I was completely unprepared for the feelings I felt on my son's Valedictory Assembly last Friday.
As we were sitting there waiting for the proceedings to start and watching the Graduation DVD, I felt sorry that the class of 2010 was leaving Doncaster Secondary College and had nothing nice to greet them goodbye. All the school had to show was a pitiful collection of horrible photos, half of them with mobile phone quality and completely unflattering. Non to mention that my son was only on one of them. I felt embarrassed that the event was so poorly prepared. Maybe is because I am so involved in grade 6 Graduation and we do so much for our grade 6's I felt like secondary students deserve much more.
El viernes fue la ceremonia de Graduacion de mi hijo y me di cuenta que no estaba bien preparada para los sentimientos que evoco. Tal vez porque las diferentes etapas fueron transcurriendo de a poco, la culminacion de las clases, los examenes... fue como que la ceremonia llego de golpe y sin demasiada preparacion.
Mientras estabamos sentados ahi esperando que comenzara y mirando un DVD, me dio lastima que la clase de 2010 terminara y lo unico que el colegio tuvo para mostrar fue una coleccion pesima de fotos, la mayoria sacadas con calidad de telefono mobil y en la que solamente 1/3 de los alumnos estaban representados. Me dio como verguenza que el evento estuviera tan mal preparado. Tal vez porque al yo estar involucrada en la graduacion de los chicos de 6to grado y con todo lo que hacemos para ellos, creo que chicos de la secundaria merecen mas.
The thing is that when the English teacher read her speech it really touched me. She gave the students some advice and the one that stuck with me and thought was very valuable was this: She said: "people tell you to do everything in moderation, I tell you don't. Passion is what makes you reach higher and further, doing things in moderation only leads to mediocrity and a mediocre life. Take some risks." I thought that was something. I could feel the tears welding in my eyes and in a flash I saw my son's last 6 years go by so quickly. It is now time to start something new and I hope it starts brightly.
La cuestion es que cuando la profesora de Ingles leyo su discurso, realmente me toco. Les dio 3 consejos a los alumos y uno de ellos me parecio tan valioso. Les dijo: " todos dicen que hagas todo con moderacion, pero yo les digo NO, hagan las cosas con pasion, porque con pasion es como se llega mas lejos, hacer todo con moderacion solo conduce a la mediocridad y a una vida mediocre. Yo les digo que tomen riesgos..." Me encanto eso. Ahi se me llenaron los ojos de lagrimas y en un flash vi pasar los ultimos 6 anos. Ahora es hora de empezar algo nuevo y espero que empiece brillantemente.
Amazing sunset in the city of four seasons in one day. My husband pointed out how beautiful the sky looked. It just reminded me of Jupiter and made me think that if I was a being that could survive in a gaseous environment I would love to look at skies like these from the inside of of the giant planet.
Poor Ric, waited all week for the weekend to eat his bbq and celebrate his birthday and what did we get? Rain, wind and cold. We all crowded under the gazebo, rugged up and still had the yummy food. The only really bad thing was enduring the smoke into our eyes as the wind pushed it our way. What a weird Summer we are having. Temperatures rise during the week to unbearable humidity levels, mosquitoes roam everywhere and suddenly on the weekend there's a wind change and we get days like today: Winter-like.
What a lovely day it was today. Perfect in every sense. We enjoyed a day of gardening and outdoor life. Had some nice conversations in the gazebo and planned next weekend's bbq for Ricardo's birthday. Our veggies are growing and this week is going to be very hot, so it was worth enjoying the cool breeze of today.
I was completely unprepared for the feelings I felt on my son's Valedictory Assembly last Friday.
It's so nice to be connected with nature in this way again. I haven't done it in a long time and I am enjoying it greatly. We have planted lettuce, basil, tomatoes (cherry and normal), cucumber, eggplant, parsley and hopefully our "zapallito" seeds will sprout. It's so nice to see the plants develop and become strong. My potted plants are also looking healthy, now that I have the time to dedicate to them, and the garden is bursting with flowers. I will take pictures regularly to show the growth of my veggies.
