Tuesday, December 16, 2008

class of 2010 (ii) - the lesser known (to me)

there are thirteen members of the class of 2010 that i haven’t taught enough to really know them. actually, i don’t know lívia and caroline at all. hopefully i will get to know them a little bit, i bet they are as special as this group is. there were four more new students, two of which i haven’t taught so far, but somehow know a little: andrea, who seems to be a really great addition to the class; cheerful, kind, funny. and aadarsh, very friendly and polite, a logical reasoning wizard, and just very likeable.
the two other new students i have had the pleasure to know a little more: there is our olympic wonder luiza, youngest brazilian athelete in beijing and best national finisher in the olympic competition, now twice the brazilian champ in her speciality, equestrian dressage. and, of course, our newest addition vaibhav. you just know he’s a good guy, and he will fit in to this class perfectly. i’m not quite sure yet, but it seems to me that he has a great sense of humor.
pamela was my student for a little longer than vaibhav, and i wished it were more. not only because of her obvious dedication and intelligence, but also because she is really great and very rich in the inside. clarissa was also a student for only a brief amount of time; enough, though, to get to know her fun-loving, well humored personality, as well as her grand love for math and physics… . and there is mr gandra, who was in my german club a few times. another good person and one of the many athletes in the class, felipe is one of the veterans of chapel (as far as i know).
to finish this smallest section of the class of 2010 series, i would like to mention three girls i got to know a little in woc 2008. the “world is our classroom”, a one week educational trip in the 2nd semester of every school year, was in minas for last year’s tenth grade. and it became quite clear that renata, luana and beatriz, although quite different from each other, are smart, even wise, and seemingly fun company; and, if i’m not mistaken, they’re friends (in luana and renata’s case, even related). and, finally, there is barbara penney. i know she is friends with quite a lot of her colleagues, but i don't know her too much at all.
there are still twenty-five to go, and these i will write about in greater detail. each five will make one post, so there are still five to go… .

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Oh wow. Awake at 3:29 (madrugada... wonders of having vacations ;)) and i saw your email. Im glad i did :)
Even though i havent been your student for a very long time, I feel and KNOW that you are a great teacher ^_^ It really isnt that hard to notice this... All I have to take in consideration are all of my friend's reactions towards your class. Well okay, a lot of complaints that Math HL is hard. But afterall, it IS math HL and it's not supposed to be easy!

Keep up with the great work (specifically referring to your blog haha)! Didn't think that a teacher would ever do this :)