My posts seem to be getting more random and less cohesive. Never fear, it just means that I’m combining material so that I don’t make 15 one-sentence posts. With that in mind:
Here is a list of the animals that I have seen since I moved to my town. Cow, sheep, pig, chicken, dog, cat, fish, ducks, 5th graders. In fact, I can see most of them from my shower window just about any day. Guess which ones.
Sometimes I work with the first grade kids. The kids don’t really seem to learn anything (I’m convinced that they’re only semi-sentient at this point in their development, and could be approximated by a finite state automata, much like chickens) but it’s fun to be around them. There’s one little girl, Rubi, who yells “EL PROFE DE INGLES!” every time she sees me. It’s pretty awesome. I hide when I see her in the halls, because otherwise she runs up to me and bear-hugs me, and there is no shaking her off.
Anyways, their teacher always has them draw things as a way of training the models—I mean, teaching the kids. I mentioned to her that the way that the kids draw people are really varied. She responded that how the kids draw people reflects how they feel about themselves.
Right after she said that, I looked at a kid’s paper, and I swear that his drawing of a boy looked like a coked-up alien muppet. Draw whatever conclusions you will about the child’s self-image. I think that more likely, the kid just sucked at drawing :).
The opening ceremonies of the world cup started tonight, evidenced by all the youth gathering at one of the little stores that happens to have a TV. Rumors of when the first match abound, but I haven’t heard 2 people say the same thing yet. Next time I’m in town, I’m going to print out a schedule and set things straight.
I was always the kid with the crappy drawings of myself too. Nothing to do with self-image, other than the fact that my post-image self-image took a definite turn. Even then I knew I'd never give Da Vinci a run for his money.
Let's hope this works. Pasting the FIFA 2010 schedule. All in South Africa time. Enjoy!
Group A Match Date - Time Venue Results
1 11/06 16:00 Johannesburg - JSC South Africa 1:1 (0:0) Mexico
2 11/06 20:30 Cape Town Uruguay 0:0 France
17 16/06 20:30 Tshwane/Pretoria South Africa Background Uruguay
18 17/06 20:30 Polokwane France Background Mexico
33 22/06 16:00 Rustenburg Mexico Background Uruguay
34 22/06 16:00 Mangaung/Bloemfontein France Background South Africa
Group B Match Date - Time Venue Results
3 12/06 16:00 Johannesburg - JEP Argentina Preview Nigeria
4 12/06 13:30 Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth Korea Republic Preview Greece
19 17/06 16:00 Mangaung/Bloemfontein Greece Background Nigeria
20 17/06 13:30 Johannesburg - JSC Argentina Background Korea Republic
35 22/06 20:30 Durban Nigeria Background Korea Republic
36 22/06 20:30 Polokwane Greece Background Argentina
Group C Match Date - Time Venue Results
5 12/06 20:30 Rustenburg England Preview USA
6 13/06 13:30 Polokwane Algeria Background Slovenia
22 18/06 16:00 Johannesburg - JEP Slovenia Background USA
23 18/06 20:30 Cape Town England Background Algeria
37 23/06 16:00 Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth Slovenia Background England
38 23/06 16:00 Tshwane/Pretoria USA Background Algeria
Group D Match Date - Time Venue Results
7 13/06 20:30 Durban Germany Background Australia
8 13/06 16:00 Tshwane/Pretoria Serbia Background Ghana
21 18/06 13:30 Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth Germany Background Serbia
24 19/06 16:00 Rustenburg Ghana Background Australia
39 23/06 20:30 Johannesburg - JSC Ghana Background Germany
40 23/06 20:30 Nelspruit Australia Background Serbia
Group E Match Date - Time Venue Results
9 14/06 13:30 Johannesburg - JSC Netherlands Background Denmark
10 14/06 16:00 Mangaung/Bloemfontein Japan Background Cameroon
25 19/06 13:30 Durban Netherlands Background Japan
26 19/06 20:30 Tshwane/Pretoria Cameroon Background Denmark
43 24/06 20:30 Rustenburg Denmark Background Japan
44 24/06 20:30 Cape Town Cameroon Background Netherlands
Group F Match Date - Time Venue Results
11 14/06 20:30 Cape Town Italy Background Paraguay
12 15/06 13:30 Rustenburg New Zealand Background Slovakia
27 20/06 13:30 Mangaung/Bloemfontein Slovakia Background Paraguay
28 20/06 16:00 Nelspruit Italy Background New Zealand
41 24/06 16:00 Johannesburg - JEP Slovakia Background Italy
42 24/06 16:00 Polokwane Paraguay Background New Zealand
Group G Match Date - Time Venue Results
13 15/06 16:00 Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth Côte d'Ivoire Background Portugal
14 15/06 20:30 Johannesburg - JEP Brazil Background Korea DPR
29 20/06 20:30 Johannesburg - JSC Brazil Background Côte d'Ivoire
30 21/06 13:30 Cape Town Portugal Background Korea DPR
45 25/06 16:00 Durban Portugal Background Brazil
46 25/06 16:00 Nelspruit Korea DPR Background Côte d'Ivoire
Group H Match Date - Time Venue Results
15 16/06 13:30 Nelspruit Honduras Background Chile
16 16/06 16:00 Durban Spain Background Switzerland
31 21/06 16:00 Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth Chile Background Switzerland
32 21/06 20:30 Johannesburg - JEP Spain Background Honduras
47 25/06 20:30 Tshwane/Pretoria Chile Background Spain
48 25/06 20:30 Mangaung/Bloemfontein Switzerland Background Honduras
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