(My Family Tree-work in progress)
For class I am building a family tree. The picture above is the tree at this point, obviously not finished yet. Right now I am waiting to hear back from family members on birth dates and locations.
I remember, as a young child, I wanted to know all about my family and where we came from before landing in the US. Thus far, I have been told that I am Scotch/Irish/Cherokee Indian on my fathers side, and German/Dutch/Gypsy on my mothers. Interesting. Question...Do I get any government grants for being many minorities? Surely they have some money set aside for those of us who are the prime example of Melting Pot USA.
Anyways, so I've been working on homework today. I have picked up the wonderful habit of procrastinating, so here I a doing homeworking that is due tomorrow. Sigh. Oh well, the teachers here are pretty worthless anyways. I have one decent teacher, the rest act like they have better things to do with their time. Some don't even show up for class sometimes. There is a rule in college that if the teacher isn't in class after 15min, then the class can leave. Most colleges don't accept this as a rule because things happen, teacher gets a speeding ticket, flat tire, whatever. However, this school does. Several times I have watched the entire class get up and leave the room while I stayed for five more minutes just to make sure.
(Classroom at 5:30pm when class was supposed to start. I was the only one there. Not even the teacher was there)
Most of the time I find this island life very funny. Not only is there island time, but there is super island time. That is when students show up at 945 when the class ends at 950. For some reason the teacher lets the student sign the attendance sheet still... one of my teachers got so tired of students showing up late that he started telling one funny fact a day that, IF you are present, you will remember and will be tested on later for an attendance grade. One fun fact.... In the Virgin Islands you are more likely to die of being hit on the head by a falling coconut while standing under a tree, then to be killed by a shark attack. Interesting aye?
For class I am building a family tree. The picture above is the tree at this point, obviously not finished yet. Right now I am waiting to hear back from family members on birth dates and locations.
I remember, as a young child, I wanted to know all about my family and where we came from before landing in the US. Thus far, I have been told that I am Scotch/Irish/Cherokee Indian on my fathers side, and German/Dutch/Gypsy on my mothers. Interesting. Question...Do I get any government grants for being many minorities? Surely they have some money set aside for those of us who are the prime example of Melting Pot USA.
Anyways, so I've been working on homework today. I have picked up the wonderful habit of procrastinating, so here I a doing homeworking that is due tomorrow. Sigh. Oh well, the teachers here are pretty worthless anyways. I have one decent teacher, the rest act like they have better things to do with their time. Some don't even show up for class sometimes. There is a rule in college that if the teacher isn't in class after 15min, then the class can leave. Most colleges don't accept this as a rule because things happen, teacher gets a speeding ticket, flat tire, whatever. However, this school does. Several times I have watched the entire class get up and leave the room while I stayed for five more minutes just to make sure.
(Classroom at 5:30pm when class was supposed to start. I was the only one there. Not even the teacher was there)Most of the time I find this island life very funny. Not only is there island time, but there is super island time. That is when students show up at 945 when the class ends at 950. For some reason the teacher lets the student sign the attendance sheet still... one of my teachers got so tired of students showing up late that he started telling one funny fact a day that, IF you are present, you will remember and will be tested on later for an attendance grade. One fun fact.... In the Virgin Islands you are more likely to die of being hit on the head by a falling coconut while standing under a tree, then to be killed by a shark attack. Interesting aye?
