Friday Afternoon Rambles...

And it is Friday again! That means that three weeks tomorrow, I'm back home! We finally got the flight thing worked out.. well sort of. Turns out we're paying an insane amount of money for our tickets. I hate how there is high season with airlines. So frustrating! So the grand total is only slightly, minisculy under 2000. (this being awful but when other flights were priced.. some ranged over 3000.. what is that????) The things I could have done with that money! We're all a little shaken! But it'll be worth it!

I miss Canada a lot! It'll be so nice to be back there.. seeing and catching up with everyone. Last time I went home I had only been gone for 5 months and I was so excited to eat certain foods and do certain things... it was very exciting. This time, it feels different. It has been a whole year and while I'm excited to eat and drink certain things.. I'm more excited to see everyone in my Canada life. It feels like I haven't seen them in ages.. which is true.. but it also feels like I haven't been away that long. Time does that I think.. makes it hard to determine how long a period of it really is... Anyway it'll be nice to be home!

I am really tired today... two stupid-late nights and early early mornings and this girl needs a nap! At least this weekend I can get some serious sleep! The kiddies are in exams next week so I don't have to teach at all for three days and only partially for 2. But I do get to spend hours and hours "proctoring" exams... That is NOT fun.. but I've gotten pretty good at "going to my happy place" or making bets with myself about how many times a certain kid will blow his nose, or cough or something along fascinating lines like that!

I completely lost it on a student today. I felt really bad afterwards but no student has ever made me that mad. It's frustrating because she is my weakest student and she just doesn't care. Nothing I say or do will make her try. I have tried every approach I can think of and nothing works. I don't want to say she's hopeless but at the same time... It's particularly troublesome when her lack of effort affects the rest of the class. So I chewed her out for a good long while... and the weird thing is.. she didn't respond. She didn't look upset, she didn't look remorseful.. it was as though I had just discussed my weekend plans with her.. nothing!

Then she and this other boy totally blew this assignment and I launched into this rant about student's reputations in the school... and how its important for me to know that they want to do well and succeed and how I can help them if I see they want it.. but if they don't.. fine.. fail. I don't care! It would have won an Academy Award if anyone who gives those things out had seen it. My words were just flowing... Anyway.. after that I was kind and encouraging and gave them random tips for their exams... and told them that this time next week we'll all be happy.... because exams will be done and it will be my birthday!

So yes... that's all I got for now. I'm off to watch a volleyball game! Go Supportive Teacher Me!