WEDNESDAY, 12\/4\/13<\/b><\/p>\n
Judy has her last choir rehearsal of the semester today.\u00a0 Yea!\u00a0 They\u2019ll crank up again after the Xmas break.\u00a0 I spend the day working on planning for my classes till the end of the semester.\u00a0 I have six classes left, and I don\u2019t want to worry about them while we\u2019re back in the US.<\/span><\/p>\n THURSDAY, 12\/5\/13<\/b><\/p>\n Today is about the same as yesterday for Judy as she works toward the Christmas break and prepares for her program.\u00a0 There is a lot to finish before we leave and there seems to be enough time.<\/span><\/p>\n My classes go well, but there are a lot of students absent today.\u00a0 Many more will be absent tomorrow.\u00a0 They are traveling to Hong Kong (a 4 hour flight) to take the SAT tests on Saturday.\u00a0 Earlier in the semester, several of the students traveled to Singapore (5 hours) for the SAT test.\u00a0 No distance seems to be too great.\u00a0 I remembering hearing students complain about the distance to testing sites in the DFW area.<\/span><\/p>\n Orchestra Club is frustrating again.\u00a0 Many students are attending tutoring classes for upcoming SAT tests.\u00a0 I work with the five that are here, and we make good progress.\u00a0 My problem is the after-school club is way down the list of priorities for students working to qualify for admittance into US universities.\u00a0 When are they going to get their priorities right?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WEDNESDAY, 12\/4\/13 Judy has her last choir rehearsal of the semester today.\u00a0 Yea!\u00a0 They\u2019ll crank up again after the Xmas break.\u00a0 I spend the day working on planning for my classes till the end of the semester.\u00a0 I have six … Continue reading