Monday, Sept 28

Today…today was a tough day in the classroom. My kids did not listen well to me. I would have to ask at least three times for them to be quiet, close your mouths and eyes up front, and to stop being disrespectful of me while I was speaking. I constantly had to tell kids to turn around, stop talking, keep working on your work, raise your hand for a question, don’t yell out “Finished!” or “Miss…I don’t understand.” It was frustrating. I felt like they didn’t care at all or respected what I had to say. I know how some of my teachers felt now when students didn’t care and it just drains you emotionally. I felt like I was talking over them all the time. This was in my fifth grade and Bible classes. I feel like I complain a lot about my job sometimes, but know I really like my kids; I think any teacher whether in Honduras or in the US would feel the same way sometimes. It was fun at lunch today because a few of my girls, Nohemi and Hilda, were asking me things in Spanish and trying to stump me in words I didn’t know. They got me on the word for bushes haha. We made five star stir-fry for dinner and Ana Sujey came to visit and ate with us. I love her; she’s one of Jacki’s K4 students and just brings us so much joy. Her laugh is so cute and she is so animated and such a little diva at times as well. It was great.