As I pack for my trip, I keep thinking of things I might need. I know the baggage restrictions, but I really need to bring "this skirt" or "that shirt". I have fought this habit of packing too many clothes for years. I am afraid that I won't have anything to wear, so I try to stow away as much stuff as possible. This need to bring as much from home with me as I can must be some type of insecurity about leaving, but I can't figure it out. I don't really need all of this stuff; I just want it because it is familiar.
On this trip, I am supposed to discuss "my school environment" which requires an entirely different list of things than a personal trip would. I can't decide what to take at all, so I am taking two DVD's of football from Neville - the state championship game and a highlight reel. I think that the students will be much more impressed with the things our students enjoy than some boring discussion of demographics and teaching practices. I want to leave the students with an experience, and I think that they will understand the family that is Neville High School better if they see that family for themselves. There is no way I could do it justice on my own.
I leave tomorrow, so its really to late to change my plans now anyway. I wouldn't know where to start or stop.
Yes, your students in India will love to see your students in Louisiana. To see their "peers" from another land helps to make this whole adventure real.
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