The format has changed from last year. Gone are the graduation robes, sitting on the floor, and the opposing team. Now students compete to see how far they can get before giving a wrong answer. The winners get a cash prize.
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More interesting this year than the game itself was the Custas commercial from the show's sponsor. Custas are a popular snack cake around here. Though the commercial is probably a "you had to see it" kind of thing, I'll try to describe it anyway.
Opening scene: A little girl, about 5-6 years old is fishing in a green plastic bucket.Very touching. Very sad.
Next scene: A mom comes home with a bag of groceries that has a box of Custas poking out of the top.
Next scene: The little girl is fishing with her grandfather at a small pond, sitting next to the same green plastic bucket. They are laughing. The grandpa hands her a Custas.
Next scene: Back in the kitchen the mom calls to her daughter, who shouts with excitement when she sees the box. She grabs it and runs off shouting, "Ong oi! Ong oi!" ("Grandpa! Grandpa!")
Final scene: The little girl places the box of cakes on the family altar in front of the picture of her deceased grandpa.
(Click here for an explanation of the family altar written by one of Doug Young's students back in 2005.)
Oh my. So fishing was a flashback or a figment of the girl's imagination? And it's good to know that Custas complete the circle of life.
ReplyDeleteNo graduation robes??? Does that mean no ridiculous teacher games? Not fair. Anyone win that we know?
The fishing was a memory.
ReplyDeleteStill have the teacher games - they rescued 70 students. No VTF teachers this year though. Contestants looked like mostly freshmen and a few sophomores. I didn't recognize many faces.