hmm.
one of my favourite students, clotilde fasan, left on friday because her family's moving back to france. she's a brilliant girl and was so incredibly well-behaved. i'm gonna miss her a lot. her sister, emilie, is in kim's class (preschool/kindergarten) so our two classes had a pizza party and watched the prince of egypt. one of kim's parents owns a pizza restaurant (pizza chicago) so we didn't have to pay anything for it. they've actually catered a lot of our events; they're pretty generous. the fasan's gave micah, kim, and me each a big box of ferrero rocher chocolates. those are so good, but if i could give the chocolates back and have clotilde stay, i would.
speaking of chocolate, the snickers here taste different. it's almost like the caramel's different. sweeter. i think it's because they use sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup. the same goes with soda. it tastes better.
the end of the first quarter is this friday, so i'm going to be really busy this week. i'm not behind in my lessons, but i'm behind in my tests, so i'm gonna have to get that wrapped up. the language tests are the main problem; the tests in the curriculum are almost entirely oral and i don't see how that's feasible with an actual class of students (as opposed to a home school class). it'll take way, way too much time. i could grade worksheets, but i don't really want to do that. or i could make my own tests, but...that's something i'll be resolving today or tomorrow.
hopefully this friday we'll have a halloween/ harvest festival thing; pumpkin carving, scarecrow making, etc. i'm really excited. i think halloween's my favourite holiday. fall has a certain scent, a certain chill in the air; i love it. we're trying to get a trip to berlin worked out for thanksgiving. micah's got some friends there.
the ten day weather forecast for brasov as per weather.com gives foggy weather seven out of the next ten days. foggy weather here is a lot different from foggy weather in dothan. it wraps up the city like a blanket. tucks it in. it's so incredibly thick. i'm hoping it snows mid-nov; i've been told that this is a lot warmer winter compared to the one last year. my parents sent me this awesome parka, but i can't use it if it doesn't snow!
mr. fox's class v2.
an example of the fog. it doesn't translate as well in pictures, i'm afraid.
another peştora pic. they were cooking these nasty sausage things called "mici" over a fire.
me and clotilde before she left.
...back when i smiled.
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Granny, Barbara and I are so proud of you. Thanks for the post. We miss you.
Again....love the photos! Sorry to hear that the little Miss is moving on...
Oh,I forgot... the Good Behavior Challenge sounds like a good idea...looks like the kids whose names are toward the bottom are doing better then the ones at the top...?
Oh, also, we'll take a few "real" snickers, you can deliver them upon your arrival stateside.
yay! I am happy that you posted!
I really like the pictures. You look different but professtional.
aw man, you've got the cutest kids in the world. this is a great experience, corey. i'm glad you're there.
corey, i am proud of you. you are awesome, man. what an opportunity to be able to help shape the minds of those kids. may the Holy Spirit use you to shine Light in their minds and hearts. i am sure that you are learning to love there. that, my friend, is invaluable. and i LOVE you.
So alden said you had been looking for me on Facebook? I deleted it... Sorry. What's up?
Oh...Yeah. Well I don't like writing essays. But that wasn't what stopped me from doing it. I just didn't really see a point in being in it. You don't have to be in it to study abroad. And they make you take extra classes. So I just didn't want to do it.
But thanks for the encouragement. Had I been contemplating joinging you might have just made up my mind!
i'm now in dothan. it's official. i miss you A LOT!!
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