Day 16

Something must be wrong with me. I must be depressed.

1. When the vice principal came in to do her "walk through" (which they're doing all month), I was teaching words of comparaison (más...que, mejor que, etc), and I completely blanked for a minute on the types of words that you usually stick between "más...que" and "menos...que" (adj and adv I remembered; I blanked on noun). She must've thought I was a complete space cadet. But it was good b/c it was the second class of the day, so the kids were more awake than my previous class, and they were taking notes. Besides, I had my objectives up, my "hacer ahora" up, my agenda up, and my homework up, so that's all they were really looking for anyways. I hardly ever get flustered though, so something must be wrong w/ me.

The real reason I must be depressed:

2. When my last period class was completely restless (last period of the day, Friday, football players ready to leave for their game), I didn't get mad or throw things or yell. I just calmly stayed quiet, gave them whiteboards, and turned it into game day. I had to stay quiet a minute or so to get them to get quiet, but then I explained what I wanted them to do w/ the whiteboards and what I didn't want them doing with the whiteboards (of course by then there were at least two who were great examples for what they shouldn't have been doing). Then we played. They were still restless, but at least I was channeling their energy (some of it, at least) into something productive. One girl said, "Ya'll need to chill out. Ms. Wade is maaaaad." I was like, "Actually, the scary thing is that I'm not mad. I'm just chillin. I dunno why I'm not mad, but I'm not!" Crazy.

Meanwhile,
3. A couple kids in the 2H class got C's on the quiz we took yesterday. They convinced me that if they all get a 90% or more they could watch a Spanish movie (they don't know yet that they'll watch a movie but will have some comprehension/cultural stuff to go w/ it). A few were disappointed that there weren't all 90's+, but I told them that my promise to them will continue on to the next test/quiz and the next after that until everyone gets a 90 (I'll eventually show them a movie anyways). I still think they're a fantastic bunch though, even if they don't all get it. But that's how life is, isn't it? Some people will get everything, some people won't. Hopefully the ones not getting A's will come seek extra help, but as I said before, if a C is your best, I'll take it!

T.G.I.F. Seriously.