Travels/I still Exist!

I had to plan what I'm going to teach to the kids in India today. 


Let me backtrack, I've had like 6 months to do this, but it was due today so naturally I waited.


I wanted to share what I'm going to teach with y'all, maybe get some feedback. Really I'm just excited cause I think I made a kick a plan. :) 


Here it is . . .


Book: Running Shoes by Frederick Lipp 

Themes: persistence, giving, learning, acceptance

This is a story of a young girl, Sophy, in a village that is visited by the “numbers” man. One month during his visit he notices Sophy looking at his running shoes and takes some measurements of her feet. About a month later Sophy was sent a pair of her own shoes, she is ecstatic because this means she can complete her goal. We then see that her goal was to go to school, but because she lived 8km away and the path was covered in rocks she was never able to go. She gets to school and all the boys make fun of her because she is a girl. Sophy challenges the boys to a race and wins, after this the boys accept her. The numbers man returns a year later and Sophy says she has a gift for him. She takes him to the beach and writes in the sand, “Thank you for the running shoes. Now I can read and write.” She tells him one day she wants to build a school in her town and become a teacher. 

Vocabulary: running shoes, government, words, wish

Small group questions:

Who was the numbers man? (a counter for the government)

What was Sophy’s secret wish? (to go to school/become a teacher)

Do you have a wish?

Why did Sophy need the running shoes to complete her wish? (it was too dangerous to go to school without them) 

What words did Sophy’s dad write? (her name, name of village)

What words do you know/like to write? 

How did Sophy get the boys to accept her? (she raced them/proved she fit in) 

Take Away:

Students could write down their “secret” (or not secret) wishes and we could collect them and keep a wish jar OR hang up the wishes so that the kids can be reminded to work hard towards these. 

Along with that I also I had to do an introduction slide to let the everyone know who I am. We were told the kids love to look at pictures of your life.  So here's what I did for that (it's a powerpoint but I'll just lay it out):

Kelsie Marshall 

I am a student in Utah. I love to dance, I have been doing it since I was three. I have two little brothers and a baby sister. When I’m not in school or at dance I like to see my friends and listen to music. 

Dancing

Celebrating Diwali

My Siblings

Some of my friends

Well I hope you thought it was interesting and I really really hope the kids like it!

Kelsie 

Country Summer.

I love country music in the summer.

You stole my happy, you made me cry

Took the lonely and took me for a ride

And I wanna uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-undo it

You had my heart, now I want it back

I'm starting to see everything you lack

Boy, you blew it, you put me through it

I wanna uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-undo it

Hi, I lost my sleep schedule, have you seen it?

   It's two a.m. (1:56 for you technical folks) and I just finished editing my final film project. Well, I mean I think I did. I could watch it before class and want to change a million things, but that's a different story. So, naturally, instead of sleeping I continue to damage my eyes and also further ruin any hope I had at a sleep pattern and blog blog bloggity blog (Alright, the two a.m. thing is becoming noticeable isn't it?).

Anywho I have to move back home day afer tomora and I'm just plum upset about this! Don't get me wrong I love my family, I do, but once you have had that lick of freedom it's so hard to go back! Then I remember I will be: 1) saving money 2) actually getting to see my siblings and 3) not living with some of the messiest people I have come across. ( I can say this 'cause they don't read my blog).

I've learned a lot this year, but I suck at emotional posts and my brian (Igor, anyone? Eh?) hurts, so instead here are some pictures I like.

Aight homies, nighty night!

Brilliant

Volcano High
1. Become very rich.
2. Purchase 1 ton of weed. This will cost you 6 million dollars.
3. Purchase a helicopter. I don't know how much this costs.
4. Dump 1 ton of weed into a Volcano in Hawaii.
5. Prove or disprove the hypothesis that everyone in Hawaii will get high. 
      Submit tape to Mythbusters.


When i kill a spider in my basement i don't clean it up with a tissue. no. i leave it there so the rest of the spiders know not to f*** with me.


The Super Size Me guy was an idiot, why didn't he do his month long Mcdonalds binge during Monopoly month?


Get a bottle of bubbles. Get glow sticks. Cut open the glow sticks and dump them into the bubble solution. Turn off the lights and you got yourself glow in the dark bubbles. BOOM.
You're welcome.


Facebook is a lot like a fridge. When you're bored you keep opening and closing it every couple of minutes to see if there's anything good, but nothing ever changes.



I looked in the fridge today and noticed a piece of cake with a note that said "Don't eat me." Now there's an empty plate and a note, "I don't take orders from cake."



New Discovery Television Show Idea: tie a camera onto a bird!
Are you kidding me? Seeing what its like to fucking FLY all over the place? FIRST HAND? I'd watch that shit all day


Do black people know that white people say nigga to each other all the time?


The Grinch... a metaphor for weed?
Anyone ever thought about this? He's a light green, hairy thing(kush) who was looked down upon by the townspeople. But, once some people start giving him a chance, he brings people together with laughter, happiness, and a shitload of munchies.
Dr. Suess definitely burned down.




I changed all my passwords to ' incorrect'. So my computer just tells me when I forget.


I lost all my weed . . . in a series of small fires.


I just watched my dog chase its tail for 10 minutes and thought "wow, dogs are easily entertained." Then I realized I just watched my dog chase its tail for 10 minutes.



Abovetheinfluence: "1 out of every 3 smokers die."Apparently the other 2 become immortal.


why are goldfish the snack that always smile back? because they're baked.

Aye, high peeps are hilarious. 

I'm on the Hunt

Summer is approaching, and it's coming fast. 

The downside? I need work, and fast.

That's totally me, yano minus the guy and plus the Kelsie

Yes, it's true I have a job, but it's just not enough. Call me selfish. (Selfish). This summer I want to raise some serious moolah and to do this I need more than one job. Or . . . one sweet job where I get paid to do nothing except taste ice cream, look up blogs and getting on Facebook earns you a bonus, anyone know of this? No? Damn.

Anyways, back to my point I need another job. Here's to looking, kids.

Get it? I'm making a toast to searching for work . . . 

Kelsie

Distant Memories Float on Free

Good music always makes me feel nostalgic. It has this overwhelming power to make me miss what used to be.

Augustana's new album is pre-streaming, they, out of all bands, have the strongest grip hold on my trips down memory lane.

Though, as I look at memories from the past, I look towards the future and ponder (cheesy word) about, well, what it is.

Will I ever have a daughter to be named Elouise Katherine? Or will I be down a totally different life path? This past year in college has been full of different experiences I had never thought I'd run into. I feel like I have learned about me. Now myself and I need to figure out where we are going.


I am in one of those moods, you know you get it when you're alone late at night. Just you and your thoughts together to wander off to wherever. (Like this post hasn't shown that already). I'll let you go before you think I'm high and just got ahold of a laptop.

I love, love, love this quote. 

Recovery!

Tell your mother, tell your child, tell yourself: my iPod survived!

Some how after sitting at least ten min in a storm drain Woodstock sang loud today.
It truly is a miracle.

On an unrelated note I accidentally just swallowed my own hair. eh.
weird? Don't care it's my blog. Marley is blasting and I'm happy.

Here's some pictures that tickle my fancy:

All from weheartit.