These kids are happy! Thirty acts competed to be in this show and fifteen were chosen to appear: this is the first group of five and here are their results.

Alice

On December 24, the Languages Department organized a concert in which fifteen acts appeared. Some of my students participated and here is one of them - Alice.

They're wonderful kids here at the school and I enjoy them very much. As you watch Alice, you can see the talent. They worked very hard preparing for their perfor...mances and the students and teachers really enjoyed the 90 minute show they put on. There was a teacher who was the driving force behind the organization: Brian Deschenes from Montreal. I thought the whole idea of a talent show was a dumb idea and not at all suitable but Brian did such a great job and the kids participated so whole-heartedly that I realized I had been quite wrong-headed about the whole thing and that it actually did have value.

The Room Is Rocking...

1:35 am January 2, 2010. So many earthquakes... This one was so minor - the room rocked for a couple of seconds. Other times, the whole building moves back and forth and things fall on the floor. So disconcerting.