Happy Halloween!
(left to right: Patrick, Jack, William, Aubrey, Jay)
This is even better than the halloween from last year! Everyone had insane costumes and it was just amazing, I'm glad that we took a bunch of pictures, I'm sure I might just cry so hard when it's our graduation.
Dead pool, Diego, Shark, Zombie and No-Face from Spirited Away! Don't we look so cute together?
You were right, it took us some time for the new and old students to get to know each other better, and once we do, things go out of control! We had so much fun playing in our little characters in school, not many classes did it together, so we did get some awkward glances from others... BUT THATS OKAY BECAUSE WE LOVE IT!!!
At first I was scared that everyone would be too shy to dress up, perhaps they would just come with a cute devil horn or some fairy wings. But NOPE, they went all the way and all the costumes were remarkable.
Can't wait till next year, Things will be even more crazier.
Dear Aubrey,
ReplyDeleteWelcome back! It's nice to have you back writing again, instead of spending all of your time out chasing boys! Or perhaps, since last spring, out chasing one boy. Without naming names, but it might be a boy who acts a little silly in class, and likes dressing like a shark at Halloween.
Nobody told me any of that. I just figured it out from different letters and pictures.
My best advice on public speaking is to pick out one person, in the audience, but not in the front row, and speak to that one person. Make eye contact. If you can get that one person to smile or nod their head, you know that you're connecting to most of the audience.
Every once in a while, every five minutes, switch to a different person. It's amazing how quickly your brain blocks out the rest of the crowd.
From what I've been reading from everybody else, it seems like the new students have been welcomed to the class, and that they fit right in, perhaps even better that the students of last year. Halloween, with just about everybody participating and everyone having a great time, would be a great example of that.
I know that Ms. Lin is threatening life and dismemberment to everyone who is not caught up on their letters. So please excuse me, as I have a lot of mail to respond to.
Pick one hour a day, one day each week, as your "letter writing" time. You don't have to write for the full hour, but if you can stick to that, it won't be as easy to "put it off until later".
Keep writin g,
Tim