Archive for February, 2012
My 3rd Term
February 28, 2012
I recently concluded my third term of teaching, and as is tradition, I’d like to share some of the “reviews” I received from my students:
- Mr Merino is a very good instructor I don’t see how he could be a better teacher
- The best instructor I have had in the past two terms I been coming here to IADT, he make learning in his class fun and takes the time to help you one on one!
- He makes sure that lectures are explained thoroughly and will attend to anyone needing more help.
- It shows that he enjoys teaching.
- His class was awesome when I payed attention and decided to finally stop playing words with friends on my ipod. On the real side it was a very fun class and taught me a lot and I was able to be very interactive with my peers. And he has the cutest baby girl!! Two thumbs up!!
- you should provide food for the last day
- Luis is a very epic guy. He cracked jokes a lot and made the class fun for everyone. One time he even gave me change for a $5 bill. He always gave the class an appropriate amount of time to finish all projects. He expected just as much as he should for new college students to learn the material. I wish I could have him for every class. (:
My scored evaluations were thus:
- GRAPH160: 100%
- DESIGN140: 96%
- GRAPH110: 98.5%
Now, I don’t share this stuff because I’m trying to brag… to be honest, I’m just really proud of myself. I work really hard to create a class that’s challenging, but fair… fun, yet focused… and it’s so fulfilling to have that hard work be acknowledged and pay off.
please explain
February 28, 2012
Can someone please explain to me why it is that the organic Gerber baby food has so many random ingredients, and the non-organic does not?
I started out making Graciela’s baby food. However, sometimes we don’t eat anything for dinner that I can just mash or put in the food processor for her. So I figured I needed some backups for such times. I’ve been trying to stick to things that don’t have tons of preservatives in them, because I really don’t see why a baby should have that kind of junk in their system, but this is baffling.
garth
February 27, 2012
A few weeks ago, a good friend scored some tickets to go see Garth Brooks at the Wynn. Sadly, she was not able to go, and called me at the last minute to see if I wanted the tickets. Free tickets? Yes, please! One of my co-workers is a HUGE Garth Brooks fan so I invited her to come with me (Luis wouldn’t have enjoyed it and the show didn’t start until 10:30… which in our lame-o parent lifestyle these days, might as well be 2:00 in the morning).
You would be surprised at the various types of people who were in attendance.
The venue filled up pretty quickly after this. I would have taken more pics, but they had security guys yelling at anyone with a camera.
After the show was over, I took the opportunity to take a little stroll around the hotel. They have a beautiful pool area
I was so stuck by the knobs in the middle of the bathroom stall doors, that I didn’t even notice that there were regular knobs on the doors too.
Then I saw this lady walking around in a dress that screams “send me back to the 90′s,” complete with thick silver zipper down the back.
All in all, it was a great night. And I was only a little disappointed when I got home to find that Luis didn’t wait up for me.
A personal victory
February 26, 2012
So, last week, I was caught off guard when I was asked if I would speak at Church the following Sunday (today). All week I’d been worrying and stressing about writing it, making sure it was long enough, practicing it, delivering it, making sure it wouldn’t put people to sleep… etc, etc, y’know, all the normal stuff people worry about when giving talks or speaking publicly.
As Sunday approached, the draft for my talk kept getting sharper and sharper, as I’d add things, tweak things, and edit things out. Natalia eventually read the talk and said it was excellent (of course she has to say that though… right?!).
Today, when I entered the chapel, I was at complete ease. At that point, I was just ready to face it head on and get it over with. When it was my turn at the pulpit, It was almost second nature… (I thank teaching on a regular basis for that).
When all was said and done, by the time I got home from church, 25+ different people had pulled me aside and told me a mixture the following:
- Thank you for sharing your experiences
- That was a great talk… no, really, like a GREAT talk
- Good talk
- You’re an amazing public speaker, I wish I could speak like that
- You were articulate, clear, well-spoken. That talk was well written and overall put together well
- Thank you for your talk
About half of those 25+ people, had never really spoken to me before, so for them to stop me and say something really meant a lot. One of the 25+ was a 10 year-old kid I’d never even seen before. There’s nothing like having your really hard work pay off, and people really appreciate it.
So, for me, this talk was definitely a personal victory.
indiana
February 26, 2012
Apparently drivers in Indiana are not permitted to make right-hand turns at red lights. I was stuck behind this guy, and despite the fact that there was not a single car coming, he refused to turn right until the green light came on. And yes, I honked.
score
February 25, 2012
Have you ever come upon a great deal that you just couldn’t pass up, regardless of how much you did not need that product? I did. I found these haunted houses on super sale at Wal-Mart (duh, because Halloween has long since passed). And I just couldn’t resist buying them for next year. Consequently, we will be having some sort of Halloween get-together come October. Hopefully the houses will have held up well by then.
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