Thursday, August 9, 2007

to braid or not to braid

beautiful sunset tonight. smelled like rain, but alas, no rain. i include the following picture to pose a question that i ask myself everyday when i am walking to school. to braid, or not to braid? there is something inexplicable about the braids in the hair of the young indian girls on their way to school. is it mandatory? comfortable (i know that the answer is no), or is it just the style? can a school really mandate a hairstyle?

back at AES we don't require any sort of hairstyle. the popular, amongst my korean students is the bleach blond. quite cute. their names, however, are killing me. i am doing all that i can to try to pronounce them right. they are very patient with me.

i was at the high school today. i LOVE it. the pace, the humor, and the high stakes make it challenging and funny for me. i never thought that 85 minutes couldn't be enough, but it flies by~my students are totally sweating me. they are totally freaked that i speak spanish all the time. despite the one thousand and one gestures that i do daily, some seem to be convinced that they can't to it. oh, yes, the can. check out our blog ( am i addicted? ) to see what we have covered in a mere day.
http://aesespanol1.blogspot.com/
it's phenomenal

so now, i leave you to ponder the braids, while i go finish harry potter. finallY!
xoxo

2 comments:

jules said...

braid! they keep the hair out of the face on off the neck better than a pony! that's my theory.

kim said...

don't hesitate to ask me about any korean names! I can help! I can still read and write it...

and this AM read about the walmart protests...LOVE it. stand up for yourselves, small shops!

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