"What is one food/dish I could eat forever?"
Miss Manuel's sampler:This is definitely a tough choice for me since I don't really have a favorite food. Right now, I am obsessed with eating Korean food, so the one food I could eat forever would be bibimbap. Bibimbap is a Korean rice dish that literally means "mixed rice." Bibimbap has assorted sliced vegetables (usually carrots and zucchini), bean sprouts, some seaweed salad (wakame), sometimes beef or pork (if you are feeling carnivorous), and it is served on top of steaming hot rice and topped with a fried egg. You can also sprinkle some sesame seeds on top. You can also drizzle gochujang, Korean spicy sauce (or Sriracha if you want), and sesame oil. I love getting the dolseot bibimbap (Stone pot Bibimbap) because it is served in a stone pot! The pot it very hot and you can hear all of your foods sizzle and pop! I like to add a lot of spicy sauce, because I like spicy food. The only thing I am not a fan of is the fried egg, I don't like the runny egg yolk, so I make sure the egg yolk is cooked all the way through. Bibimbap is not just very filling, but it is also healthy for you, because you don't have to add too much oil, nor does it have a lot of bad food for you. You can make it as healthy and as vegetarian as you want, or you can make it as unhealthy as you want, by adding lots of meat and calorie-heavy sauces. With all the wonderful and endless combinations, I could definitely eat bibimbap forever! "Sensing the Season"
Miss Manuel's sampler:I think my season is the most visually pleasing season of the year. While there are many beautiful and wonderful activities to do throughout the year, the way each green leaf changes into a bright orange, or to a deep red, almost purple colour is just absolutely beautiful. The way the leaves fall down gracefully into a big pile, just waiting for eager kids to crunch and stomp down is amazing. There is a certain crispness and freshness in the cool air; very similar to biting into a cold, crisp ambrosia apple. The cool, brisk air is a sign for me to put away the summer clothes and its time for me bring out my plaid shirts, thick scarves, touques, jackets, and my second-favorite article of clothing: hoodies!
Another favorite thing about the season is the food; it is Turkey Dinner season! I cannot get enough of Turkey Dinner; the way you can smoosh the turkey, cranberry sauce, gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, assorted veggies on your plate is beyond words. I think the whole pumpkin spice craze is too over-hyped, but it is still part of the season so I like it as well. But my favorite thing about the season is when you are walking in the cold air, the sun on your face, the coloured leaves, falling around you, all snoodled up in your scarf, sipping your hot chocolate (or coffee), and a cold gust of wind blows into you; that just says, "Ahhhh, the most refreshing season of them all!" Write me a scary story in 50 words or less.Miss Manuel's Sample:The spider was there, then it was gone! Rough drafts due on W. Good copies due FHow do you think you can change the world?
St. John Paul II famously said, "The future starts today, not tomorrow;" this means no one is too young to change the world. I wanted to change the world when I grew up; but I did not know to. This was, and still is, the tricky part. At first, I thought I could change the world by being a doctor, a firefighter, a policewoman, or a traffic control officer. I wanted to change the world as one of these occupations because they looked so glamorous and dramatic. After all, many movies and tv shows about firefighters, cops, doctors are being made - not so much for traffic control officers.
I realized I could make a difference in the world as a teacher. I could shape minds that would eventually go and shape more minds. Even though there are movies and tv shows about teachers, the job itself is not glamorous; it is tiring. I pour every bit of my heart and soul into the lesson, which is often met with uninterested students, unmotivated to learn. At the end of the day, I leave a dishevelled classroom and go home to a pile of homework waiting to be marked; work that is often filled with illegible writing and complaints from students as to why they aren't getting A's, when they do the minimal effort in all aspects of the classroom. It is in this unglamorous and tiresome job, I find I can make my change the world. Life is tough and challenging; being a teacher is tough and challenging. But the tough and challenging part, that's what makes it great. You may not realize it, but teachers make the biggest changes in the world, in very small and discreet ways. It can be something big, and life-changing, like learning how to read; or something small, like always remembering to carry the one when adding, or putting a period after a sentence. It can be something quirky and still important, such as; always have a pen with you, or a hairtie is a personal item like a toothbrush and should never be shared. But teachers can also bring negative change in the world. A student or child can pick up bad habits, or ideas from their teacher, because that's what the student has been taught. A person can have a poor outlook on a subject or about life, all because of a bad teacher. I don't want to be that teacher at all. Sometimes I'm afraid I've already become that teacher. Most days, I remind myself I have the power to make a difference in the world, a student's world. I can change their world with my thoughts, words, actions and deeds. I just have to make sure they are good thoughts, good words, good actions and good deeds. In the end, when I receive hand-written thank you notes from students and previous students telling me I was their favorite teacher because I changed their world for the better, all those days spent marking, and all the stresses associated with this job, all melts away. Life is tough and challenging; wanting to chaneg the world is tough and challenging. But the tough and challenging part, that's what makes it great. If you could have one person's autograph, whose autograph would you get and why?Things to think about:
Rough draft due W Good copy due F
Also, it allows me to have tasty experiments where I can bring people joy with my cooking. Another autograph I would like is St. John Paul II's autograph. St. John Paul II is my favorite saint and he used to be the Pope until he died in 2005. He was a great influence for young people and many Catholics around the world because he influenced many young people to be good and do good in the Church and around the world. To be honest, it is nice to get these people's autographs, but I think it would be nicer to spend more time with them. I would love to sit down with St. John Paul II over a cup of coffee and eat some paczki and kremowka and talk about teaching and pick his brain on how I can become a better teacher and role model towards young people. I would love to sit at a cafe or a patisserie in Paris with Julia Child and eat all the decadent French pastries and possibly ask her for some cooking lessons.
When I was a little kid, I wanted to be...When I was a kid, I wanted to be a traffic control officer. I thought they were the coolest! They dressed like cops AND they wore a bright florescent yellow vest, white gloves, and they carried a gold whistle. The coolest part was whenever they blew the whistle and held their hand up, all the cars stopped and followed their instructions. It was so amazing, it blew my mind! So I told my family what I wanted to be when I grew up and my lovely sister said to me, "When I have a car, I will tell everybody to run over you."
I was horrified. I started seeing news clips of traffic control officers being run over by criminals who were running away from the police. I didn't want to die, so I gave up my dream of being a traffic control officer. But whenever I go ride a plane, I see those air traffic control officers with their light-up batons, I can't help thinking that I was lucky I didn't want to be one of those controllers, because my sister would run me over with a plane! What is your favourite ice cream flavour?
It's that time of year: Miss Manuel's Famous February Writing Challenge! Here are the 20 prompts for the month:
"What is your Halloween memory?"
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