teaching is a reward unto itself

6612 yet another day of interview presentations, some of the girls from the gaggle i hang out with were freaking out about talking infront of us, they subsequently did well, later in the evening they were freaking out about the final tomorrow, so i walked through everything with the whole gaggle (covertly doing my own studying while schooling them). anyways more on this later. after the class i went to eat with some catz, unfortunately it was a none-too-exciting dish of four cheese gnocchi, so nothing epic on the food front. found my way home, and took a nap. the Big One woke me up to go buy beer for her dad, she wanted someone to point out what was local, cause im an expert i guess? anyways, i end up getting some stuff to bring home for tastings as well. my pops always laments "once you got old enough to be cool, you moved out" so i figure i can at least bring some good beers back with me from the whole "being cool/moving out" process. i then wandered around Prague a lil by myself, trying to chase down a good vinoteka, that carried the craft local made Czech Absinthe, again to share with my Best Friend For Life. after all this a section of our dialogue went to the Ballet, it was at the Státní Opera ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_State_Opera ). first off, small world category; i ran into a girl from my capstone class. we walked into the foyer, and hesitated deciding as to which direction to take to our nosebleeds, and she spotted me as she was waiting at the ticket counter, she is backpacking round Europe now that shes all graduated. it was a rendition of Cinderella. i have been to very few ballets in the course of my existence, so i really have nothing to gauge against, it was interesting, there were a few points where i noted the male dancers (a set of aristos in the ballroom scene) were off, but for the most part it seemed pretty good. everyone was also a little disappointed by the dress Cinderella was wearing throughout said ballroom scene, she was supposed to be like resplendent, and make everyone else look as the Big One put it "like the didnt even get dressed that morning". the walk home from the theater we got to chat with Harlow himself, that was fun, (not a moment of asskissery, i say this with the utmost sincerity) he is a cool guy, even when ignoring his seemingly endless pool of knowledge, im glad he runs this dialogue, as ive had my heart set on this one since learning of the Dialogue program, his ways have certainly exacerbated my enjoyment of the trip. upon the completion of said walk, much of the troop of girls gathered in the hallway to go over the exam. i am reassured now after going over everything with them, i guess that whole "you cant know till you teach" adage has some veracity to it.