GarretTS#14

October 21st, Afternoon.

Today I met with TaeYuen again. We seem to get along very well together. Before getting to business, TaeYuen and I spoke for a bit about what it is that I am interested in. I explained to TaeYuen that I am very interested in people. I went on to explain that my fascination with people has fueled a deep love for art. I explained to him my opinion of what art is and how I do not believe that it can be limited to one definition, and if it were, then I would define it as any form of expression that conveys some aspect of the human experience. I talked to him about some art forms that I like most. I talked about poetry, acting, music, and movies, because those are some of my favorite artistic mediums. After talking for about 20 minutes I asked TaeYuen what we would be working on today, he then explained that he needed help with two reading logs. I explained that I only had time to help him with one, however, I can meet again later tonight to help him with the other. The reading log was similar to the assignment we had in TEFL class. Read a part of a book, write a short summary, identify 3-5 vocabulary words that he did not previously know. The book that we read together was called "Into the Grey," by Celine Kiernan. The chapter that we read set up the rest of the plot. The narrator, Patrick, recalls the night that his "Nan" burned their house down. Patrick, who was a teenage at the time, lived in a house with his Nan (a nickname for his grandmother), his parents, his twin brother Dom, and his younger sister, Dee. It is obvious that the grandmother has some sort of mental illness, but the specific illness has yet to be revealed.