Presentation:
The presentation was great for supplementing the reading of this week. Particularly family, growing up experiences, and culture. I didn’t know Apledeap was Philipino. I didn’t know about the history of boxing in the Philippines and America. I didn’t know about the illustrators who came over from the Philippines to work on comics.
Movie:
The movie felt very straight to Tv but was pretty thorough in exploring family relationships and trying to figure out where you belong in the world. The white kids in the movie were very annoying for me, I always disliked the way high school kids, even friends, would be disrespectful and irreverent of foreign cultures and customs, etc. I get that they usually aren’t raised with respect or discipline like Asian kids are.
I skipped Wednesday to set up my table for the Spring Arts and Crafts Fair.