This week is the first full week of my students’ summer vacation (from their regular school…I still see them on a daily basis). For this reason, many of my students are missing in action this week. It’s amazing how different a class goes when one child is missing.
I have a class (known in my school as the yellow class) made up entirely of first and second graders. This week, one kid (a child we’ll call Kevin) has been on vacation and the class has been a breeze without him.
To call a seven year old a prick is kind of harsh…but I can think of nothing better to call that kid. He talks nonstop in class, doesn’t listen, stirs up trouble with the other kids, randomly hits people, is defiant, and is consistantly out of his seat. Basically a little prick.
I can’t count how many times a day I begin a sentence with “Kevin!” This week, on the other hand has been quiet. Even the other kids who with Kevin’s encouragement are usually boardering on being hell-spawns have been quite well behaved this week. They’ve done all their works, listened to my instructions, stayed in their seats, and have not come to blows with each other.
Oh what a glorious week it has been! Oh and also I surpassed 20,000 hits on this page today. Yay for me!
