TODAY in Hong Kong we finished the semester with a fizzle. I always have a little potluck party at the end of the semester in my classes. I asked everyone to bring something to share. Of course it is not surprising that not everyone brings something. But usually those who do go all out. In California I have so many students who work in restaurants or who love to cook that we have a veritable meal and I don't need to eat dinner the night of the potlucks. I always bring cookies or, as in the case of 3 of my classes that are all the same day, cheese cake. Unfortunately, I forgot the sugar in the cheese cakes and had to sort of add it by guesstimation later (didn't really work), but it was not too bad and I think the students appreciated it.
For this class, I added some jam to sweeten the cheese cake, which did not sweeten the aesthetics, but at least the students are too polite to complain! This class too was a little better about "potlucking"- they actually realized that you need more than one small bag of M&Ms to share with a group! See, someone brought several packs of snacks, a little baggie of Almond Rocca, and there are probably about 16 little tiny cookies in the rolls of cookies there.
In my writing class, there was one bag of M&Ms, one bag of Skittles, a can of Pringles, about 5 packs of rice crackers (2 per pack), and a small box of soft cream cakes. And my homemade Chocolate chip cookies!
I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but after the potlucks I am used to I was disappointed. It is pretty funny, actually, when you have this great expectation and people bring out of their purses or bags a small snack size bag of M&Ms to share. But there are more than 16 M&Ms in a bag so at least everyone got one!
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