Last night, Ada, Mom and I made ( Read more... )

Sois courageuse.

In general, I thought the film was beautiful artistically (amazing guitar soundtrack), but tried to cover so much of Che's journey through South America that it ended up glossing over his profound personal development. "Motorcycle Diaries" is very much an idealistic portrayal that didn't go into Che's emotional demons and dilemmas that had to be a ( Read more... )

from Chapter 7 "Anne  Says Her Prayers" of Anne of Green Gables:

"Why must people kneel down and pray? If I really wanted to pray, I'll tell you what I'd do. I'd go out into a great big field all alone or into the deep, deep woods, and I'd look up into the sky - up - up - up - into that lovely blue sky that looks as if there was no end to its ( Read more... )

I finished a 6:00 - 12:00 shift today. It was a little chilly to walk through the law school courtyard all by myself. When I walked past the science center, the little hairs on my back stood up (oiye - what a weird image :) because a black cat crossed my path there once. I briefly considered calling someone and staying on the phone until I reached ( Read more... )

I met these poems through my fellow RYSE teachers Amy and Chrissy ~ two of the loveliest girls I could ever hope to befriend <3

What Teachers Make
~ Taylor Mali

He says the problem with teachers is, "What's a kid going to learn
from someone who decided his best option in life was to become a teacher?"
He reminds the other dinner guests that it's true ( Read more... )

1. I keep thinking about starting a memory project for my grandparents, but thinking about the word "memory" in association with my aging grandparents makes me sad. So I'll hold it back and push it away until the next time I see my grandma's white hair, uncertain smile and gaunt cheekbones. Writing someone's life story seems like an unbelievably ( Read more... )

Today, Robin, Susan and I got up at 7:30am (well - for me, it was more like 7:48, since I had set 4 cell phone alarms and proceeded to turn them off one by one until I realized that Susan had to go to work) and set off for PetsiPies (pronounced "PeeeetsyPies") in the fresh morning air. Every once in a blue moon, I manage to get up before 8:45am and ( Read more... )

Today, I was really eager for class to be over for two reasons.  Aly's father was visiting from Guinea and for some reason, it unsettled him to the extent that he became a bit belligerent. After telling him at least five hundred times to stop addressing my Cambodian student Sreyon with a rude "Hey! Chinese!", it was disappointing to see the revival ( Read more... )

"hello Ms.  Quinnie, i have a question for you ( Read more... )