Just a simple Tuesday

Tuesday June 18th
Nothing really happened at all today with any of my Kindy kids. The classes all went pretty well. No crying (though there were a few minutes in France class I thought it might happen - Sharon couldn't find her green colored pencil, Sally didnt listen, other students were going faster than Juliet). I did have to take David to Christine because he was not doing his work. I just asked her if I could put him in class so he would do his work (stemming from the whole sending Sharon home with a book she didnt finish). She brought him back and the work was done. Having to leave the 7 year old class to go to the 5 year old class is embarrassing and students do not want to do that.
Emily in my Australia class always wants to hole my hand. When I am walking up and down the aisles just to check work, she holds out her hand or grabs mine, holds for a few seconds, sometimes swings it, then lets go. Sometimes the just pokes the back of my hand. Her and her twin sister (Jenny, but not in any of my classes) are very adorable and can be extremely shy. Jenny will sometimes just come up and wave at me for a second and run back to her class. I always wave back really big at her and she just smiles so big. I hope that the extra attention that I give them helps them break out of that shyness.
My firstgraders were semi controlled today. I think one of the keys is not keeping them in their seats and letting them come to the board to write their answers.  Not much, but it gives them something to do other than the mundane sitting.
I think Erica and Angel from my afternoon Korea class might be bonding. God I hope so. Today I saw them sitting together in the hallway before class, and I assigned them (in a round about way) to be debate team partners. Erica, seems to be able to smile a little bit more... she has been on on upward trend, and I hope this new girl really pushes her forward.
My (Robs) Australia was a fun class again today. I think part of it is, besides their personality is the subject. Rob teaches them the CNN class, which is made to be engaging. They are nearly the same level as the Korea class. I only see Korea for Read and Debate (Horrible class- the layout, format, and book are HORRIBLE) and Vocabulary (Busy work). Korea may be better with better subject matter. So Australia I am only seeing with this one class, and they all seem to enjoy it.
It is time for me to do progress reports again for the Kindy kids. I now am completely in charge of 3 classes (instead of just 2 and a half). That and I have fewer breaks to complete the work. So I may have to stay late tomorrow and work on them (they are due on Thursday).
I went by the hardware store tonight. I bought a remote control for an air conditioner. Not for my apartment (I have one) but for me to keep in my basket at school. Our air conditioners can only be turned on and off by remote control. It is great because we get to set the temperatures as they need to be in class, but it is bad because the school only has 5 remotes, and only 4 of them work. Normally it is not bad, but there are several teachers that have the habit of picking one up and keeping it. This sends the teachers or desk teachers to go looking through each classroom to find the remote. Its a pain. Now I can just get mine out of my basket. I have decorated it, and tomorrow I will get some string and tie it to my basket. It was only 8 bucks, and will save me much heartache in the long run.
One of my friends asked me to do some voice recordings for her...people say I have a great voice. It makes me chuckle because in high school, my voice was made fun of.
Other than all of that, I am doing nothing at home other than relaxing...

Oh. I shaved off my beard yesterday and kept the moustache. The kids all thought it was funny.