CulterPaulus

Today was my first day of classes as teacher in Pan de Azúcar. I had 3 groups of first level today, 12 years old boys and girls. All the groups are different (as groups), but it was a pleassure to work with them this first day.
I had a little problem, and is I can't remember names easily, and there are an average of 30 students per class, and is a nightmare for me in some moments. But I hope to know them well.

To work in a public space is a little different than in a private one, in some facts. But children are children, and they face the same problems, have same dreams, same questions, and are ready to learn no matter the place they are to study. I think I will learn a lot from this experience.

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Hoy fue mi primer día de clases como profesor en Pan de Azúcar. Tuve 3 grupos de primero how, chicos y chicas de unos 12 años. Todos los grupos son diferentes en cuanto a la manera de ser los grupos en sí mismos, pero fue un placer trabajar con ellos este primer día. Tengo un pequeño problema y es que no puedo recordar los nombres fácilmente, y hay un promedio de 30 estudiantes por clase, y se vuelve casi una pesadilla en algunos momentos. Pero espero conocerlos bien.

Trabajar en un espacio público es un poquito diferente que en un lugar privado, en algunos aspectos. Pero los chicos son chicos, y encaran los mismos problemas, tienen los mismos sueños, las mismas preguntas, y estan listos para aprender no importa el lugar en el que se encuentren para estudiar. Pienso que voy a aprender un montón de esta experiencia.

What if I want to close my eyes, and watch nothing...
What if I want to fall deep inside of myself...
What if my life is hanging from emptyness
and my words are hidden today?

________Would you take a time for holding me?
________Would you be here to take me?

What if I watch this day in grey and grey...
what if i listen just echoes of crying...
What if I take myself to reach the infinite
of soul that is deeper than life?

________Would you understand my words then...?
________There's nothing to express in this place.

________Just fall to infinite
________and play with grey.

CulterPaulus
21/4/09

I have told many times to my friends, about my jobs here. One of my main jobs is: teacher. I've been working in a college in Piriapolis for some years. I really love this job, and I've been learning about join skills from other activities to this one.
But this year seems to be a great one, in facts of opportunities. Last month I had invitations to join to other institutes in the city, and neighbour cities. Exactly in 2 private computer-training institutes, and in 2 public colleges, to teach computer science too. Right now I'm sending the forms and required data to join to one of those public ones. Of course, I still work in the first college, because I have many responsibilities there (web site administrator, Computer lab manager, IT asistant, and teacher too ).

But I must tell I feel so happy for all the doors that are being opened around me. Some years we had difficult years at home. But I never gived up to my goals. I've been working hard to do what I really love. Yesterday I was preparing some extra information for my curriculum, and I found that it was a long journey to reach the things I can face today. I tell this words, thinking about people who maybe are in the same situation than me in previous years: if opportunities came late, don't stop fighting! Keep your dreams, keep your wishes, but work to reach them! Life takes a lot of ways, and chances come.

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¿Un año de oportunidades?

He hablado muchas veces a mis amigos sobre mis trabajos. Una de mis principales actividades es la de ser profesor. He trabajado en un instituto de secundaria en Piriápolis por algunos años. Realmente me encanta este trabajo y he aprendido a aplicar cualidades y destrezas entre ellas.
Pero este año parece ser uno muy interesante, en lo que se refiere a oportunidades. Este mes pasado he recibido invitaciones para dar clases en otros institutos de la ciudad, y en ciudades cercanas. Exactamente en dos centros de capacitación de informática y en dos liceos públicos. Hace un momento estuve enviando los formularios y datos requeridos para comenzar. Por supuesto, sigo trabajando en el primer liceo, porque tengo unas cuantas responsabilidades allí, como ser el administrador del sitio web, el encargado del laboratorio de informática, asistencia en manejo de información por medio de informática y por supuesto, profesor.
Pero tengo que decir que me siento muy feliz por todas estas puertas que se van abriendo. Hubo años en los que pasamos por dificultades en casa. Pero nunca renuncié a alcanzar mis metas. He estado trabajando mucho para hacer lo que realmente me gusta. Ayer estaba preparando mi currículum, agregando alguna información adicional, y encontré que ha sido un camino largo hasta encararme a esta situación hoy. Digo esto pensando en quienes tal vez se encuentren en la misma situación que he recorrido yo: si las oportunidades llegan tarde, no dejen de pelear, no dejen de confiar en sus deseos y expectativas, y trabajen en ello. La vida suele dar muchas vueltas, y las oportunidades llegan.

In few hours (no more than 3) me and my family are leaving Piriápolis to spend little vacations in Shangrilá, where the sister of my wife lives. We were expecting this moment, I finished some tasks, earn some money... and time to go!

I think will be for no more than 3 days (I have classes next monday), but everything is good enough at this moments, because our minds are tired, full of "noise" of yearly activities... and I want to go outside this city, leave the house for some days. I know at the second day I'll be missing (always happens ), but right now I need vacations.

Well, I promise the photos, to post here, and in 365 (I think I will not post next days)

Have wonderful days!!!!!
Best wishes!!!!

There are special days. And there are days you can transform from simple to special doing simple things.
From last summer, we've been teaching our daughter to keep money, to store every coin she recives into a can. She did it with pasion to buy a bike. Her first bike.
Today I visited all the shops I could to know if there were bikes she could buy with her money (well, we helped with a very little amount).
Today, when I came from work, my wife and I told her we had a surprise: "let's buy the bike2, we said. She said Ok, and then she opened wide her eyes and shout "Vamos a comprar la bicicleta!!!" (Let's buy the bike), like she reacted late to the information
It was too pleasant to see her face, brighting, a briliant face, full of happiness.
She carried the money (every coin she collected) and paid the sales man. We all came back home very happy: we, like parents, for the marveling thing of look our daughter happy, and the goal of teach her to keep a bit of money to have things she wants. And of course, she was happy because her new bike.

Well, she has only 4, and I was remembering with my wife that we both got our bikes very after that age. That made us feel even happiest. It's something that can't be described with words when you do simple things to children, but they contribute to their happiness, and makes their face shine. Of course, this a material fact, but it's seen also in every act of showing our love to her. And material things, when possible are part of show we love them.

I've been thinking about this at the end of this day, and feels good.

Good night!