Sunday, December 12, 2010

A moment that still chases me.

Some things are easier to remember, and some are easier to forget. I can remember my most embarrassing moment as if it happened yesterday. I’ve tried, over the years, to forget this moment, but it just never seems to go away. As I’ve gotten older, I can think back to that day and just laugh. My most embarrassing moment happened when I was in my freshman year of high school.

I was young and I always had a penchant for riding a motorcycle. I wasn’t old enough to get a license but I did not care. I started to save money for few months and finally bought a brand new motorcycle from Yamaha. (At that time, student in my age tried to buy a motorcycle because it was a trend and to get a girl.) Since I wasn’t so much different from the other kids myself; I bought to show off to the girls.

It was at the Itaewon intersection where my most embarrassing moment took place. After the volleyball game at YISS, an international school I waited until the people to gather around me, so that I can show off to both girls and boys. Just as I expected many people around 20 to 30 gathered around me. I started the engine to let my friends hear the sound of the engine too. I accelerated again and again until the motorcycle reached its climax, and in front of 20 to 30 friends; motorcycle excitedly flew off because I loosened up the clutch. My motorcycle ran in to the bushes with me holding on to its accelerator and running with the motorcycle. I fell down and everyone came in hesitant to ask if I was okay.

I WAS OKAY, but my pride, image, and dreams were gone. I wished I was dead with the motorcycle. I knew that I looked funny chasing the bike, and I knew that my friends were trying their best not to laugh. If I think of it now, it is just a silly experience that I had when I was young, but until now, it is my most embarrassing moment of life.

If I am the Headmaster

It is not an exaggeration to say that every school has a problem. Even the very respected school have problems. It wasn't different for the school that I am currently enrolled: Saipan International School. Every single time I find a problem, I always wished secretly of becoming the school headmaster. What will I do if I become a headmaster, what will I change and what will I do differently?

Saipan International School is one of the most respected schools in Saipan. However, despite the fact that it is a good school, lot of the students tend to argue and criticize the school. Cafeteria, Herman's bakery lunch, financial problems, and more. Well, if I think carefully about the school, the school does have a lot of problems.

First thing that I will chancility that most of the school has. One more thing about facility that I want to comment is library. I mean where ge about the school if I am the headmaster is Lunch problems. The school tends to have no proper cafeteria, which may sound very funny, but it is true. The students have to eat lunch either outside or in the classroom. This makes it harder for students in different grades tow bond. It is a very small school with a small student body, but I still don't know majority of them, especially the lower grades.

Second thing is the money and financial problems. It is the most expensive school on Saipan, yet it tends to lack many fain the world is there a library that students cannot go in. The Library has to be opened facility to every student. I mean it is seriously a waste of space.

Last thing I want to comment about is language. I fully understand the reason for speaking English during the class hours. However, I think the international school should respect the diversity of ethnic race in the school and allow them to speak their mother language during the lunch time or the break. Oh and lastly the student parking lot... no comment.