After much waiting and some missed connections while trying to plan a schedule, I finally have a rough idea of when I'll be going to the family's home to teach the boys. Tomorrow will be my first visit. The excitement I felt before has been more or less completely replaced by nervousness.

Less than a week ago, Sistine stopped by the school I work at to have a meeting with the teachers I work with, whom we'll call Christine and Gizelle. This was Sistine's second meeting with Christine in a few days. At the first meeting, Sistine had gone over some in-class observation notes with Christine, and as I happened to be helping out in Christine's room at the time of the observation, Sistine made some notes about me, as well. The expectations for ed. techs. are really pretty low, but I must have handled a situation well when Sistine was observing me, because she mentioned to Christine that I was one of the smarter ed. techs. she had hired; which made me feel pretty good. It's always great to hear something like that from your boss. The downside of that was that at the second meeting, Sistine dropped off the materials I'll be using to teach the boys and gave me no tips, pointers, advice, or general help. She said simply "Here are the materials you'll need. I have the utmost confidence that you'll be able to figure this out."

I'm flattered that she has a high opinion of my intellect, but I'm not sure that Sistine realizes how nervous I am about this responsibility. Luckily there will be a translator available for at least 15 minutes tomorrow, so I can introduce myself and explain to the boys what I hope to accomplish. I'm also thinking about letting them know that this is my first time teaching non-English speakers.

The simplest-looking material in the box is a set of 26 cards, one for each letter of the alphabet and a picture of something that begins with that letter (an apple, for example, with "A a" beneath it). I figured that I would start with these cards to establish the sounds the letters make, then I thought it would be best to point to things in their home and name them, having the boys repeat what I say. I figured it would also be helpful to write out the names for items we identify and tape these labels to the items, then leave the labels up after I leave for the boys to practice.

I have a feeling that this will all be much easier and make much more sense after I've had my first session with the boys tomorrow, but for now I'm having trouble remembering to think positive. What if I take the wrong track? What if I fail to teach these boys any English? What if I do such a terrible job that I get fired from my ed. tech. job? I'm also nervous about the neighborhood. What if I get mugged walking to the apartment? (given the location, this fear is not completely unfounded). 

Maybe I'm being stupid. I know that this is an awesome opportunity...I'm just really nervous. I feel like I have a lot of people to let down here: the boys and Sistine are big ones, but I'm mostly worried about letting myself down. What if I'm not actually good enough to navigate this situation successfully? What if I end up an ed. tech. (or worse) for the rest of my life?

I suppose that tests and challenges like this are necessary to show us what we are capable of and to help us to grow. Is it wrong of me to wish I didn't have to face these tests and challenges in favor of comfortable stasis?

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Contents of the newsletter of the Research Center Viktor Voksanaeva (February 2010)
1. On the strategic assessment of the consequences of climate change in the next 10-20 years for the environment and the economy of the Union State
2. Brief Annual Review of the radiation situation in Russia in 2009
3. Modernization of Russia's economy: a new course (materials meetings of the Scientific Expert Council on anti-crisis policy in the Analytical Department of the State Duma on 30 November 2009)
4. Economists theorists "slept" crisis ((material discussions from 9 to 30 December 2009).
5. Russia conservatism - an ideology, politics, economics (discussion materials from 6 to 30 December 2009).
6. New course: the modernization of Russia's economy (material discussions from 9 to 30 December 2009. Part Two)
7. Counterfeit Medicines, Drugs: corruption in the pharmaceutical industry, the harm of tobacco, UV radiation and human health.
8. Briefly: review of the information materials of the world of think tanks and international organizations.
9. Competitive intelligence: monitoring social networking

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Greetings, loyal LiveJournal fans,

It's been six long months, but GameCola's new website has finally launched. 

We've completely overhauled our format---instead of being a monthly newsletter, with monthly issues, and new content only once a month, we've become a live-updating website, meaning that, at any minute, a new review, column, podcast, comic, or whatever can go up. AT ANY MINUTE. Look! Right there! You just missed one.

To visit the new site, please visit http://www.gamecola.net. The address hasn't changed, but everything else has.

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I should note that at least 25% of the footage from Zelda: Ocarina of Time is exclusive to the podcast! All the fishing and the Morpha fight were cut out of my video walkthrough for the same game.

But...how is that supposed to fit in the DS's stylus slot!

Don't know what happened.  I was on a great schedule with lifting and being on top of everything.  I got a little sick, maybe I lost my energy with it.   Definitely played too many games today.

Need to wake up tomorrow and own. 

It's really time to discover my calling.  I'm getting hung up. 

There were no good games for the GameCube because Rare was out of the picture? Weird. Almost the only games I own for the N64 are Rare games, but I've got oodles of GameCube games that I like way more than almost any N64 game.

For what it's worth, Zach, I give Tales of Monkey Island a thumbs-up; I've only played the first episode, though, and I'm a fan of the whole series, so maybe I'm biased?

Totally worth stealing my thunder for.

That must be from the Super Metroid game that I should get around to playing someday.

In case it's not obvious, I do as little research for the news column as possible, in protest of being assigned as the news person just because I write a lot. Somebody please please PLEASE take over that job for me.

I gotta be honest--I haven't enjoyed ANY Spider-Man or Batman material this decade. I know they made billions of dollars, but I still didn't enjoy them.

The top selling game in 2002, according to NPD was Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Yes, Spider-Man beat out Kingdom Hearts, Mario Sunshine, and Halo, but Spider-Man placed in SEVENTH, after two GTA's, Madden, Mario Advance 2, Gran Turismo 3, and Metal of Honor: Frontline. That also being said, that game was not shitty by any means. It was critically well received, and was called the best Spidey game until Spider-Man 2 in 2004. Not to mention I've owned it and loved it to death back then. Wii Play is not a repackaged Wii Sports, it's a mini-game collection with a bonus controller that comes with the game, giving it high sales. Tales of Monkey Island got great reviews? From who?

Research. Don't consider all licenced games to be trash. Batman: AA is likely my GOTY by a long shot. Oh, and I could have sworn there were more games this year that didn't come from Nintendo. Maybe it was a wet dream I had.

Exactly! That's why I worded it as I did. Clever, see?

The video features everyone's favorite whip-happy prosecutor.

Oh, good, 'cuz I haven't yet.

Whipped up? Ha! I just got that joke!

i love your review lol. but i was wondering if you had some more pictures/screen shots of true form midna i would like to draw /sketch her

If you do go with a rotating tagline, the list of rejected subtitles for Dead Rising subtitles is a gold mine.

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2009/01/rejected_dead_rising_titles_and_why_no_photography_in_dead_rising_wii-2/

After playing the Windows version, I'm not sure there was any forged evidence at all in the first game! I think Ace really is a bad detective!

Actually, the game seems to hint that Ace had some gambling debts that conveniently disappeared when Siegel died. Perhaps he DID have an ulterior motive...

All classics! Technically!

Symphony of the Night, Super Contra, and... Frogger?

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Also, just so everyone knows: This podcast is a YouTube/blog exclusive! We haven't put it on iTunes yet, since we're saving this podcast to test out and showcase on the upcoming new site.

My favorite part is 2:20 of video 5, where we tried our best to include Nathaniel in the podcast, only to fail miserably because we can't remember what he said. Pure podcasting magic.

"GameCola: You Have Died of Dysentery." This is my all-time favorite new slogan.

So, you all though enough of my little monthly contribution to keep it from going on the main page, but not enough to leave a comment for it now? For shame, people. Maybe my hiatus should be longer...

Love this game, grew up playing it on my cousin's NES. First megaman i ever played, and the other games I played on the cuz's NES were SMB 3 and Castlevania, so I never could compare it to other MegaMan Games.

Help, please. All recommend this program to effectively advertise on the Internet, this is the best program!
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Zach, are you joking? Michael singing Disney songs is pretty much the best part of the podcast.

Oh Zach... When the new is built, I'm going to do things to you that are so outrageous and baffling and consistant, that no law enforcement in the country could possibly prosecute me under the burden of proving a human being could actually be capable of such things. >:D Hiroshima. The Conflict in the Middle East. AIDS. The Megiddo Flood. The end of civilization as we know it... People are going to forget about ALL those things once they learn what I'll do to you once the new site is built....! I will abort the whole universe in your name, my friend! Get thee ready, scoundrel!