Evonne's Big Ride

As many of you know, I'm teaching first year Japanese at Iowa. This week the students had to do skits. The skits had to be less than 5 minutes long, and had to include the topics: showing someone around, inviting the person to your house for dinner, and having a conversation. And keep in mind that they haven't been studying that long, so their Japanese is still limited.

The students had to do peer evaluations and write a comment for each group's skit. While the first section I teach had exciting comments like:

"Nice job." and "You should practice more next time." or "Interesting."

My second class has two students who wrote these comments:

Truly terrifying performance reminds us all of what it means to be made physically ill by the horrors we see on screen.

The breathtaking special effects would make Avatar blush.

Excellent character development. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry. It’s the feel good skit of the year.

Heart warming performance that touched me in places I didn’t know I had.

You’d better buckle up if you see this skit. It’s a wild ride.

A heartbreaking story of two star crossed young lovers.

The twist at the end really throws audiences for a loop and explores the inner human mind.

A psychological thriller packed with intrigue and mystery.

Aaron deserves best supporting actor. His performance rivals such greats like The Godfather, or Waterworld.

All the fun of a Tyler Perry movie without the preachy mess and blatant stereotypes.

Driven performance. Brilliant directing. I was moved.

And this is exactly why that class is so awesome...I laugh every day!