Its Friday (Thank Goodness)

After another Mid Morning Break, Lunch Time Break, and 4 classes I am frazzled tonight. Today I had if anything even more kids in class today than yesterday. A lot of the kids completed their work and some still have a few bits to do which is a shame as Mothers day is Sunday, but it was impossible to get everyone working to a point where they could complete.

Here are a few of the images small ones are from grade 6 the bigger ones from grade 8.





Overall some of the kids work has been fascinating. But one wee girls work in grade 6 stood out.. her work up to now has been mediocre at best usually because she spends too much time wandering than working. She is a little social butterfly and the bane of my life as being as cute as she is its impossible to be angry with her BUT her grades are usually on the edge of failing. her best grade so far has been a 4 out of a max grade system up to 7. So today she had finished her frame and she came to show me it. I asked her what grade she thought her work was worth, she looked at it for a few moments then said in a quite sheepish voice "a 4" I smiled and said "no I don't think its a four" and her face started to drop readying herself for the "its really only a 3" you can imagine the look of triumph and pleasure when I said" It could be a six BUT because you worked so hard its a very good SEVEN." She was over the moon and it was so well deserved. Teaching gives you something other jobs can't and moments like that are more than worth the feeling of tiredness I feel at the end of a long day.

Manyana mi amigos....