Waking up is less helpful...

I've been having dreams lately, and I can't tell or remember what is real and what isn't. In the past, my dreams focus on a place or experience, like falling through the windows of buildings into darkness, A place that is not my home, but feels as though it is, or with someone as a presence rather than a person.

Lately though I'm remembering people as individuals, and the things they are telling me; Words, names, numbers, etc. These are all the things I'm usually less apt to remember. Am I dreaming, or am I remembering? I think that maybe i'm to embarrassed to ask the people around me... It's not that i'm not listening...

Been busy, but Happy Thanksgiving!

First off... HAPPY THANKSGIVING to friends and family back home.

(I'll post more about the holiday later on.)

Firstly, as of November 11th, I'm finally open water certified. I also much prefer being in the ocean to being on land. Nothing personal.

In classes, things have been going as smoothly as possible:

• In English III we're still trying to finish up V for Vendetta (It's taking us way longer than I wanted it to.) Next up, i'll have ACT prep. It's hard keeping the Juniors motivated. 

• Computer skills class has been moving slowly but surely toward learning the basics of typing. The one thing that drives the students is competition. As soon as they smell blood in the water, it's on, so i've been keeping them busy with races, practice, etc. There's really no other way to teach typing.

Computer Skills (Vanguard)

• Study Skills has been fine, although it's hard to fit everything into a class period. They usually are engaged in my lectures throughout the entire period, so i'm thankful for that. They need it.

• Lastly, I'm so proud of my Photojournalism class. For one, Dennis has been generous enough to provide us with 5 Nikon D3500 DSLR's to learn with. AMAZING! These kids are so lucky.

Unwrapping our beautiful new cameras!

• Anyway... the pride I have in them...They all (or mostly all) have taken the initiative to set up interviews, research, and cover stories that have weight in the community. One class aims to educate the general public of Chuuk on the current Chuuk Succession movement, so that the average Chuukese citizen can understand the movement, and can make decisions to vote in favor of whats best for themselves and the future of Chuuk.

• The second class has joined with the Chuuk Conservation Society and other local businesses to host a "trash-a-thon", raising awareness to the huge issue surrounding environmental health and waste. We're also promoting our involvement in the community as a school with a great rep.  Because Xavier consists on so many different students from different islands and cultures, students that are not local Chuukese that dedicate their time, picking up trash on an island that isn't theirs is a strong statement.

Interview with Mars Akapito at CCS

Canisius @ CCS

I'm excited to see where 2019 takes us! Almost there.