A little tired again, my bad guys.
Anyway, another day at Gateways. Getting into the swing of things now, so today was INFINITELY better than yesterday. Strange thing though, remember how I said that fifth period was a class full of angels and sixth period sucked because of the goddamn Sharks and the Jets? Well, today, that COMPLETELY reversed. Today we had the kids interview each other, each group switching between being director, cameraman, interviewer on camera, and interviewee on camera. Part of that activity involved the director calling "quiet on the set" so that the other kids would shut up when they needed to.
And for fifth period? The kids would NOT QUIET DOWN. We ended up getting half the class done, which isn't too bad, but we probably could've finished if the kids had stayed quiet.
As for sixth period, I don't know WHAT happened with the Jets and the Sharks today, but they COMPLETELY settled down and both of their groups were AWESOME at doing the activity. I was so happy, they were such a great class today.
Oh, and one of the Jets has this weird little fleshy growth near his ear. I never noticed it until he did his interview, but ever since I noticed it, I can't stop staring at it. It sort of looks like one of Shrek's ears, I kinda wanna flick it to see what'll happen. Will it flap around like a uvula, will it break off and fly away, will it be sturdy like a pole? I don't know.
Parent pick up was waaaaaaaaaaay smoother too. The kids were all gone at around 3:45, which was great.
During parent pick up, I overheard an Asian lady asking some of my fellow TAs if they knew where a student named "Stacey Shi" or something like that was. Of course, none of them knew, myself included when the old lady asked me. She explained that Stacey was part of the after-school program and needed to meet with her immediately. A nearby student overhears us saying this and claims that she saw Stacey enter a bus. A bus that she wasn't supposed to. A but that was currently driving away.
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| "Yeah, she's on that one, the bus locked at a speed of 50 miles an hour." (via sfgate.com) |
Since I happened to be the TA she was talking to, she talks to me saying that she'll probably arrange something with the bus owners to drive Stacey back.
Just kidding. She told me to run after it. So I did. I effing sprinted after it. And even though that car was already driving away, I MADE IT.
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| How my conversation with the bus driver went down. (via Cyanide and Happiness) |
He didn't have a Stacey Shi on board though, so I walked back to the old lady. After receiving high fives from the other TAs and questions on whether I was in track or not (no kidding, they seriously asked me that question), I talked to the old lady. She ask me:
"So Stephen Siu wasn't on that bus?"
Stephen Siu. I (and the other TAs) heard Stacey. I asked for Stacey from the bus driver. He said no Stacey on board.
...Shit.
OH, and I finally got the name of my friend from yesterday. She's Emily. No idea what the last name is, but that's fine. Met a few other people too. Robert (a white dude that's kinda awkward but good at his job since he keeps the rowdy kids in line), Whitney (not the Pokémon gym leader), Young Woo (a super cool guy that knows everyone on campus), and Erin (a quiet Asian TA).
Wow, I might actually make a few friends here, huh?
Oh, and senior photos happened today, but nothing super interesting popped up. Saw Austin and Danielle there, that's about it. Shoutouts to them.
RFotD: Michael is too tired to research right now.
SGAT: Became a little less socially awkward.
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