bland day

Tuesday July 16th.
Today was pretty much, simply put, a run of the mill day. Sharon cried, not a tantrum, because I erased a star because she was not paying attention as we read. She started to cry, Julie said "Sharon is sad" and I said, yes, because I erased a star because she was not paying attention and read in the wrong place. Sally and Andy both had already lost stars, so I would like to assume that everyone would pay attention. One funny thing that happened was during snack time. I had the door open, so Ronnie was in the door watching kids walk down the hall and watching my class (as he does). So he is talking to someone, and says 네  (pronounced Nay) which means yes. So, my students say, 'He speaking Korean' because we tell the students all of the time No Korean, English Only. I said who, because I thought they might be talking about eachother, because they always say it about eachother. They respond Ronnie Teacher. To which he walks in the classroom and says "no, I said yes...yes" kinds of shakes his head, and leaves my doorway. I just laughed inside.... but it goes to show that kids are listening all of the time....
I was monitored in my Australia class. Jacks mom watched on CCTV (it is monitoring week). When I spoke to Christina (Korean co-teacher) she said Jacks mom was really happy with how the class went. I made the kids laugh some, work some, I got all of the kids to the front of the room to write, and I kept pretty good control of the class. Denmark was good. At the end of class, I changed the furniture around because I was teaching my first graders right after the Kindy. Ronnie came by and wanted to know why. I told him I was trying something different to keep the first graders under control. I had desks lined up 2 across, 3 deep, but facing the hallway instead of the white board. It actually worked really good. Halfway through the class I changed it to face the white board.  Not for me, but for Karen teacher. Having it set up that way keeps the kids further apart and there is less interaction between them, since they are not sitting in only 2 lines across the class.
Korea class was very un energetic today. I tried, but I failed. We are preparing for a debate on using fur imported from China for clothes.  Yes, this is a debate for 12 year olds. They do not care about these things. Erica was quite, but Angel... well I was able to get her into it. I am going to talk to Louise to see if I can get a new classroom for them. This one is a bad set up, and is the classroom that the 5 year olds use, so the tables and desks are really small.
The chicken guy was out by my apartment tonight, so I got one of the delicious chickens stuffed with rice. I was even able to put some of my siraccha and BBQ sauce on it. I was a very happy camper.
I am doing laundry and will go to be soon. I slept pretty horrible last night.  Tossing and turning. I did not want to sleep with my AC on, but I probably should have.