So Im not sure if you all are up on this story, but ill go ahead and give you MY recap:
This Austrian guy named Fritzl imprisoned his 18 year old daughter in a cellar under the house, after telling his fam she had run away. For the next 24 years, he sexually abused her and FATHERED 7 kids with her, one of whom died. He changed his non guilty plea to guilty after a few days of the trial I believe and has been found guilty on charges of incest, murder (of the baby who died), rape, enslavement, and false imprisonment.
This is just disgusting and ridiculous on so many levels. The fact that this is this guys DAUGHTER is just disgusting. How could you enslave let alone RAPE your own child. I know he is not the first person to do something like this, but to this magnitude. For 24 years and having 7 children with her. I saw this on CNN the other day and I was so fucking enraged and horrified by this. I just cant even write anymore about it. You can read the article for yourself here.......
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/19/austria.incest.trial.fritzl/index.html
or, you can go to CNN's website and search for Fritzl (its actually right on the first page once you pull up the website)
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Volunteer found DEAD outside her home
This is how PC is reporting it:
'U.S. Peace Corps Acting Director Jody K. Olsen, along with the U.S. Embassy in Cotonou, Benin, is saddened to confirm the death of U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer Kate Puzey. Ms. Puzey was found outside her home on March 12 in the village where she worked as an English teacher. Peace Corps Acting Director Olsen said, "Kate was an exemplary member of the Peace Corps family whose dedicated work as a secondary English teacher in a rural public school in Badjoude, Benin, contributed greatly to the lives of the Beninese citizens. Kate's life and work spoke volumes about the kind of dedication she had to her service as a Volunteer, and the U.S. Peace Corps is greatly saddened by her loss. Our condolences go out to her family and loved ones at this time." Peace Corps and the U.S. Embassy in Cotonou are coordinating with local police authorities, who are currently conducting the investigation and will make a final pronouncement on the cause of death. The Government of Benin has expressed condolences to the U.S. government and pledged their full cooperation and support in this matter. Ms. Puzey began her Peace Corps service in Benin on July 17, 2007. She served in the Peace Corps as an English teacher in Badjoude for almost two years. She was 24 years old and a native of Cumming, Ga.'
This is crazy! No word yet on the cause of death, but I wonder what happened....In any event, I know this must be extremely hard for her fam who may not have seen her for a very long time while she was serving. I hope they find the cause of the death and those who may have been involved are put to justice......
Ok I really mean I hope their asses are shot to death!
'U.S. Peace Corps Acting Director Jody K. Olsen, along with the U.S. Embassy in Cotonou, Benin, is saddened to confirm the death of U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer Kate Puzey. Ms. Puzey was found outside her home on March 12 in the village where she worked as an English teacher. Peace Corps Acting Director Olsen said, "Kate was an exemplary member of the Peace Corps family whose dedicated work as a secondary English teacher in a rural public school in Badjoude, Benin, contributed greatly to the lives of the Beninese citizens. Kate's life and work spoke volumes about the kind of dedication she had to her service as a Volunteer, and the U.S. Peace Corps is greatly saddened by her loss. Our condolences go out to her family and loved ones at this time." Peace Corps and the U.S. Embassy in Cotonou are coordinating with local police authorities, who are currently conducting the investigation and will make a final pronouncement on the cause of death. The Government of Benin has expressed condolences to the U.S. government and pledged their full cooperation and support in this matter. Ms. Puzey began her Peace Corps service in Benin on July 17, 2007. She served in the Peace Corps as an English teacher in Badjoude for almost two years. She was 24 years old and a native of Cumming, Ga.'
This is crazy! No word yet on the cause of death, but I wonder what happened....In any event, I know this must be extremely hard for her fam who may not have seen her for a very long time while she was serving. I hope they find the cause of the death and those who may have been involved are put to justice......
Ok I really mean I hope their asses are shot to death!
Not so fast....
So before my sanity completely goes out the damn window and I seriously lay hands on one of these kids, something has come up to keep my focus: IM SHOOTING A MOVIE....
Well several actually. My 9g grade class and I are discussing films and how they are made in our textbook. I figured while we were learnin about this, we might as well bring it to life. I told the first class about it, and they seemed pretty calm about the idea. But the second half of the class was all excited. At the beginning of class they asked if they could play a game, so I agreed we could if there was time at the end of class. Well I announced we would make a short film and they didnt even want to play the game anymore. They immediately started thinkin of ideas for their short film
Cannes here we come....
So just to raise the stakes, each half of the class is broken into 2 groups (a groups of 6 and a group of 7, 2 short films for each half of the class, and 4 short films for the whole class of 26). Im gonna solicit a group of judges to determine which film from each class is the best and the winning teams get a pizza party. Today's class was geared around making it all happen. Coming up with what type of movie they will make, what the movie will be about, the characters, the plot. I actually got some really funny scenarios
1. A Western-2 guys are playin poker when 2 girls walk in. The bartender serves them a drink. The two poker players begin to argue over which girl looks the best and they have a shoot-out. There is a sheriff and a waitress somewhere in this short film also.....
2. A Comedy-a story about 2 friends and their kids. One friend has twins (sara and mara) and a daughter, and the other friend has one daughter who believes she is a clown. The sister of the twins has a b-day party and one of the twins makes the clown upset. The clown switches the twins into the others body.........
3. A Horror-a guy and girl are picnicking when 2 monsters attack them. The monsters kidnap and imprison her after they kill the guy. Her friends decide to rescue her and kill the monsters.......
4. A Suspense-a guy is cheating on his wife with his only love. His wife hires private investigators to prove her suspicions correct. After gainging proof, the investigators call the wife to confront the husband and his lover at a restaurant. Things go terribly wrong when the wife picks up a knife and kills the lover, causing the husband to kill the wife and investigators in a fit of rage.
How exciting do these films sound??? We are gonna get props (costumes, fake blood, etc) and Im gonna film this. There is some kid who does work with small clips and movies, hopefully the films look legit.
Ok, Im VERY excited!!!
Well several actually. My 9g grade class and I are discussing films and how they are made in our textbook. I figured while we were learnin about this, we might as well bring it to life. I told the first class about it, and they seemed pretty calm about the idea. But the second half of the class was all excited. At the beginning of class they asked if they could play a game, so I agreed we could if there was time at the end of class. Well I announced we would make a short film and they didnt even want to play the game anymore. They immediately started thinkin of ideas for their short film
Cannes here we come....
So just to raise the stakes, each half of the class is broken into 2 groups (a groups of 6 and a group of 7, 2 short films for each half of the class, and 4 short films for the whole class of 26). Im gonna solicit a group of judges to determine which film from each class is the best and the winning teams get a pizza party. Today's class was geared around making it all happen. Coming up with what type of movie they will make, what the movie will be about, the characters, the plot. I actually got some really funny scenarios
1. A Western-2 guys are playin poker when 2 girls walk in. The bartender serves them a drink. The two poker players begin to argue over which girl looks the best and they have a shoot-out. There is a sheriff and a waitress somewhere in this short film also.....
2. A Comedy-a story about 2 friends and their kids. One friend has twins (sara and mara) and a daughter, and the other friend has one daughter who believes she is a clown. The sister of the twins has a b-day party and one of the twins makes the clown upset. The clown switches the twins into the others body.........
3. A Horror-a guy and girl are picnicking when 2 monsters attack them. The monsters kidnap and imprison her after they kill the guy. Her friends decide to rescue her and kill the monsters.......
4. A Suspense-a guy is cheating on his wife with his only love. His wife hires private investigators to prove her suspicions correct. After gainging proof, the investigators call the wife to confront the husband and his lover at a restaurant. Things go terribly wrong when the wife picks up a knife and kills the lover, causing the husband to kill the wife and investigators in a fit of rage.
How exciting do these films sound??? We are gonna get props (costumes, fake blood, etc) and Im gonna film this. There is some kid who does work with small clips and movies, hopefully the films look legit.
Ok, Im VERY excited!!!
Ureka!!!
So, since this class is always so bored of hearing me speak, and dont like to think, for the next class Ive decided to have them do the work. Usually We go sentence by sentence and I ask them to think about what the text means. BUT for the next class, I thought it would be good to split the class into small groups, assign them several sentences. Beside putting definitions on the board, Ill have THEM decipher what the text means. We'll see how that goes, since they naturally know everything!
BASTARDS!
BASTARDS!
*Side-Note* Isnt that pic soooo cute. Im surprised I found this pic of this lil black girl (ha). Not feelin that pink dress tho....
Survival is the name of the game....
So after that last post about my bad day, I got several comments that said basically survival is the name of the game. I obvioulsy am not the ONLY volunteer having these problems, and I could almost bet money there are some out there worse off. Its just a shame that Im tryna figure out how to merely survive and make it til the end of my service. I feel like that a fucked up reason to stay here......
I am going over Gulliver's Travels with my 19g class and boy is is difficult for them. The language of the book is damn near ancient and extinct, and the vocab is very hard for them. We have to take the text line by line, which not only takes forever, but bores that crap out of the class. But I think the reason why they are bored so much is becuase they dont want to think! I ask what they think such and such means, and the majority of the class stares into space. They arent trained to use their minds and again, are very LAZY. Its such a shame.....
I am going over Gulliver's Travels with my 19g class and boy is is difficult for them. The language of the book is damn near ancient and extinct, and the vocab is very hard for them. We have to take the text line by line, which not only takes forever, but bores that crap out of the class. But I think the reason why they are bored so much is becuase they dont want to think! I ask what they think such and such means, and the majority of the class stares into space. They arent trained to use their minds and again, are very LAZY. Its such a shame.....
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
The wait is over...You're obviously NOT smarter than a 5th Grader!
Well I posted this yesterday, and after an overwhelming response of WRONG answers (ok, maybe it was just one person but whatevs), Ive decided to put you all out of your misery. Here is the question:
There are 7 girls on a bus.
Each girl has 7 bags.
Each bag has 7 big cats,
and each big cat has 7 small cats.
Each cat has four legs.
How many legs are on the bus?
And the solution:
7 girls X 7 bags= 49 bags
49 bags X 7 big cats= 343 big cats total
343 big cats X 7 small cats=2,401 small cats total
2,401 small cats + 343 big cats= 2,744 total cats
2,744 total cats X 4 legs= 10, 976 total cat legs
7 girls X 2 legs= 14 legs
10, 976 total cat legs X 14 total girl legs= 10, 990 total legs on the bus
see how simple that was??? hahahaha dont worry, Im not smarter than a 5th grader either apparently!
There are 7 girls on a bus.
Each girl has 7 bags.
Each bag has 7 big cats,
and each big cat has 7 small cats.
Each cat has four legs.
How many legs are on the bus?
And the solution:
7 girls X 7 bags= 49 bags
49 bags X 7 big cats= 343 big cats total
343 big cats X 7 small cats=2,401 small cats total
2,401 small cats + 343 big cats= 2,744 total cats
2,744 total cats X 4 legs= 10, 976 total cat legs
7 girls X 2 legs= 14 legs
10, 976 total cat legs X 14 total girl legs= 10, 990 total legs on the bus
see how simple that was??? hahahaha dont worry, Im not smarter than a 5th grader either apparently!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Bad Day
So let me just say, teaching english in THIS country has lost its luster LONG time ago. Altho I honestly have some good moments, lately they are been few and far in between. I feel like this situation is really killin my spirit cuz im always somewhat upset or sad when I go to work.
So today I had the 10g, and they USED to be my fav class. I would brag about how smart they are and how I loved to teach them to BUL when they would ask how I liked it here. But now, some of them MOFOs is on my shit list! The first half of the class today just really gets on my nerves, and all I can do really is shake my head in defeat.
We were going on some passages from Gulliver's Travels. Now normally the texts we read in class arent TOO difficult, except for vocabulary. But the book was written so long ago, and uses vocab that is out of date, so I KNEW they wouldnt be able to understand the passage we were reading. And plus the other half of the class is ahead them and they didnt understand SHIT when we went over it together last week.
So I decided we would read the pass together, then discuss the meaning almost line by line cuz it was really hard for them. OFCOURSE, this half of the class KNOWS EVERYTHING. So we begin the pass and when I say they was lookin so DISINTERESTED, I could have swore they read the entire book front to back. They looked so bored, and like I was sayin something they already knew. But its mighty funny that after each line I would ask what it meant and the room was DEAD silent.
So since they KNOW EVERYTHING, I said ok cool, after this line yall can read the text by yallselves (thats not a word). So one girl just busts out this HUGE sigh of relief, like she was bout to die if I went on explaining another line. They read the text by themselves. and low and behold, they DONT UNDERSTAND SHIT! The chick who was bored to death and sighed said aloud, "oh teacher, I didnt understand anything" So ofcourse we wit my smart mouth goes, I knew that. I TOLD yall from jump the text was hard, but yall wasnt payin attention and wanted to read it alone. So she says well the first few lines that we reviewed, I understood everything. Mighty funny tho that when I asked the class what was going on, BLANK STARES!
So Im flamin mad at this point. We done wasted time cuz they think they so damn smart. Class ends. I go to the teachers room and ask someone what grades I will have to teach next year, and she says probably the same students as now. And you should have seen my face drop cuz I wasnt wit it! She asked why and I said I didnt want to teach them. They are rude, lazy, never want to work and just plain uninterested in learning anything. I feel like this is a waste of time. And further more, the 9g and 19g have STOPPED coming to the extracurricular activity courses before and after school. I could be spending that extra time sleeping, but I wake up and go to the school and wait for the students to come, and NO ONE SHOWS UP!
So this heifer says to me "well thats how they are with all the teachers"
BITCH that didnt help me! It didnt make me FEEL BETTER. It just made me think even more why the hell the school applied for a volunteer when the students are horrible and make me feel like shit sometimes. Seriously, there are places in Africa and South America where the students are extra thirsty to learn english. Here, NO. They just dont give a shit. And its so sad cuz the kids generally dont seem like they even aspire to anything.
I really am at the point where I am ready to go home. I did not come here to deal with snot-nosed lazy ass kids who dont want to learn. I left my family and friends to come here for what? To come to school everyday WAITING PATIENTLY for students to show up so I can HELP THEM with their english, just to have no one come? or to go to work everyday and stand in front of an unappreciative bunch of kids who could care less about learning? Hell to the nah. I am seriously thinkin bout how the next year will go, if it will go at all......
But on a high note, I bought this cute new jacket and wore it today wit my stunna shades. I surely was the talk of the town......
ok, im back to bein sad....
So today I had the 10g, and they USED to be my fav class. I would brag about how smart they are and how I loved to teach them to BUL when they would ask how I liked it here. But now, some of them MOFOs is on my shit list! The first half of the class today just really gets on my nerves, and all I can do really is shake my head in defeat.
We were going on some passages from Gulliver's Travels. Now normally the texts we read in class arent TOO difficult, except for vocabulary. But the book was written so long ago, and uses vocab that is out of date, so I KNEW they wouldnt be able to understand the passage we were reading. And plus the other half of the class is ahead them and they didnt understand SHIT when we went over it together last week.
So I decided we would read the pass together, then discuss the meaning almost line by line cuz it was really hard for them. OFCOURSE, this half of the class KNOWS EVERYTHING. So we begin the pass and when I say they was lookin so DISINTERESTED, I could have swore they read the entire book front to back. They looked so bored, and like I was sayin something they already knew. But its mighty funny that after each line I would ask what it meant and the room was DEAD silent.
So since they KNOW EVERYTHING, I said ok cool, after this line yall can read the text by yallselves (thats not a word). So one girl just busts out this HUGE sigh of relief, like she was bout to die if I went on explaining another line. They read the text by themselves. and low and behold, they DONT UNDERSTAND SHIT! The chick who was bored to death and sighed said aloud, "oh teacher, I didnt understand anything" So ofcourse we wit my smart mouth goes, I knew that. I TOLD yall from jump the text was hard, but yall wasnt payin attention and wanted to read it alone. So she says well the first few lines that we reviewed, I understood everything. Mighty funny tho that when I asked the class what was going on, BLANK STARES!
So Im flamin mad at this point. We done wasted time cuz they think they so damn smart. Class ends. I go to the teachers room and ask someone what grades I will have to teach next year, and she says probably the same students as now. And you should have seen my face drop cuz I wasnt wit it! She asked why and I said I didnt want to teach them. They are rude, lazy, never want to work and just plain uninterested in learning anything. I feel like this is a waste of time. And further more, the 9g and 19g have STOPPED coming to the extracurricular activity courses before and after school. I could be spending that extra time sleeping, but I wake up and go to the school and wait for the students to come, and NO ONE SHOWS UP!
So this heifer says to me "well thats how they are with all the teachers"
BITCH that didnt help me! It didnt make me FEEL BETTER. It just made me think even more why the hell the school applied for a volunteer when the students are horrible and make me feel like shit sometimes. Seriously, there are places in Africa and South America where the students are extra thirsty to learn english. Here, NO. They just dont give a shit. And its so sad cuz the kids generally dont seem like they even aspire to anything.
I really am at the point where I am ready to go home. I did not come here to deal with snot-nosed lazy ass kids who dont want to learn. I left my family and friends to come here for what? To come to school everyday WAITING PATIENTLY for students to show up so I can HELP THEM with their english, just to have no one come? or to go to work everyday and stand in front of an unappreciative bunch of kids who could care less about learning? Hell to the nah. I am seriously thinkin bout how the next year will go, if it will go at all......
But on a high note, I bought this cute new jacket and wore it today wit my stunna shades. I surely was the talk of the town......
ok, im back to bein sad....
Are you smarter than a 5th Grader?
There are 7 girls on a bus.
Each girl has 7 backpacks.
In each backpack, there are 7 big cats.
For every big cat there are 7 little cats.
How many legs are there on the bus?
Each girl has 7 backpacks.
In each backpack, there are 7 big cats.
For every big cat there are 7 little cats.
How many legs are there on the bus?
Monday, March 16, 2009
*Fingers Crossed*
So I spoke to my mom yesterday and we talked about my spring break plans. Its been such a hassle gettin her over here and I dont really believe it will happen til I see a flight confirmation or something of that nature. IF she stumbles over to this side of the world, then we might go to a magical place. But I dont want to jinx it, so Ill keep it secret til I actually buy the plane ticket.
Its really the only thing ive been looking forward to these days. A nice break away from work and school!
Viva la.....you fill it in....
Its really the only thing ive been looking forward to these days. A nice break away from work and school!
Viva la.....you fill it in....
Today
Well except for Poppa callin me at the butt crack of dawn and our hour and 15 min phone convo, my day was pretty mediocre. 2 students showed up to my extracurricular act. class. I expected that tho. I only had the 9g today, so the day went by fairly quickly. We worked on the past simple tense and did an activity I found somewhere and played a game called Ghost. It was actually pretty cool.
But then my stomach started hurtin and my back has bee aching for the past few days. I went to talk to this lady who works on my job and she talked me into smokin a cigarette. After like 2 pulls I started to get a headache and admitted defeat.
I came home and just layed in the bed. Its actually the only thing I do these days. I sit and watch TV all damn day cuz I have no life.
Blah blah blah
But then my stomach started hurtin and my back has bee aching for the past few days. I went to talk to this lady who works on my job and she talked me into smokin a cigarette. After like 2 pulls I started to get a headache and admitted defeat.
I came home and just layed in the bed. Its actually the only thing I do these days. I sit and watch TV all damn day cuz I have no life.
Blah blah blah
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