Here are some pictures of our Halloween
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Video Game Music Concert
David and I attended a video game music concert. It brought back a lot of great memories. I especially loved the Mario Overture.
Pumpkin Festival
My brother Joe and his wife Bianca came to visit us a few days on fall break. We had a fun time with them.
Ten Ten Reason you know you are a teacher in East Palo Alto
After finishing my first year of teaching in East Palo Alto, I thought it would be funny to create a top ten list of my experiences. The following stories are all true.
10. Your classroom windows are full of bullet holes
9. Your students often tell you they can't wait to more from East Palo Alto because they are tired of hearing the sirens and gun shots outside their window.
8. Your students offer to raise money to help bail a student's father out of jail by selling lemonade.
7. The house across the street advertises a "barbeque" every Friday aka weed for sale.
6. Drug Deals are often spotted at the bus stop
5. The teachers are forced to call 911 on Saturday due to a suspicious man carrying a gun.
4. The students are afraid of the white children on the field trip to San Francisco
3. The school is place on lock down after a police man is spotted with his gun drawn running through the campus. He was looking for a junior high student with a gun.
2. The school is placed on yet another lock down when the SWAT team decides to do a drug bust on a house across the street while students are being dropped off in the morning.
1. During a teacher party the SWAT team is spotted yet again running through the neighbor's yard. No one is alarmed and the party continues, but the teachers decide next time they should invite the SWAT team because they are in the neighborhood so often.
Our Apartment
David is currently working on his masters degree at Stanford University and I'm busy teaching 3rd grade. We are really enjoying California especially the weather.
My class
I am currently teaching in East Palo Alto. I'm already in my fourth years of teaching, and I'm really enjoying my class this year. The school I am teaching at is definitely a challenge. Most of my class is second language learners and I teach in a low income area. It has been a great learning experience for me.
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