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Jul. 20th, 2004
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Jul. 20th, 2004 10:56 pmSo yesterday and today I did some testing stuff for daddy... the latest cd-rom. So y'know, clicking on all the buttons and double-checking this and that.
Chinese School on Sunday went all right. I'm definitely better at dealing with big kids, but the little kids weren't bad, either. Well, with the big kids you talk with them and gain their respect through your superior knowledge and your winks at their in-class doodling. With the little kids you have to make learning sort of fun, appeal to the group competitive-ness, tease them, tie the words to things they understand. It's a lot harder to get a feel of the class when they're kids. How many are bored? How many are confused? Where should I repeat myself and where should I skip? I vow to do better next time!! Too bad I'm only with the big kids for the first week, b/c, man, they're learning about poetry and that's my favorite part! Efforts to look adult and teachery failed, mostly because you may be able to dress a girl in grown up clothes, but you can't stop her from flailing and dancing in front of the class. And I wish class were longer. Ah well.
So anyway, the photoshop on this computer was about to expire in 3 days, so I went ahead and downloaded GIMP, which is pretty cool. But dealing with this stuff was still hellish, mostly b/c all the photos were MASSIVE. Craziness. (But otherwise, GIMP makes me happy)
But I bring you...
( Day 4 - in which we gain a much-expected companion, discover the use of bridges, and storm the Tower )
I think pretty soon I should start y'know, doing things. We'll see how far that goes. In the meantime there's late-night chats about various subjects.
And Alexis called tonight, which was :). Maybe I can convince parents to give out the "private line", though
Chinese School on Sunday went all right. I'm definitely better at dealing with big kids, but the little kids weren't bad, either. Well, with the big kids you talk with them and gain their respect through your superior knowledge and your winks at their in-class doodling. With the little kids you have to make learning sort of fun, appeal to the group competitive-ness, tease them, tie the words to things they understand. It's a lot harder to get a feel of the class when they're kids. How many are bored? How many are confused? Where should I repeat myself and where should I skip? I vow to do better next time!! Too bad I'm only with the big kids for the first week, b/c, man, they're learning about poetry and that's my favorite part! Efforts to look adult and teachery failed, mostly because you may be able to dress a girl in grown up clothes, but you can't stop her from flailing and dancing in front of the class. And I wish class were longer. Ah well.
So anyway, the photoshop on this computer was about to expire in 3 days, so I went ahead and downloaded GIMP, which is pretty cool. But dealing with this stuff was still hellish, mostly b/c all the photos were MASSIVE. Craziness. (But otherwise, GIMP makes me happy)
But I bring you...
( Day 4 - in which we gain a much-expected companion, discover the use of bridges, and storm the Tower )
I think pretty soon I should start y'know, doing things. We'll see how far that goes. In the meantime there's late-night chats about various subjects.
And Alexis called tonight, which was :). Maybe I can convince parents to give out the "private line", though