My kid's first all nighter...lol

We are expecting an exchange student from Costa Rica who is landing with her group at some ungodly hour of the morning at JFK Airport...so Alexa and some of the other host sisters and brothers went with Afton's Spanish teacher on a yellow bus to the city!!

She wasn't sure if she was going but I am glad that she took the chance to make a memory both for herself as well as Melina!!

It was a bit of a no brainer for me to allow her to go...could any of you who know me see me doing any different...NOT!! Let's just hope that she doesn't fall asleep in class tomorrow *giggles*

¡Hasta mañana mi gente!

the learning never ends...

ya think it is over when you finish school...but it in not!!

But what is it that we really learn...is it just stuff you will never need?? or is it more just perspective?? Some of you seem to think you know it all....at least in foreign languages...it becomes challenging I must admit...but then..I remember that it is all about perspective....my perspective and my ability to try and help you guys see it from a different point of view.

I know what I know...I have had a lot more years to acquire all these pearls of wisdom than most of you have...and it is my duty to place these pearls in your satchel of knowledge now....and when I am dealing with interruptions, whispers, and talking...I can get mad, write you up...but instead it just made me realize that I was just doing it all wrong...a simple shift in perspective helped me realize that it is more about me and how I teach than anything else!!

Thanks for helping me see that guys...

feelin' frumpish today...

Dunno if it is the idea that I should call some parents tonight or the fact that I had to ask myself if I should be writing more of you guys up that is bothering me more today. Maybe it is all the "stuff" on my plate...from school, to certification, to my life, to my future.

I try and be the best teacher I think I can be...you all know that!! But it does get difficult at times when I find myself looking for strategies that enhance proper behavior for students who should know better!! I mean honestly...your very peers say that ISS is not punishment!! My rant for today I suppose is this...What is it that makes you need to challenge the establishment when all I am trying to do is teach you guys a foreign language??