drifting

I feel like I'm a drifting boat gradually drifting away.

Taoyuan New

I'm in the Taiwan News for teacing last summer :D


聯合報 >> Taoyuan >> 歡唱英文歌 ABC老師再見

跟著「ABC」快樂學習ABC！6名在美國出生成長的華裔青年英語志工，昨天結束在觀音鄉樹林國小為期兩周的兒童英語夏令營課程，在華裔小老師刻意營造全英語環境下，原本害怕說英文的鄉下學童，已敢大聲念出自己的英文名字。 「樹林國小屬於偏鄉學校，這裡有3成比例的孩子是弱勢家庭，因家庭經濟不佳，孩子鮮少有機會自費到補習班學英語，更遑論開口說英語了。」樹林國小校長彭玉宜對偏遠學校教育資源的城鄉差距感受尤深，今年特別向僑委會爭取到6名暑假來台的華裔青年英語志工，到校開辦兒童英語夏令營，「任何對孩子有幫助的機會，都不放過。」 「我們早有心裡準備了，事前就知道他們是鄉下孩子，英語程度不能和城市孩子相比，剛開始幾天，發現中低年級的孩子連英文字母都不懂，又很皮，真的有點挫折感。」來自美國德州達拉斯城的女學生唐新星說，還好彼此年齡相近，透過遊戲、短劇、歌唱、跳舞等方式學習英語，再藉由密集的聽、說、唱練習，孩子到第2周已經不再懼怕說英語了。 住美國德州休士頓、將升高三的艾力克說，過去曾在美國教亞裔孩子英文，對教學並不陌生，這趟台灣行，他見識到台灣鄉下孩子最純真的一面，也是首次見到原住民孩子。 「英文能力不可能短期內提升，我以大哥哥的身分要求他們，不管說對說錯，放膽去說，沒有人會笑你們的」，他要讓孩子知道，英文其實沒那麼難，當孩子大聲念出自己的英文名字、唱著英文歌時，成就感十足。 記者潘欣中／桃園觀音報導 7/26/2008

Though I can't read it, it just makes me happy that I'm recognized? I really do miss my students though

Brick Wall

talking to my mom is like talking to a brick wall frustration

nothing gets through except the occasional cuss word muttered under the breath

...out of all my other so "unimportant" words that is the only one she listens too.

Stress and Warm Fuzzies

Came home after first part of draining competition (but aweomse dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings) and attempted to type a superb resume that was anything but that. Instead I got this sad wimpy resume filled with indecipherable French words as my spell checker decided to spell check in French and I can't figure out how to change it back to English.

Oh the joys of microsoft!

Giving up on that intiative, I attempted to do a last minute cram session for Acdec but instead I think my brain just shut down. While feeling extremely stressed out I stumbled across some picutres (credited to wwany) that made me feel extremely happy and laugh like I got the warm fuzzies or something.

So i'm sharing maybe you'll feel happy too when you look at it.......or maybe i just really need some sleep cause I'm on the verge of delerium.

brain implosion

-a whole day spent studying my brain is about to implode *kaboom!*
-missing out school today(well yesterday) and tomorrow (or today) thus pushing back my ever impending failure of my missed calc test
-tomorrow(today) = essay // speech // interview
-saturday = all the written tests // super quiz relay // awards (ack!)
-oh boy...
-I hope its all worth it and we make it to state.
-go Berkner

Answered Prayers

-woke up around 5:30Am, popping out of bed due to a nightmare about unfinished calc hw
-fell flat on my face cause my phone charger had somehow wrapped around my foot while I was snoozin'
-scrambled to do hw
-ringringring. "Hello RISD Parents All classes and after school activities have been cancelled for today Wed, Jan 28th. "
-bam: the sound of my calc book falling uncermoniously from my hands while I promptly do a victory dance x]
-hallelujiah// praise be the lord. at last my prayer's have been answered. Thank God for no schOol! ....on the other hand I really should go back to church.

oh, crap

I've finally succumbed to the inevitable: blogging. :] New Year's Resolution: Try something new. (Just in time for Lunar New Year) I abhor the S-institution and love to procrastinate as much as anybody. So here I am doing my historic first post when I really should be studying for my Calc. I've come to the realization though that no amount of studying can deter my impending failure on this test. *whoosh* the sound of GPA deflating at a rapid rate. oh, crap indeed.