It’s a cloudless 39 degrees this afternoon. I’m glad it warms up throughout the day because generally it’s in the negative digits (Celsius) on the way to school…FREEEEZING!

I got a little annoyed with 6A this morning. Marilu had a ton of things to do/finish up, so she was kinda like “here, do this and that and this”, which was fine, but the class was all spaced out and not paying attention (Monday blues, I guess). I read them a section about Valentine’s Day from their books and then started asking questions—super easy questions—and almost no one raised their hands and when I called on people every time they were like “Can you repeat, please?” They were seriously wearing down my patience. Luckily 6C was better and more alert!

To 4A I read a story about Vamp the Vampire who didn’t have any teeth! It went through his daily routine and how he didn’t have any friends because he was toothless. But then he bought some at a party store and was all popular!

I gotta say, I think I misjudged that class, or maybe they’ve just gotten better, because they were able to answer almost every comprehension question I asked them afterwards (some of them, at least). I also don’t find them annoying or nearly as annoying as I once did…WIN!

The adorable little three-year-olds were a bit annoying today as well…cansinos, as they say here! Ana asked them if they knew what’s special about tomorrow and they were all like “CARNAVAL!” (Not quite…the parade’s Friday and we don’t have school next Monday or Tuesday) and then when Ana said no, one kid was like “CHRISTMAS!”, lol!  They colored in this big heart that said “Valentine’s Day” and then watched a short Sponge Bob Valentine clip. They all love SB so they wanted to get as close to the computer as possible. There was pushing and hitting and cries of “I can’t see!” could be heard everywhere.

Oh and one sort of weirdly funny thing when the first three-year-old class was coloring: at one point I looked over and this kid had pulled his pants down, was kneeling on his chair and just kinda swinging his little bum in the air! My first thought was he was gonna start peeing or worse right there (like, why would you pull down your pants?) but I didn’t see anything (PHEW!). I didn’t say anything to him at first because sometimes the kids don’t listen to me, but then his little tablemate goes “Corni!” and pointed to him. The Anas (the regular teacher of that class is Ana too!) were otherwise engaged so I went up to him and said “Pull up your pants”. I don’t think he knew I was behind him and could see everything because he looked embarrassed when I spoke! I think he thought no one could see him and he was just gonna have a little fun and shake his little booty!

Class at 4:30 and then some relaxation…oh and laundry too!

Xoxo,

Court