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Monday: I worked at CSI and then went downtown with Ruth and Mommy to walk the monuments at night.


Tuesday: Helped at a Nifty Fifty. One of Quincy's professors, an evolutionary biologist, named Andrew Berry did a presentation at a high school in Baltimore. His talk was absolutely fascinating but I was appalled by the behavior of the students. At Bishop's there is a baseline level of respect I just presumed was standard--not at all at this school! I literally was embarrassed to call these kids my fellow Americans (the speaker was British--I can't imagine what he know thinks of our schools and greater culture!) I am being very harsh--the majority of the kids were well behaved but a few poorly behaved ones can completely alter the tone. One example I feel sums up the mediocrity--a girl smack in front of Mr. Berry (second row) sprawled herself out for a nap and proceeded to sleep. About 15 minutes into the presentation Mr. Berry light heartedly woke her up. She opened her eyes, looked at him, and promptly closed her eyes to sleep again (all while he was watching)! Later when she finally roused herself she took out her cell phone and began to blatantly text during the talk. UHHGGGGG! This is a Harvard professor who flew at his own expense to Baltimore, solely to give this presentation and she can't even muster the respect to at least maintain a vertical position. I really wanted to go up to her after the presentation and give her a piece of my mind but I whimped out. Anyway after the Nifty Fifty we had a late lunch with Faraz and then went home to relax.


Wednesday: Had my biometric appointment for the never-ending visa process. We finally sent off the application to the consulate and as we left UPS we were walking by this store front that had a promotional sign for $48 dollars massages and as we read it this asian woman came out of the shop and handed us a brochure and offered us a 5 minute sample massage--we liked it so much we stayed for a real one! It was a very appropriate end to a very stressful processes! After that we made our way to the National Geographic Museum where we met up with Ms. Trainor, Ms. Svendson, Erik and Monique. We saw a Gecko exhibit and a photographic exhibit named "Simply Beautiful". Next we drove to the Jefferson Memorial and then walked to the Holocaust museum. Thus far we have only finished the very first room of the exhibit and we have gone twice! Following the museum we headed to Dupont Circle to meet up with Jenny Dean, we sat and chit chatted briefly at a Starbucks. Afterward madre y yo went to a restaurant called Teaism for a light dinner. The day was rounded off with watching Glee.