Monday, June 21, 2010

This Week's Tidbits - June 21

This Week’s Titles:

  • Teaching Troubles
  • Crying and Smiling Children
  • Journey to the Center of Hai al-Asher
  • Homework Vs. Lesson Planning Vs. Sleep
  • Professor Lo and the Eternal Battle For Interwebs
  • The Birthday Party
  • Street Fighter: The Victorious
  • The Twilight Saga: Cairo (cause the kids at I the Egyptian are routinely getting bitten)

Songs of the Week:

  • “Hot ‘n Cold” by Katy Perry
  • “Down” by Jay Sean
  • “Jump On It” by Apache

Quotes of the Week:

  • “What do you mean by Hello Kitty drugs?” –Zuri, befuddled by her teacher’s story
  • “Where’d the blondes go?” “Where the pigs went.” –John, on how beautiful blondes like Andy aren’t seen around here because they continually stop traffic
  • “Don’t lose your stuff, or else it will end up on some old man’s Christmas tree,” –Hannah, on the moral of story she read in her Arabic class
  • “I freakin’ love unicorns…I probably shouldn’t have admitted that…It’s like 10 Galleons a hair.” –Brendan
  • “Pregnant is just a dot away from being camel.” –John, on spelling Arabic words
  • John’s Vader Voice, in Arabic: “Luke, I am your father.”

Favorite Moments of the Week:

  • Street Fight in Khan el-Halili
  • Zuri Eating in Class
  • Moana Caking
  • Zoe’s Birthday
  • Working at the NGOs
  • Coptic Cairo
  • Lecture with Raymond
  • Teaching Time to St. Andrew's Students
  • Teaching "Ninja" to the Kids at I the Egyptian

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