my day so far. 5th grade watches annie. they say "ew" at the romantic parts and sing along to the songs they know. 3rd grade rehearses their hindi song for the indian celebration of holi. we work on keeping a steady beat with our instruments. we talk about the assembly and what we should do if we get nervous. i eat school lunch. a hotdog i have to heat up in the microwave because it's ice cold. 1st grade practices magic penny. love IS something if you give it away. we're singing to the elderly residents at senior suites soon. i pop in our irish song and the kids do a jig. kindergarten sings a few songs on the carpet - a song called safety first, which always makes me laugh, don't worry be happy, and a hannah montana song before we say goodbye. i pound my heels over to upper school. i'm on my way to 7th grade. if i said i wasn't nervous going there anymore i'd be lying. inside myself, i'm stacking my wall with bricks - i build up my energy and put on my armor. they're not so bad today. most of them finish their mood drawings for the theme from swan lake. i tell keandre to stop looking at pictures of women in swimsuits on the computer and draw his scene. i make some threats (if you don't finish, you won't get to bring your favorite music in on monday - you'll be in the principal's office finishing this project), i collect papers, i roll out.
i sit down.
is the day over yet?
extremely loud and incredibly close is one of my favorite books ever. it's intimacy. real, human intimacy. train of thought is authentic and very fluid. characters are likeable and the situation is real enough to believe but new enough to keep the reader involved. love is touchable - it's THERE. it's not fluffy. it's not plastic, storybook love. it's love between older people whose bodies are small and wrinkled and scarred. love for impressive strangers. love for ideas and for the world. the story foer's written is beautiful, but what i'll remember the most is the feeling. when i finished the book i didn't want the feeling to go away. the title is fitting. it's life and emotion magnified. extremely, incredibly. 4 stars (out of 4).
3 cups of tea is less easy to get through. names and places are pakistani and i get too caught up trying to remember them all that i lose the story. i reread every paragraph. the flow isn't its strong point. the writing isn't either. it's more the incredibly selfless story of greg mortenson and the school he's building. i'm determined to make it through, but it's difficult. so far, 2 stars.
now is the day over? i must enter grades. until next time.
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