I learned how to play the Mozambican version of checkers, the kings get all steroid out but there is more strategy. Overall i like it better. So Saturday Jornecio, the teenage neighbor, destroyed me all day. Finally that night he showed me a couple moves and let me win a game.
Im reading LIFE OF PI. So far i like it. The beginning talks a lot about animals in the zoo and religion.
Yesterday both my class were so annoying. The second even worse. The students would not stop talking and laughing. It was the last two periods of the day so that was part of it, the students are hungry and want to go home.
"What is it that makes us human? It's not something you can programm, you can't put it into a chip. The strength of the human heart." TERMINATOR SALVATION
"The most dangerous animal in the zoo is man". Common saying in zoos
"There is no fate but what we make." John Conor
Class was much better today. Yesterday i lifted weight with some of my night students that work at the prison. I dont if they were trying to haze me or what. But we must of done about 30 sets of ten to fifteen. Then they told me see you tomorrow. Yeah right! I might go just to see what workout they do today. I have a feeling they will do the same thing as yesterday. Because there is not much we didnt do yesterday. Peace and love Jimmy
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Jabba you're a wonderful human being
Ok this is more a test than anything. Im about ready for bed. Just finished grading one of my class' tests. Im thinking about how to grade them. Not sure yet, i dont feel its right to use their test scores because some students started with such a low level but then i dont want to reward the students who never come to class. Ideas? I have a couple floating around in my head. One is im just going to ask the students what grade they think they deserve, and ill adjust them based on their attendance.
So its a full moon, i missed some lunar eclipse tonight. But when i was walking to school i could notice the full moon. Tonight is the brightest night i have ever seen. I could read out side with the moon light. Well maybe this will work. Peace, love and do good things
So its a full moon, i missed some lunar eclipse tonight. But when i was walking to school i could notice the full moon. Tonight is the brightest night i have ever seen. I could read out side with the moon light. Well maybe this will work. Peace, love and do good things
Monday, June 13, 2011
I think you just can't let a gorgeous guy like me out of your sight
Ok I had some cool experiences to share. I went to the beach yesterday. I have my drum and am taking it home tomorrow. So I got that going for me which is nice.
I have been reading Tao te Ching a lot. I really like it. If you like Asian philosophy at all check it out if you have been. I read two translations and both were enjoyable with some different perspectives also. My director has the book now or i would share some of my favorite quotes. But the book is all about how to live and how people should be governed. The Tao believes we should live simple lives without laws, economies, wars, and possessions. So of course i love it! Well this book, a conversation with a friend here about power, and re-reading some things in my journal mixed with my crazy sleep schedual led me to my first cool experience. this is 2am-ish and I am wide awake. I decide that I'm not going to care if my students use notes on the test as long as they are learning. So i go to class write that i trust them to do whatever helps them learn best and to use whatever they want. (maybe they thought it was a trick) But to my surprise NO CHEATING! I was shocked and it felt really good. I am going to try the same with my other classes. this was my good and small class. Hopefully things will not get too crazy next time.
Not cool experience, got really sick last week. I couldnt eat or do anything for a day. I went to class, I taught and felt odd. Then my next class, I felt really crappy and almost puked a couple times. I ended up giving a bunch of work to do and ended class early. The next day going over their assignment. The last exercise text i wrote, made absolutely no sense. I checked a few papers and realized it was my fault that is how out of it i was. I went home and stayed in bed the rest of the day. One of my students stopped by and helped me with some stuff i needed to do for my night students. The next day i felt better and went to class. But in bed i could not sleep well, had hot and cold sweats, my back and knees ached, had a fever, and was pretty much hating life. I think i got some food poisoning because i couldnt eat much the next day either. Then I realized cutting a bell pepper Friday that there was a worm in there and it was full of worm poop. I often cook at night and have little to no light when i am cutting and cooking. so i probably ate a bunch of worm poop Monday night and then got really sick.
Had big plans to camp out on the beach. I had everything i needed to survive a night out on the beach then could not find a boat ride to my desired site. I decided to head back with my two friends and crashed with them. It was fun at least going to the beach and i got to see some of the other volunteers. But I am jonesin to camp out soon!
I seen the moon set getting up to pee the other night and that was really awesome.
Ok I am tired and finally loaded some newer photos on facebook, not really new though. Also I may of found a way to make post from my email. So I might be able to update more often from my phone. Then I can actually share more without trying to remember what I did the last month.
Peace, love, and do good things
Jimmy
I have been reading Tao te Ching a lot. I really like it. If you like Asian philosophy at all check it out if you have been. I read two translations and both were enjoyable with some different perspectives also. My director has the book now or i would share some of my favorite quotes. But the book is all about how to live and how people should be governed. The Tao believes we should live simple lives without laws, economies, wars, and possessions. So of course i love it! Well this book, a conversation with a friend here about power, and re-reading some things in my journal mixed with my crazy sleep schedual led me to my first cool experience. this is 2am-ish and I am wide awake. I decide that I'm not going to care if my students use notes on the test as long as they are learning. So i go to class write that i trust them to do whatever helps them learn best and to use whatever they want. (maybe they thought it was a trick) But to my surprise NO CHEATING! I was shocked and it felt really good. I am going to try the same with my other classes. this was my good and small class. Hopefully things will not get too crazy next time.
Not cool experience, got really sick last week. I couldnt eat or do anything for a day. I went to class, I taught and felt odd. Then my next class, I felt really crappy and almost puked a couple times. I ended up giving a bunch of work to do and ended class early. The next day going over their assignment. The last exercise text i wrote, made absolutely no sense. I checked a few papers and realized it was my fault that is how out of it i was. I went home and stayed in bed the rest of the day. One of my students stopped by and helped me with some stuff i needed to do for my night students. The next day i felt better and went to class. But in bed i could not sleep well, had hot and cold sweats, my back and knees ached, had a fever, and was pretty much hating life. I think i got some food poisoning because i couldnt eat much the next day either. Then I realized cutting a bell pepper Friday that there was a worm in there and it was full of worm poop. I often cook at night and have little to no light when i am cutting and cooking. so i probably ate a bunch of worm poop Monday night and then got really sick.
Had big plans to camp out on the beach. I had everything i needed to survive a night out on the beach then could not find a boat ride to my desired site. I decided to head back with my two friends and crashed with them. It was fun at least going to the beach and i got to see some of the other volunteers. But I am jonesin to camp out soon!
I seen the moon set getting up to pee the other night and that was really awesome.
Ok I am tired and finally loaded some newer photos on facebook, not really new though. Also I may of found a way to make post from my email. So I might be able to update more often from my phone. Then I can actually share more without trying to remember what I did the last month.
Peace, love, and do good things
Jimmy
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