You know you
are assimilating when you start thinking, “Hmm, maybe I should bring that Nestea
home with me- they don’t make it the same in the US.” That’s something I didn’t
expect to discover- that name brand foods don’t necessarily taste the same from
country to country. I won’t buy Doritos down here because they don’t have that
same “bite” that they do in the US. Oreo’s also have a different flavor, and
slightly different texture down here. Nestea is much better here. I won’t buy it in
the US because I think it’s bitter and otherwise tasteless. Here it is citrusy
and delicious. Ice cream is sweeter. All produce is organic- yummy!
Reflections on Teaching:
You know you’ve been teaching too
many hours in the day when you catch yourself saying “excuse me” when you bump
into the edge of your own desk! I am so used to kids bumping into me or me
bumping into them that the word flies out almost without my noticing it!
I had to laugh today when I watched
the reaction of one of the naughty boys in my classroom. I have 3 of my
students on a behavior chart- if they get smiley faces on their charts they get
rewarded. I was taking a quick minute to collect my thoughts before I wrote on
a boy’s chart, and I saw his reaction out of the corner of my eye- he was
crossing himself, as I’ve seen Catholics and Orthodox Christians do, preparing
himself before the Lord in hopes that he would get a good review ;-) His prayers were answered when I marked a
couple smiley faces on his chart!
I teach drawing to 3-5th graders after school on Mondays. One of my students gave me a
new perspective on my own face:
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