WEDNESDAY, 12/4/13

Judy has her last choir rehearsal of the semester today.  Yea!  They’ll crank up again after the Xmas break.  I spend the day working on planning for my classes till the end of the semester.  I have six classes left, and I don’t want to worry about them while we’re back in the US.

THURSDAY, 12/5/13

Today is about the same as yesterday for Judy as she works toward the Christmas break and prepares for her program.  There is a lot to finish before we leave and there seems to be enough time.

My classes go well, but there are a lot of students absent today.  Many more will be absent tomorrow.  They are traveling to Hong Kong (a 4 hour flight) to take the SAT tests on Saturday.  Earlier in the semester, several of the students traveled to Singapore (5 hours) for the SAT test.  No distance seems to be too great.  I remembering hearing students complain about the distance to testing sites in the DFW area.

Orchestra Club is frustrating again.  Many students are attending tutoring classes for upcoming SAT tests.  I work with the five that are here, and we make good progress.  My problem is the after-school club is way down the list of priorities for students working to qualify for admittance into US universities.  When are they going to get their priorities right?