always use spellcheck

we had an opportunity at work to do a little extra task for a little bit of money. the assignment was to "write a review about a movie that was touching to your heart/soul and sharing that experience." it was to be put on the school website or something and needed to link to the school or something thereabouts. meh, i thought i'd give it a go. i worked for 3 days on this thing (i always write and re-write everything, even if it's a two line thank you card). I was rather proud of what i came up with (below) and when i asked my boss if he received it in his email the next day, he says to me, "oh, yes i think so. i remember that you didnt use spellcheck." at this point in time, ive already missed 3 meetings and arrived tardy to work once. im making a really great impression! *silly sha*

I think I have seen the movie groundhog day at least, at least 100 times, and that is a conservative estimate. The film has it's own cult following; perhaps it being about a man who repeats the same day over and over again lends itself to a crowd that would watch said movie over and over again. For me, I watch it every time i feel that whatever I'm working for is taking too long for me to get. It reminds me that you can't find happiness along the route of instant gratification. It takes patience. It's worth working for. the reward from delayed gratification is worlds more fulfilling.

Released in 1993, the film Groundhog Day stars Bill Murray as Phil Connors: an arrogant, egocentric TV weatherman in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. With his producer Rita and cameraman Larry, Phil goes to a nearby small town named Punxsutawny to film the town's annual celebration of Groundhog Day event (February 2). Annoyed with the engagement to begin with, Phil is eager to leave the town at the end of their assignment but the crew find themselves stuck an extra day when a blizzard develops, closing all roads and cutting off all phone service. The next morning, the town awakens to re-live February 2nd again, and the day unfolds exactly the same way as the day before. Each morning for an untold number of cycles, Phil wakes up to his alarm clock radio playing the same song at 6:30am with his, and only his, memories of the day before intact. He finds himself trapped in a time loop, living in the same small town, on the same day, where groundhog day repeats itself over and over and over again.

At first, Phil is seduced by the instant gratification and lack of long term consequences that the repetitious day offers and he takes full advantage. He seduces any woman he wants, he eats any unhealthy sugar-filled food he pleases, he indulges his every fleeting whim. However, Phil's efforts to seduce his producer Rita go unrewarded and day after day she rejects him. He begins to tire of and then come to loathe his existence. Phil commits suicide several times; in one scene he casually relays that he's been burned, shot, electrocuted, poisoned, etc... but death doesn't stop the time loop and still he awakes each morning to February 2nd, Groundhog day.

After this untold number of rejections from Rita, Phil begins to reexamine his life and priorities. Instead of using each day to to satiate his fleeting desires, he instead takes charge of each day working for self-improvement by educating himself on a daily basis. He learns how to play the piano, he studies and becomes fluent in French, he learns how to sculpt. Rita, enamored with a man who is culturally, intellectually, and artistically developed, falls in love with him and the the time loop is broken.

For CDI students and parents, education does not come over night. To think of of and study for an exam minutes prior to taking it, only to forget everything by next class is like Phil eating cake everyday. Sure it tastes good, but then what? Any feeling of instant gratification is gone just as instantly, but gradual development and growth can be savored for a lifetime.

Think of how you read and wrote English two years ago... and look at where you are now. Be proud. You put in the time and effort and you did it, you made it happen, you worked hard and earned it. One cannot, in a single day, fulfill every dream and goal, but you can achieve self-improvement by pursuing education on a daily basis. Each day counts. Each day matters. Each day is important. Phil spent a lot of time trying to get what he wanted here and now and was unhappy. When he started to use his day to learn piano, study artwork, learn another language, it is then that he's fulfilled.