I am finishing up my summer school class this week. Tomorrow I turn in final grades and so for the next few days I have to somehow convince my students that what they're doing is still important and worthy of being done. Now that I can see an end in sight and the pressure is easing up a bit, I am getting to loosen up a little bit too. I am finally allowing myself to laugh at the extremity and the silliness of it all.
For example, today when I walked into my class, Alex was sitting in his desk and had two balloons stuffed into his shirt so that he looked like a very well-endowed woman. When I kindly asked Alex to remove the balloons so that we could get started with class, Alex replied, "But, Miss! They're natural!" He refused to remove the balloons for the whole class period.
I am learning to enjoy the moments like these and ignore the moments when I have to wedge myself between Diego and Apolonio so they don't start throwing punches at each other.
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