Monday I had a really rough day going back, despite the fact that I had a few days to get ready for it. I would say it was one of the hardest days to come back to here. I think being out of teaching for a week, traveling, being with my friends and having fun that it was hard to come back to the real world. It was the same for my kids; they kept saying, “Miss I want to sleep; let’s have more vacation!” But I eventually got through the day somehow and got the hardest part of after vacation out of the way. Tuesday and Wednesday were better with my kids. On the way home from school, I noticed this thing moving across the road. I pointed it out to Tad and we realized it was a snake! We weren’t sure which kind it was so we memorized the coloring on it and looked it up on the internet when we got home. We realized that we had just saw a coral snake, one of the most poisonous snakes in North America! I was amazed and freaked out. Good thing God was watching out and we were able to see it and ‘admire’ it from a distance.
Thursday I had an alright day, but the afternoon was kinda tough with my kids. We had tutorias after school for language and I could not get them to quiet down and pay attention. We had a test next week, so I wanted to go over some of the things on the test. They just kept talking, making comments, being loud and not paying attention. And frankly I was fed up with it. I stormed out of the classroom after asking multiple time for their attention and asked Mr. Lara and Mr. Calderon to come and give a reminder to these kids about what respect was. They came and reminded them of why they were in tutotorias: to try to improve their grades; if they weren’t going to respect the teachers trying to help them with that and they didn’t care, then they shouldn’t be here. They also got a punishment of parents being called and recess taken away. I felt kinda bad, but they needed it so it wouldn’t happen again. I’m giving them a few more weeks in tutorias to see how they do and if their behavior doesn’t improve, some of them won’t be staying any longer. Friday was pretty laid back, especially with the older kids preparing for SAG (Student Annual Gathering in Tegucigalpa this coming week for the middle and high schoolers of all ALCS schools). They practiced their speeches, musical numbers and other things and the whole school basically didn’t have classes after lunch. They did well, but honestly some of the singing could've been improved; I give them props for doing it though! After school I ran up Celaque, which sucked after not doing for a week or two. Its always frustrating to me when I can’t make those hills; then I remember how high I am and that I live on a mountain. March Madness is done, but Tad and I had done brackets and betted a free dinner for Friday night for the winner. Guess who won? Man sense…HA!
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