We had our Prom this past Friday and I was one of the MC's for the event. I'll start off by talking about the pictures and then the adventures of MCing. The first picture is of the official sign for the Prom, which was absolutely beautiful. They had it a the Hilton, which is right on the river. It was great and the place was absolutly beautiful.
The next picture is of some of the 9th grade boys. Though I don't teach them, I have gotten to know them fairly well. They are a good group of boys and I enjoy talking with them. The one on the left is Kabeer. His is the one who had a whole bunch of teachers over to his place for dinner one night and the first thing we had was alcohol given to us by the father.
Next we have Earn, who is one of my 8th grade students. He didn't want a picture taken with me, so I had to sneak one in on him. He's the one with the red shirt and black and white striped tie that is about half undone. That was the style for a lot of these kids, not a formal tux or suit but a more relaxed and unbuttoned look. I thought it was intersting. Also, it was interesting that Earn was there, as was one of my 7th grade girls (with her 9th grade boyfriend, which is currently an issue with her and performance in school) and a former 8th grade student of mine who left at the semester and was supposed to go to America to learn.
The last picture is of me (obviously) with Kelly (the MS Science teacher) and her husband Jared. This was just outside the hall and was an amazing room.
The last picture is of me (obviously) with Kelly (the MS Science teacher) and her husband Jared. This was just outside the hall and was an amazing room.
Now, to the prom (I want to make it clear that there is a distinct difference between the two campuses, Bangna and Sukhumvit). It was interesting because I was supposed to give awards to the Seniors and there are only a handful of seniors that I actually know, let alone know how to pronounce their names. I did mess up on one, but thats fine, no big deal, we move on. Its funny because the teacher from the other campus who MCed knew all the students and could say something about each of them and the award they received (most popular, best eyes, smartest, best dressed, etc. ). I felt like I was just up there and tried to say a few things about it, but didn't get it to work, so I felt awkward, but still got the job done.
What was more intersting was the royal court announcement. The Bangna campus did their royal court and had no problems. Right before I was going to go up and announce our winners for King, Queen, Prince and Princess, the student council president and vice-president came to me and asked me who the winners were. I told them and they said that none of those people were at the prom anymore. Instead, they chose 4 people right there to win. First, why do you leave the prom before the winners for the royal court are announced? Second, if you're up for the royal court, you should probably stick around just to see if you won. Third, I really don't agree with two people deciding who wins the royal court.
Next, we had Senior Videos that were shown on the projectors at one time during the prom. Sukhumvit showed theirs and it was alright. But then Bangna showed theirs and it was great. It blew Sukhumvits out of the water. Again, we have an example of how Bangna students are more motivated than Sukhumvit and care more about the school rather than think the school is just a joke.
Finally, some of the Bangna girls did a little dance performance on stage during part of the Prom. Let me say, they did an amazing job, especially since most of them were wearing 3-4 inch heels. It was great and they totally rocked. It was a performance they did from the talent show they had this week. Our campus had a talent show as well and some of our 10th grade girls did a little dance which really didn't involve a whole lot. The 10th grade girls at Sukhumvit are also known to be trouble and lazy, which they are.
Anyway, when these girls were finished and the whole crowd was going crazy, our 10th grade girls must have gotten jealous or something, or didn't like the fact that the attention wasn't on them, so they wanted to do their performance. The problem was that no one had the song they needed, so they really couldn't perform. I think they finally did find the song, but I wasn't in the room to see the performance. But I already know that it wasn't as good. Most of their dancing was in one place and didn't require any movement out of that place.
Though the prom was amazing, it was just another example of how different the students from Banga are versus the students from Sukhumvit. The Sukhumvit students have even called the Bangna students weird. The dancing was the thing that I found the most hilarious because it would be the same thing that would happen at home with this class of students. One group was up there having fun and just enjoying themselves and the other group didn't like the fact that they were receiving all this great attention, so they decided to do something that they rarely do, which is become motivated to do something so they could receive attention and praise.
Aaron
What was more intersting was the royal court announcement. The Bangna campus did their royal court and had no problems. Right before I was going to go up and announce our winners for King, Queen, Prince and Princess, the student council president and vice-president came to me and asked me who the winners were. I told them and they said that none of those people were at the prom anymore. Instead, they chose 4 people right there to win. First, why do you leave the prom before the winners for the royal court are announced? Second, if you're up for the royal court, you should probably stick around just to see if you won. Third, I really don't agree with two people deciding who wins the royal court.
Next, we had Senior Videos that were shown on the projectors at one time during the prom. Sukhumvit showed theirs and it was alright. But then Bangna showed theirs and it was great. It blew Sukhumvits out of the water. Again, we have an example of how Bangna students are more motivated than Sukhumvit and care more about the school rather than think the school is just a joke.
Finally, some of the Bangna girls did a little dance performance on stage during part of the Prom. Let me say, they did an amazing job, especially since most of them were wearing 3-4 inch heels. It was great and they totally rocked. It was a performance they did from the talent show they had this week. Our campus had a talent show as well and some of our 10th grade girls did a little dance which really didn't involve a whole lot. The 10th grade girls at Sukhumvit are also known to be trouble and lazy, which they are.
Anyway, when these girls were finished and the whole crowd was going crazy, our 10th grade girls must have gotten jealous or something, or didn't like the fact that the attention wasn't on them, so they wanted to do their performance. The problem was that no one had the song they needed, so they really couldn't perform. I think they finally did find the song, but I wasn't in the room to see the performance. But I already know that it wasn't as good. Most of their dancing was in one place and didn't require any movement out of that place.
Though the prom was amazing, it was just another example of how different the students from Banga are versus the students from Sukhumvit. The Sukhumvit students have even called the Bangna students weird. The dancing was the thing that I found the most hilarious because it would be the same thing that would happen at home with this class of students. One group was up there having fun and just enjoying themselves and the other group didn't like the fact that they were receiving all this great attention, so they decided to do something that they rarely do, which is become motivated to do something so they could receive attention and praise.
Aaron
2 comments:
Aaon cleans up pretty good even when not at home. We miss you. Hope you are having fun. Juanita, Steve, Sarah, Austin
These are nice photos, Aaron. Looks like a fun time--
Dr. Cheryl
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