Monday, February 9, 2009
The Bet
In class we read "The Bet" by Anton Chekhov(http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/Bet.shtml). The students were asked to write what their 15 years would be like if they made the same bet with Mr. Drew.
The Bet- Lidia
This is my first year, it has being alone. I think that it is kind of boring because I don’t have anyone with whom I can talk about things. And I either don’t know things happening around me! That really sucks!!!!! I think that I should start doing something, so I won’t waste my time here. I really miss my family, I want to see them, and be able to know how they are?
This is my fifth year being by my own, but I think that being lonely will help me, because I am kind of studying a lot about math. I think that if I continue being like that, I will be like Albert Einstein, because I will know a lot of math like him.
And I think that being here doesn’t sucks a lot like I thought! Because I can have whatever I want, and that is so cool!!!
Now it is my eleventh year here!!! I think that right now I am better than Albert Einstein! I think that now I will study architecture, because like that when I will be able to go out of here I will do more money!
I really miss my family. Some things I miss about them, is when my parents punish me for doing something really bad, and love that they always gave me. I really want to be with my friends too, so I can hang out with them.
It had been a lot of years being here, but I think it had been beneficial, because I know a lot of math. It is almost my birthday, and I want to be with my family!
Today is the thirteenth year being in here, I had been doing a good job with architecture. And I think that I did a good job studying math first and than architecture, because it is easier like that.
Now I am 20 years old, and when I will go out of here I will build a lot of buildings, so I can do more money, and I can help my parents so they will not work anymore.
Yes!!! Now it is the last day being here. I think I will be a great architect, because I know a lot of stuff. Now I will be able to see my family, friends and my boyfriend!
Right now I have my million dollars, and that’s it. I did it!!!
The end!!
This is my fifth year being by my own, but I think that being lonely will help me, because I am kind of studying a lot about math. I think that if I continue being like that, I will be like Albert Einstein, because I will know a lot of math like him.
And I think that being here doesn’t sucks a lot like I thought! Because I can have whatever I want, and that is so cool!!!
Now it is my eleventh year here!!! I think that right now I am better than Albert Einstein! I think that now I will study architecture, because like that when I will be able to go out of here I will do more money!
I really miss my family. Some things I miss about them, is when my parents punish me for doing something really bad, and love that they always gave me. I really want to be with my friends too, so I can hang out with them.
It had been a lot of years being here, but I think it had been beneficial, because I know a lot of math. It is almost my birthday, and I want to be with my family!
Today is the thirteenth year being in here, I had been doing a good job with architecture. And I think that I did a good job studying math first and than architecture, because it is easier like that.
Now I am 20 years old, and when I will go out of here I will build a lot of buildings, so I can do more money, and I can help my parents so they will not work anymore.
Yes!!! Now it is the last day being here. I think I will be a great architect, because I know a lot of stuff. Now I will be able to see my family, friends and my boyfriend!
Right now I have my million dollars, and that’s it. I did it!!!
The end!!
The Bet- Mabelita
On the first year everything seemed to not have any sense (besides the wine and the tobacco.), but then I started reading books and listening classics on the piano, and what most encourages me are the 2 million that I will have after being here without working or having troubles like outside. My freedom isn’t the most important thing for me as you can see, but now I think that after this I will appreciate it more than before.
On the second year I didn’t want to listen music anymore but I still liked the books and the wine. It was desperate because even though I drink the best wine in the entire world I don’t get the chance of sharing it with my friends. But I kept trying until I had those millions in my hands.
On the seventh year I got bored and I read all the books that were there so I ordered a new collection of philosophy books, science, math and different languages books. I tried to make goals, like if I can read one philosophy book in one day and some other things like that. These leads to the point were I read a book per day and I’ve learned complicated math and 5 completely different kinds of languages.
On the tenth year my life was getting some knowledge and now I think that the bet that I made ten years before is becoming a little immature and maybe too ambitious for a young, intelligent and strong person like me. Sometimes being ambitious when you´re young but not to the point where you will spent 15 years of your life in an empty, lonely, and useless room.
For the next five years I spent my time meditating about if the bet that I had made was right or wrong (if I was outside I wouldn´t have done that.) For me my decision wasn´t right nor wrong, my theory was that no one could judge me because it was my life, my decisions, and my choices. Now that I am 35 years old I know that I have neither wasted nor appreciated my time.
For the last year I already knew what I was going to do with Mr. Drew´s bet and I decided to throw 15 years of my life to the garbage and left the room.
On the second year I didn’t want to listen music anymore but I still liked the books and the wine. It was desperate because even though I drink the best wine in the entire world I don’t get the chance of sharing it with my friends. But I kept trying until I had those millions in my hands.
On the seventh year I got bored and I read all the books that were there so I ordered a new collection of philosophy books, science, math and different languages books. I tried to make goals, like if I can read one philosophy book in one day and some other things like that. These leads to the point were I read a book per day and I’ve learned complicated math and 5 completely different kinds of languages.
On the tenth year my life was getting some knowledge and now I think that the bet that I made ten years before is becoming a little immature and maybe too ambitious for a young, intelligent and strong person like me. Sometimes being ambitious when you´re young but not to the point where you will spent 15 years of your life in an empty, lonely, and useless room.
For the next five years I spent my time meditating about if the bet that I had made was right or wrong (if I was outside I wouldn´t have done that.) For me my decision wasn´t right nor wrong, my theory was that no one could judge me because it was my life, my decisions, and my choices. Now that I am 35 years old I know that I have neither wasted nor appreciated my time.
For the last year I already knew what I was going to do with Mr. Drew´s bet and I decided to throw 15 years of my life to the garbage and left the room.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Soccer game- Glenin
Yesterday was a really bad day, because a good friend of mine left school and all of us were really awful in classes because we were really sad because he left. He doesn’t leave already the country but he is leaving Friday but he needs to organize his things so he left school. But today it was a really good game because we play against the cofradia bilingual school; they had been, like our enemy but not at all. So today we played against them and I was really because I wasn’t able to play because I didn’t do my homework, I wasn’t really exiting for the game at the start, fortunately I finish early so I went to see the game, but my teacher told me to play so I went to play but I wasn’t really exiting but I played.
At the first half they were winning us for two goals so I wasn’t motivate to play but I continue for the second half. But the other teams seems like they don’t knew the rules of the game because the goalie of their team passed to a player but the goalie took from the ground, so we get a penalty. Clint was the one that my teacher choose to kick and he score a goal so every one of our school becomes crazy and starts yelling SJBS, SJBS, SJBS…after a few minutes of that goal one of the players throw me the ball in front of me and start running with all my strange but some from the other team was behind me and he was running really fast and every time he was getting closer so what I do is that I kick the ball in the way was possible and that was to throw my whole body to the ball and stretch my leg so I can kick the ball with the toes and I score because the ball bounce on the goalie and I get really tired but the game finish and we went to penalties kick and the other team only scores two out five and we three out of five so we won and we were really happy and all the children start coming on us celebrating. Exciting and Bad…………….. - Lidia
Something good that happened us is that our school team (San Jeronimo Bilingual School) played with another team (Cofradia Bilingual School) and we won. That was so exciting, because this is our first time winning. I thought that we will not win, because our team had played so many times, like with others teams, and in the beginning the other teams were scoring goals, but the my team was scoring more goals than them. It was so fun and happy that we won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT IS OUR FIRST TIME Winning!
I felt so good, because we won. But then it was the teachers time to play, and I think that they did a good job playing, but they loose, that means that we didn’t win. In that part of the day I felt kind of sad that we didn’t won, but I know that they did a good job.
But yesterday, was so sad, because a good friend of mine went out from the school. His name is Kevin. He was so nice. He was in eighth grade. He is 14 years old. He was always happy and trying to convince people to be happy. He was always doing jokes about things. I think that I never saw him sad, but I can’t be really sure, because sometimes people have problems, but they don’t express what they feel.
I felt so sad, because he was leaving the school, and I think that he won’t come ever. I was doing a good relationship with him. I know Life works like that. It is hard, because when you are starting a relationship with someone, and then he or she leaves you, then you have to start a new life without them.
Kevin was a good person. I think that he is going to Las Vegas; it makes me to feel so, so bad because I will have a good friend so, so far away from me. It makes me sad to know that he is so far away from him, because I don’t know if I am going to see him another time.
I wish that When I can be able to go to United State another time, I can see him. And that will be so good, I will feel happy.
I felt so good, because we won. But then it was the teachers time to play, and I think that they did a good job playing, but they loose, that means that we didn’t win. In that part of the day I felt kind of sad that we didn’t won, but I know that they did a good job.
But yesterday, was so sad, because a good friend of mine went out from the school. His name is Kevin. He was so nice. He was in eighth grade. He is 14 years old. He was always happy and trying to convince people to be happy. He was always doing jokes about things. I think that I never saw him sad, but I can’t be really sure, because sometimes people have problems, but they don’t express what they feel.
I felt so sad, because he was leaving the school, and I think that he won’t come ever. I was doing a good relationship with him. I know Life works like that. It is hard, because when you are starting a relationship with someone, and then he or she leaves you, then you have to start a new life without them.
Kevin was a good person. I think that he is going to Las Vegas; it makes me to feel so, so bad because I will have a good friend so, so far away from me. It makes me sad to know that he is so far away from him, because I don’t know if I am going to see him another time.
I wish that When I can be able to go to United State another time, I can see him. And that will be so good, I will feel happy.
Today Sad & Tomorrow Happy - Mabelita
Yesterday was a really awful day because a really good friend of mine left school and went to Las Vegas and that made me and my classmates very, very sad and depressed. Some of us cried, some other just kept silent, and others (like me) were remembering the good times we passed with him.
After all that sadness the day after we had a soccer game in school, (where I didn’t play) but we all brought the victory in our hearts because our school WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! After the game my friend Lidia called Kevin to tell him about the fun time we passed in the game (especially because we won.) and she told him about the scores and the players but when she was telling him I felt bad because we weren’t sharing this moment with him and I would’ve like to share the first soccer game with him.
After the exciting moment we had after in the game a melancholy moment students WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!came on when the teachers lost the game that they played that was like whatever you know? It was like the important thing is that the students won their game.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Lidia
Dear Friend,
Hi! How are you? My name is Lidia Maribel Caballero Figueroa and I hope you are really good. I study at San Jeronimo Bilingual School; it is located in Cofradia, Cortes……. Honduras!, and I am in ninth grade. My best friends are Josseline, Cecilia, Irene, Kenia, Katherine ( they are in seventh grade ), Mabelita ( she is my classmate), Jaira, Nicole and Pamela.
I like to spend time with my friends and go out some places. I like to draw, write, paint, sing, play my piano and watch T.V. When I am bored, I like to do these things or have a good time with my friends. My friends are very important for me, because they help me when I feel bad, they make me strong and they make me think well about me.
Do you want to know something fun that happened me?
I invited all my friends to a slumber party, and Mabelita went to my house like 4:00 and when it was time to do it, just Mabelita was in my house. And we call Miss Raina (my teacher from the last year) to ask her if she will go, and she says- probably!. And like one hour later she was in my house, and she ask us- Where is Pamela? And we told her that we don’t know. So she calls Pamela to see if she will go, and Pamela said that she dint get permission from his parents. And there were just Miss Raina, Mabelita and me, but Miss Raina just went to my house a few minutes. So just Mabelita and I were there.
I will tell you some thing about my country……………….
Honduras is a very beautiful place where you can know a lot of very important things, like vegetation and tourism. If you come to Honduras you will see that is a good place, it has many beautiful things, like high mountains, fresh air, clean water and nice people. I love Honduras!!
Cofradia is a little town in Honduras and of course is beautiful too.
This is all I can do, well not all, but just some.
I hope you have enjoyed reading my letter that is especially for you. Thanks for your attention!
Sincerely, Lidia M, Caballero Figueroa
Hi! How are you? My name is Lidia Maribel Caballero Figueroa and I hope you are really good. I study at San Jeronimo Bilingual School; it is located in Cofradia, Cortes……. Honduras!, and I am in ninth grade. My best friends are Josseline, Cecilia, Irene, Kenia, Katherine ( they are in seventh grade ), Mabelita ( she is my classmate), Jaira, Nicole and Pamela.
I like to spend time with my friends and go out some places. I like to draw, write, paint, sing, play my piano and watch T.V. When I am bored, I like to do these things or have a good time with my friends. My friends are very important for me, because they help me when I feel bad, they make me strong and they make me think well about me.
Do you want to know something fun that happened me?
I invited all my friends to a slumber party, and Mabelita went to my house like 4:00 and when it was time to do it, just Mabelita was in my house. And we call Miss Raina (my teacher from the last year) to ask her if she will go, and she says- probably!. And like one hour later she was in my house, and she ask us- Where is Pamela? And we told her that we don’t know. So she calls Pamela to see if she will go, and Pamela said that she dint get permission from his parents. And there were just Miss Raina, Mabelita and me, but Miss Raina just went to my house a few minutes. So just Mabelita and I were there.
I will tell you some thing about my country……………….
Honduras is a very beautiful place where you can know a lot of very important things, like vegetation and tourism. If you come to Honduras you will see that is a good place, it has many beautiful things, like high mountains, fresh air, clean water and nice people. I love Honduras!!
Cofradia is a little town in Honduras and of course is beautiful too.
This is all I can do, well not all, but just some.
I hope you have enjoyed reading my letter that is especially for you. Thanks for your attention!
Sincerely, Lidia M, Caballero Figueroa
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