One of the presents I got on my birthday was a new wallet, to replace the one I'd been using since I was fourteen (it made a full decade!). It's a weird sensation to change something that you use frequently on a daily basis. It feels strange pulling it out and seeing that it's not the wallet I grew up with. I'm not sure if this one's manly, either. It's too... functional to be manly. It has a slot in the front where I can put a card (I put my student ID) so that it is visible from the outside. On the inside, it has a change pouch, which my old one didn't have, and it's got a zipper on the outside so I can close everything up.
The debate of the manliness of a change pouch has been kicking around for as long as I can remember. But in Canada, where we have one and two dollar coins, I think it's understandable. I often don't bother using the zipper on my wallet, because it's caught a few times on a bill and I fear ripping one at some point. Also, I never felt the need for a zipper before, and why would I bother myself with zipping and unzipping every time if I don't have to? Having a a slot to "decorate" your wallet may be the most intimidating feature. But it's cool, because if I want the student discount at Zehrs or at the Greyhound, I can just hold out my wallet, instead of digging past my debit card, driver's license etc.
All-in-all, it's a much more competent wallet, if I'm being completely honest.
I tried out the beard trimmer. Got a nice, even trim, but somehow gave myself a bit of a beard scar on my right cheek. Nobody noticed the trim, and nobody noticed the scar. Oh well.
Being a speaker at the ESL Leader conference was pretty cool. Not only was I the only speaker, I got a whole section laid out for myself, and it was put on the schedule as "Student Experience--Gryphon". I felt important. Our group photo got put on the front of the Student Life Facebook page, too.
I know who my ESL partner is now. She's someone I know from last year, and the one who convinced me to do ESL again this year. She was the partner of a good friend of mine, but since my friend isn't going to school this year, she can't be partners with her again. So the person in charge of ESL put us together since we already know each other and get along well.
I shouldn't call it ESL. That stands for English as a Second Language. We say English as an Additional Language now. Which makes sense because if someone knows multiple languages before they learn English, than it really isn't their second. And I'm called an English Conversation Partner Leader, while they chop off the "Leader" in the title for my partner. But for some reason, even though nobody says "English as a Second Language" anymore, everyone still uses ESL as the acronym. People just got too used to it, I guess.
I found out that the Connect Workshop I went to last year got put on my transcript. I also found out that there are five more, and if I attend all of them, they will all go on my transcript and I will receive a certificate. It's more respected than I thought it was.
Respect is less frequent this year. Before, we had a meeting every week, and there were two mirrored meetings every week so that you could go to one if you couldn't go to the other. Now there are only two per month, and you only have one chance to go. We still do all the events, though.
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