Sunday, April 17, 2011

Discipline

Discipline in a classrom rests on a little blue book - the Ellenőrző (pronunciationish: ellen - nuh - r - zuh). If a student is misbehaved, you give them a verbal warning. If they continue to misbehave you ask for their Ellenőrző (LBB)

This little blue book is the parent - teacher - head teacher connection. A teacher takes the book and writes a note in it. If the sutdent doesn't have his/her LBB, well, tough luck:

A teacher cannot send a student out of the classroom.

A teacher cannot send a student to the head master.

A teacher cannot repremand a student with no LBB.

Besides all that, a taken LBB means the student is already in trouble, so, why stop? Honestly, a student said that to me: "You already took my Ellenőrző so why should I stop?"

It is during moments that involve the LBB that I consider quitting.

Fortunately, those moments pass.

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Kickin' It With the Hymns

I've been on a Hymn kick lately; all I have listened to for the past two weeks is hymns. It all started with the following song that I heard because of my friend Nathan Meyers:



Joy by Page CXVI


I have been able to find so much peace in listening to these re-envisioned hymns. "Joy" especially has just been an amazing song to listen to. The artist comes with so much weight, yet she still knows that God's joy is still down in the depths of our heart: The story behind the song. Even though this song might sound depressing, I find so much hope in it.


I encourage you to check out the following bands:


Page CXVI - Definitely them. Below is a stream of their entire latest Hymns album.




Ascend the Hill


Each of these bands have a bunch of free downloads. I know, right?