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Just Go with the Flow

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       I had thought that all the craziness and unpredictability of last week was just because it was the first meeting. But I learned today that craziness is an inevitable part of life. And sometimes, all you can do is just go with the flow.     Ms. Nguyen announced this morning that we would be meeting in the student lounge.     Except as we started to set up, we realized that we didn't have a projector. So to avoid the hassle of moving the projector, we moved the people!     In Ms. Nguyen's room, the laptop decided to take its sweet time logging me in and loading my slides. So I decided to teach the introduction game from memory, and I only forgot one rule. Go me!     Once the slides finally finished loading the game had officially died, we started the lesson on  introductory conversations . The nice thing about sign language is that it's often intuitive. Consequently, we flew through a lot of the signs like HI , BYE , YOU , and ME . Others took a bit longer but it actua

Expect the Unexpected

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    Okay, remember when I told you that I had six sign-ups and I got really excited? And to be honest, I was expecting about 10 people to come for the first meeting. Well, it turns out that I’m terrible at predictions. Like, worse than Trelawney from Harry Potter.     The morning of the first meeting, the slides were completed, the games were organized, the number of sign-ups had amazingly increased to 17, the sheets were in my bag, I could breathe.      After school, I headed over to Ms. Nguyen’s room with butterflies in my stomach and a pep in my step from the excitement of finally meeting everyone. But as my best friend and I rounded the corner, I saw Ms. Nguyen locking up her classroom, ready to head out. My pep waivered.     "Oh, hi Julianne!" she said as she saw us, "Something's come up and I can't stay today. I've asked Ms. Marcella to watch you guys in the library, is that okay?"      And that was only the beginning.     We entered the library t

Blog Post No. 2: Tip of the Roller Coaster

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    If you’ve ever been on a rollercoaster, you’ll know what the slowest, most nerve-racking, least-fun part is—the ride up.     When the ride starts, you’re full of anticipation and ready to scream your head off. As the ominous clicking starts, you can feel butterflies in your stomach accumulating into a frenzy.     Halfway up, you’re still excited, but the butterflies are starting to disappear, and you’re getting a little bored.      Well, it turns out that starting a club is like the middle part of the ride up—you want to be excited…but it’s honestly kinda boring.     But if you want the ride down, you need to be willing to make the trip up. So these past weeks, I’ve been putting in the effort to get this club going, inching myself closer and closer to the fun part.     First, I had to figure out the basics—a hosting teacher, when the meetings would happen, and how I was going to get members.     I emailed a bunch of teachers (look at the PLN page for more details), and convinced