30 Days

One of my favorite TV shows is called 30 Days. It stars the creator of the movie Super Size Me, who is the narrator. The show follows people who try to live someone else's life for 30 days. Usually their new lives are very different from their old ones; for example in one episode a conservative Christian has to live for 30 days as a Muslim. Sometimes people get used to their new lives, and sometimes they end up a bit bitter. It's always interesting to watch, though.

New Guitar

There's a new guitar in the classroom - have you noticed?

I like to joke that my old guitar just lost weight, but actually I took it home. It's a relief not to have to have that big thing hanging on the wall anymore.

Finals week!

Right now all across the US, young people from elementary school to college are preparing for and taking their final exams. Finals exams, or "finals", are the last tests of the school year. For the next 3 months, almost all of them will have no school.

When I was in high school, I spent one summer doing an internship at a small internet cafe. That was pretty interesting. In college, I usually worked or played with my band. It may seem like a big waste of time, but to me it was an important chance to develop my own interests and grow as an individual.

TV!

We got a TV to use in class! What will we watch this week? Come and find out!

Incidentally, did you know that the "tele" in "television" means "far" or "remote"? Look at these other words that use the same prefix:

tele+phone (far-sound)
tele+scope (far-see)
tele+commute (far-commute)
tele+marketing (far-marketing)