The Picnic

Today was a great day. I met a whole new group of people. Yet again the great works of ATDP. I honestly have no met any new people outside of TIC or a class I have taken or iTAed for. I felt so good with these people. I met most of them for maybe less than 12 hours as of now, but the feeling. It’s such a high satisfaction that it’s something I have never such a . . . I don’t know how to explain. It’s like eating something and never being hungry again. You can’t find food like that ever. But here I am feeling that satisfaction. Meeting new people gives such a feeling of joy and hope that you can never find in a regular school.

As Lloyd had wanted some classes besides TIC and Japanese are beginning to catch on with the use the IOcm sites after the class ended. Like take for example 2703.2 which is the Writing for High School. Lloyd has said before that he wanted a potion that could have the TIC effect, where kids and TAs continuously keep in contact and create great friendships forever. The potion may not exist, but classes are actually about beginning to keep in contact with each other now. I haven’t actually seen the chatroom because the iTA has blocked everyone that aren’t part of the class from joining (Admin: May I have access please? ). From what I have heard they are planning a get together, more often than TIC. : O

This one class is catching on, so how about the rest? I haven’t been personally been able to monitor much at all because of my privileges on the ATDP IOcm server, but I hope/know that people are catching on as well. One day many sites will be in constant use. They’ll understand the TIC effect. This will take years to adapt into each and every class. But I know if everyone tried we could do it. I know we can do it.

July 29th, 2007 - Posted in ATDP, Me | | 0 Comments

The real post.

This is the real post. I posted my earlier post when reality didn’t kick in yet. I AM going to miss you guys. The people that are mean to me. I forgive them. People that are nice to me even when I am stupid or I am annoying, I thank you so much. This year has brought me one of the greatest times of my life. Even though I took a interesting but hard class ARC, I still look back upon as a life experience.

TIC. TIC this year has had quite a change. A lot of the older TIC alumni came today. Well maybe not a lot but ones that made it feel like a lot. I haven’t seen Yiyi in such a long time. I probably won’t see her again for a while. She was my second TA for 2 group switches. I learned a lot from her. My first TA, Max, is still normal. He acts very I don’t know how to explain it, it’s just Max. No description.

This year. This year was a great year as a whole. I got a girlfriend. I met a lot of new people. I matured a lot. I think I have learned to take things less for granted. Although time after time that I have failed, ATDP people supported me. They weren’t like, “Chungster, we don’t care STFU.” They’re kind in their own ways. And they touched my heart. I know I am going to be part of ATDP for a long time. The Classroom Without Walls will extend with us everywhere we go. Starting in the fall everyone will be going back to school. Stevie and Alex H. back to Davis. Kass and Spark down to LA. Trev back to teaching. Kyle to Washington D.C. And our generation. The ones still in high school, going our seperate ways to new territory.

For most of us freshman it’s going to be hard. The transition is going to be a hard one but we’ll make it through for sure.Just think of the times when we were at ATDP. Sitting in TMF, taking the time for granted. As it slowly ticks by. Or maybe to Pat Browns when people were playing Frisbee. Or maybe to a class or exploration. I myself will think of my exploration, SAT Prep. It was a real hard class but the people there are really friendly and made the days go by so very fast.

Times I will think about. Times I willl dream about. Times that I wish would last forever.ATDP isn’t just a Summer program. It’s a memory. It’s a place where you will meet new people. You’ll love them, cherish them, and wish it would never end. You’ll be attached and you ever won’t lose contact. It has been the greatest time of my life.

The End of ATDP 07′ is here. :[

July 27th, 2007 - Posted in ATDP, Me | | 1 Comments