Day 193: Truly Gritty Classroom

 

July 12th, 2011I thought today would be a typical day at the workplace, but I was sadly mistakened, it being a truly gritty, or should I say a cuss word that rhymes with it, day at ThinkTogether. After going to EHS in the morning with Geetha, and then visiting John Torres at the Sunshine Market, I bused to Waigenheim for Day 11 of the summer program. I took a picture of my classroom as my picture of the day. Lunch was decent, except a few of the girls that typically share me insider gossip information spilled some orange juice on me, setting a pretty sad tone for the rest of my afternoon. Group 3 for Period 1 of Film was so misbehaved I could barely contain them all in one room. Filming movies with them proved quite difficult as they would get loud and rowdy and often at times, out of control. Group 4 was relatively behaved as we played math charades with them, but it was super awkward because one girl randomly started crying in class (I found out later it was because the boy she liked insulted her cousin or something). Group 2 was somewhat misbehaved, just because of their sheer amount of numbers. Almost nobody was absent and they gained two more members, making the group supersized in both number and loudness. One of the groups that filmed though gave me some piece of mind when they volunteered to film parts of their movie at home or at the park voluntarily. Such great enthusiasm at such a young age. I was very proud to have them as my film students.

Afterwards I visited Geetha at her place, getting off at an earlier bus stop than campus. I think I’ll get on this stop from now because not only is it closer to her place, but definitely closer to my place as well. Afterwards I proceeded to Jessica Daggit’s place to 1) Hang out, talk, and catch up 2) Go to Ralph’s to shop for groceries so she could cook fish salsa 3) watched the movie True Grit, which is a surprisingly entertaining western (doubt it’ll be better than Cowboys & Aliens though). Afterwards, I walked home, relaxing for the rest of the night in preparation for tomorrow: Day 12. In doing so I talked up a storm with Baby Payne, Tyler, and Lauren.

Walter Mondale, the leading Democratic presidential candidate, announces that he has chosen Representative Geraldine Ferraro of New York as his running mate. Ferraro, a daughter of Italian immigrants, had previously gained notoriety as a vocal advocate of women’s rights in Congress. Four days after Ferraro was named vice presidential candidate, Governor Mario Cuomo of New York opened the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco with an impassioned retort to Republican President Ronald Reagan’s contention that the United States was a “shining city on a hill.” Citing widespread poverty and racial strife, Cuomo derided President Reagan as oblivious to the needs and problems of many of America’s citizens. His enthusiastic keynote address inaugurated a convention that saw Ferraro become the first woman nominated by a major party for the vice presidency. However, Mondale, the former U.S. vice president under Jimmy Carter, proved a lackluster choice for the Democratic presidential nominee.

Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, will not seek a ninth term next year so he can focus on his bid for his party’s presidential nomination, his campaign said. During his tenure in Congress, Paul developed a reputation as a hard-line libertarian and is credited by some with paving the way for the tea-party movement. Paul, a 75-year-old physician, has often stood alone in voting against legislation that he considers unconstitutional, earning the nickname Dr. No from his colleagues. HE BETTER EFF’ING WIN.

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