Angel as a Graduate Student

Angel often says he doesn't like it when we both have the day off at the same time because I distract him too much from doing his homework. This week, he had a paper due, so I agreed to leave him alone and do my own work for three hours while he did homework.

 

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I sat quietly on the other side of the table and read and wrote blogs, but I couldn't help but notice that Angel's homework technique differs somewhat from mine. As he sat down to begin work, he said "I think I'm going to make some rice so I can eat the leftover chicken curry for breakfast."

I say, "That's okay, you start working, I'll make rice for you."

That satisfies him for the moment, and I hear him typing away.

Next time I hear his voice, he's saying "Save. Desktop. Save. Desktop."

Five minutes later, the song "These are the Days of Elijah" starts blaring from his computer.

After  the song is finished, he says, "I think I'm going to go watch tv now." I look at him. He laughs. "I just wanted to see the look on your face, I'm not really going to watch tv."

More typing. "Hey," he says, "Guess what. Yesterday was one of the doctors last day at work so I sprinkled glitter on her, and it was awesome. She was working a 24 hour shift so that meant she had to be covered in glitter all night, too!!" I had to agree, that it did sound pretty awesome.

The buzzer on our rice cooker goes off. "Time for chicken curry!!" he says, and he's off to the kitchen.

The first half hour of homework time is over.

The first half hour was followed by him introducing me to the music of Grupo Mojado and translating their songs for me.

I guess this system must work somehow--I mean, he did get his B.S.N.....