Monday, December 26, 2016

Thinking isn't agreeing or disagreeing. That's voting.

When I was a student in university, I did some part-time tutoring. But I would say my first real job was after I graduated and I moved to Seoul in South Korea to teach English at a high school, at a... It was a boy's high school, public boy's high school. And I had never taught in a large classroom before, except through some practicum experience in Japan, which was very short. So this was a very new experience for me and a little overwhelming.

Well, a Frenchwoman who received the world's first partial face transplant has died, 11 years after the surgery that opened the way for dozens of other transplants worldwide. The Amiens University Hospital in northern France announced Tuesday that Isabelle Dinoire succumbed to cancer in April. Her family wanted the 49-year-old's death to be kept private. The hospital did not release further details, and it's not clear if her illness was related to transplant. But heavy use of immunosuppressant drugs had weakened her system.

Hey, long time no see! How have you been?

Awful. My schedule's been overwhelming recently.

Are you still working at the cafe near the library?

Yeah, and I'm tutoring kids in math and science every evening.

My schedule used to be like that, too. The only time I could relax was when I got home and finally succumbed to sleep at night.