Monday was a normal Monday for me; it’s a good day to ease into the week. My kids kept kids kept asking about the field trip like if they could bring cellphones, ipods, wear normal clothes, when they would go, now long, what we would do…typical fifth grade questions about everything haha.
Tuesday is always a tiring day for some reason. We still had no chimbo and were supposed to bring the container down, but forgot so we had sandwiches for dinner again. I had crazy chaos in language trying to explain our language biography report. Questions were flying everywhere almost before I had opened my mouth. I reminded the kids to wait until I was done giving all the directions, and THEN they could ask questions. Our field trip to Celaque with sixth grade got changed to next Wednesday, so the kids were super disappointed (which is why I told Mr. Lara to tell them and why). It will be better for them because Mr. Bran can come and they will get the whole day off school.
During Bible class today the seventh graders had to take a quiz. I told them no talking until everyone is done and they could do homework, read, draw or rest. So most of the kids were done, but a few weren’t. I went to stand by a few girls that had been prone to wandering eyes and when they were done I moved between a boy and girl I knew had some cheating pasts. As I stood there, one girl wrote the answer for a quiz question on an eraser. I saw her drawing but didn’t see what it was until I saw her start to pull the eraser out of its sleeve. I grabbed it and told her she was going to the office after the quiz. Then I see another girl right next to her write the same answer in her notebook right in front of me! The ‘ironic’ thing was that it was the answer the only boy in class not finished with his quiz needed and he was sitting next to the girl who had written the answer in her notebook. Coincidence? I don’t think so. I brought both of them to the office, wrote up conduct reports for both of them and had the principals talk to them. They tried making excuses saying they were finished (which doesn’t matter to me) and Mr. Lara kept saying to not pretend like we’re stupid. I was so angry because I make it so easy for them to do well on these quizzes and they still cheat. These girls had had problems with cheating in other classes this past week as well, which made me even more angry. A fun way to end Tuesday.
Tuesday night we had a plague of flying termites invade Villa Verde and our house. They fly around after it rains a lot and lose their wings and crawl around everywhere: floor, beds, bathroom, everywhere. Rumor has it they can burrow in your ears while you’re sleeping. Not sure if it’s true o not, but still…gross. The one thing I will NOT miss about Honduras is the myriad of bugs we’ve experienced and having to kill them all. I will not be squirmy going back home.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment