I haven't memorized a poem in a long time. Probably since high school.

Go figure. I guess it's fitting that I'm doing it again for high school.

Only it's a little different this time around.

Why's that?

Well instead of memorizing a poem for a grade this time I am I'm doing it for a good cause. Yep. How great is that?! Memorization for a good cause.

Here's the deal. <a href="http://www.acs.bg/NewsDetails.aspx?cat_id=2&amp;news_id=267" target="_blank">Next Thursday at school</a> we're hosting a teacher talent show called Faculty Follies. It's great fun. Basically it's teachers showing off their talents--some secret and some not so secret--and it's organized by our IB students.

Why do we do this?

Well, we do it as a fund raiser for a local Bulgarian charity called <a href="http://www.podslon.org/" target="_blank">Protected Homes Together</a>--sorry the website is only in Bulgarian. Oh and it's great fun to see teachers in a different light <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/isogloss/4438119060/" target="_blank">doing things they don't normally do in the classroom</a> (Yeah, check that link out. It's a photo of a flyer from Faculty Follies my first year).

These guys <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-1kRBHKCf0" target="_blank">stole the show last year with their rendition of OK Go</a>--fondly renamed Добре Go for the show. Now pretty clearly me reciting a poem will in no way shape or form live up to or even compare to this dance number but nevertheless I think that it will go over well.

Wish me luck at this memorization thing!