weeks in Bournemouth (south coast of England) with a group of 16 students (13-18 years old). I was supposed to be a teaching leader, but there was a mix-up, so I ended up being in charge of activities outside of school and also helping other groups with their issues.
Just to give you all an example of what can happen, here's what some of the other leaders had to deal with (naturally, since I had such an amazing group, I helped out to lessen the burden for all the other leaders who -had- issues like these and many more):
- a student had to go to the hospital because she might have been drugged at a party.
- a student who was seen shop-lifting, but not by leader or staff, so we had "no proof", and was said to have bragged about shop-lifting several articles of clothing from Primark throughout the trip. Student denies (of course) but looks a bit ashamed when I point out that it would be stupid to shop-lift at a place like Primark anyway, since everything is so cheap there. Her whole body language told me she was lying through her teeth at the meeting, but we could do nothing.
- students complained about the cleanliness of the host families, bringing photos of a stained couch and curtain and an unswept floor and demanding to be moved elsewhere when host families are a rare commodity and there's little room for people to be shifted around for minor reasons. Better to move those who are actually in dire circumstances where the host parent comes home drunk and starts leering at the young girls.
- students on a language trip refusing to practice their English despite being asked to by all leaders and that is what they are actually there to do.
- students complaining about all activities and how boring they are, then complaining about not having anything to do when given free time.
- students not taking showers and having to be asked by the host family to please utilize their facilities as they are starting to reek.
- a student getting completely wasted from drinking too much vodka (from a different language school) that an ambulance had to be contacted.
- students smoking, despite knowing they are not allowed to and being given a first warning.
Some of these things might seem trivial, but consider that each leader has around 15-20 students and some days a few of these things were brought up from several directions at the same time, while at the same time they had to handle the everyday planning and paperwork.
My students continuously kept practicing their English skills, they kept clean, polite and enthusiastic, they were mostly on time and worked on engaging the other students. They didn't complain, but instead took things as part of the experience of being in a different country with different standards. In short, they were awesome!
I've also been allowed to visit Madame Tussauds and see the musical Wicked as part of my job (meaning I didn't have to pay anything at all), enjoy the sun and beach, go sightseeing in London and get to know some truly amazing people. SO. MUCH. LOVE!!
Ahh, Leonard Cohen. The man whose balls dropped twice.
i am rapture coder
I warned you, man. Messed up movie is messed up and beautiful.
Message #17059 Sent By: Oleis Received On: 1/03/2014/17:24
"If it makes you feel better, just checking your artifact list threatens to crash my mudlet."
I remember, involve me and I
learn.
-Benjamin Franklin
That experience was awe inspiring.
Second interview for a job tomorrow, getting my birth certificate as well so I can get a new ID so I can WORK at the potential new job. Life kicked me down pretty hard, but I am getting there. Slowly.
"The smell of dusty fur, sweet smoke, waiting and patience, a thing that time cannot kill. The moth that candles won't burn."
Not written but Steven Erikson, but his buddy Esslemont who's been doing most of the other short forays into the Malazan world with his band of characters to shed light on the side plotlines and histories. But ASSAIL. I've been wanting to learn so much more about this area of the world. I can't wait.
Finally, something is working out.
As for more love:
- I love this tan I'm getting, regardless of random sun rash.
- I got my schedule fixed within 10 minutes of talking to my boss.
- My butt looks awesome from pea-picking.
I just honetly love making dolls, I found out. The hand-crafting is a soothing process and it's challenging, plus it allows a use for embroidery other than patching up clothes.
Huge
I remember, involve me and I
learn.
-Benjamin Franklin