Alex Lella's Blog

My Pride

So now you want to know everything that I'm proud of. . .

Okay. I'm proud of most of what I did in school. I was usually the smart one and in tenth grade, I won an award for being Student of the Quarter in English.

I'm proud of most of what I have done acting. I started going to acting classes when I was eleven and kept doing it in High School and even in Adult Education classes. My acting teachers seem to like what I do. While acting, I also read readings at Masses in various churches. I enjoyed doing that, and wish that it were still something I could do in China.

I'm proud of graduating from College obviously, cum laude.

And yes, I'm proud of my writing. Even if most of it has not been published, I can tell that most of the people who read it, do like it. On another note, I sometimes think that in some of my better stories, the characters are the children I never had. Although, in some cases, I should feel lucky not to be a parent to some of these characters.

Workwise. . .Well, I'm proud of the jobs that I did well. Even when I was just a phone operator, I like to think that I was a pretty good one.

And I'm proud of the work that I've done teaching. At least, some (not all, God knows not all) of my students in China, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, and now China again. The other day two little Chinese girls in my class wanted to hug me, so I must be doing something right.