Friday, November 21, 2008

College Shout Out


To promote a college-going culture at our school, the counselors have begun an effort to make colleges more visible to our students. A few weeks ago, there was a door decorating contest. Since then, we also have had teachers participate in making "shout-outs" in the announcements, during which we talk briefly about our alma mater. Today was the last day of school before the Thanksgiving break, it was my turn to "shout-out", and here's my script:

"Hello Gladstone. What is up? This is Mr. Yip here with a college shout out on UC Irvine, and a special "Hello" to Mr. Tressell, a fellow Anteater, who's also a UCI graduate. I love UCI. It is a clean and safe campus, just 15 minutes away from Disneyland.
Did you hear, that Kobe Bryant works out at the UCI gym in the mornings?
Did you hear, that Mr. Ciccoianni led the UCI baseball team to two state championships?
Did you hear, that Ms. Curtis led the UCI volleyball team to three national titles?
Did you hear, that Mr. Dolter led the UCI basketball team in scoring and assists?
Now I'm not saying that these things are true, but did you hear about them?
For more facts about UCI, go to www.uci.edu that is uci.edu.
I wish you and your families a pleasant and safe holidays, Happy Thanksgiving."

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