It was movie time at school yesterday. The film festival was the effort of Alex. Alex is a freshman at school and a little different, a little hard to understand, but the film festival did a lot to change that. Making a movie is hard, harder than most realize. There were only three entries. One was made by the school’s media class, one by the school’s business class, and both had teacher assistance. The third was presented by Alex. Did I mention computers are his life? Alex's movie was an individual effort telling his story. During the presentation he received much deserved recognition as he presented his quirky life in entertaining fashion. He stuck with a theme, presenting himself, had good video, clear audio, and good music, a complete package. He was up against all of the popularity of the school. His simple story, presented in a professional manner was enough for him to win the competition. He presented himself to a doubting audience and showed his ability in his area of interest. I think he scored big with his classmates.
Yesterday was also our faculty retreat. The presenter was one of our local parish priests who are from Haiti. The theme of his presentation was “Teachers Influence Lives Forever.” That was special for me as those words are on my mom’s tombstone. His message as was my mom’s is that caring is a major part of teaching. Hearing that message was a salute to all teachers but a special salute to mom
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