I guess this a little late, but here’s the annual VCS single guys Christmas card.
Why mustaches? Well, I mustache you, why not? I’m pretty sure the 70s are making a comeback.
Actually I think I’m going to save the mustache story for another post.
Stay tuned…
The Middle School Boys Basketball season started off this December with two games before Christmas break. It is a rebuilding year for us as we only have 1 returning player for last year, but I’m excited about the influx of new talent on the team.
We kicked off our season with a win against DIS, but suffered our first defeat in our next game against a stacked AIS team. We’ve shown some progress, but there’s still a lot of room for improvement.
We have another game against AIS this Tuesday, our second day back from school, which isn’t ideal, and hopefully they haven’t forgotten everything over the break.
It’s been great working with this group of boys, and I’m looking forward to the rest of the season.
This week’s Geek is John Lasseter. He is currently the Chief Creative Officer at Pixar Animation Studio and has directed such films as Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, and most recently Cars.
He appears here on the hit radio show, “Interview That Nerd” with your host El Guapo con el Queso Grande.
Let me repeat that. El Guapo con el Queso Grande. Yeah, sometimes you really don’t know what you’re going to get when you tell your students to be creative.
It really is a fun interview and I hope you enjoy it.
This past quarter I had my freshmen pick a Geek – someone who has significantly influenced technology – and then write and record a mock interview(4 or 5 minutes) with their Geek. This quarter they are presenting them to the class, and I will provide them here for you to listen to if you so desire. First up are the founders of Google, Sergei Brin and Larry Page.
You can download the MP3 here: Google Guys Interview.
Listen at your own risk.
Our school is having Spirit Week next week, which is kind of like the week leading up to Homecoming at an American high school. Every day has a different theme, and this Tuesday is Geek Day.
4th grade teacher Miss Z is attempting to explain what a geek/nerd is to her class and they just aren’t getting it. Finally one pipes up
“Oh, like Spiderman or Superman before they changed!”
“Exactly.”
Then another 9 year old clarified, “So, Mr. Klein and Mr. Elwell don’t really need to dress up.”
Wow. After all these years I’m back to being called a nerd by a 4th grade bully.