The snow adventures continue. I said things get exciting and they really do!
Yesterday was a delay
day because of snow and the campus was covered with it. How beautiful it is
when the trees and grass are all covered!
The mountains to the east of school get snow frequently throughout the
winter. I am so lucky to have a view of the mountains from my desk, at least a
little view now that the new three-story took the panoramic view I had a few
years ago. We do not, however, get snow often at school. When we do it is like I said in my other entry,
it gets crazy!! It is like a different world to me. Just having clouds is different as the sun is always, always shining. Clouds are cool, but snow is even cooler!
So we had a delay day
and some kids were in a grumpy mood. Many of them were upset because they had so
planned on sleeping in longer than two hours, them and me too!!! Some of them were also grumpy because their
parents forced them to go. My son was the same way, so determined for his “safety”
during these “harsh” conditions. Nice try…didn’t work though!
The biggest question students
pose is “Why? Why do we have to be here?” Of course, I have no answer and am
feeling the exact same way. One good thing is that we do get extra sleep and do
not have to make it up at the end of school. So all in all, it was not a
terrible thing to experience.
That changed, however,
when one of my French V students came in and was just so upset. After being together for 4 years, it doesn’t
take but a second to get when they are in a bad space. Solange was sitting on the desk with Pierre
next to her and when I asked how she was doing. She responded “Mal. Très
mal Madame. Pas de français. Pas de français aujourd’hui. C’est un jour
terrible.” I then asked her “Pourquoi?” Solange then went on to explain how the sidewalk was
icy and she fell three times and hurt herself. The great thing, about the
explanation, not the situation, was that she explained the entire thing en
francais!!! Bravo
Solange!!! It was really funny that at
the end of the explanation, she stopped and thought for a second before she
realized what she had done and said “J’ai parlé français.” We all applauded and then
she got hugs.
Merci Solange pour tous tes efforts en français!
Tu parles si bien et que je suis heureuse que
tu es rentrée ce semestre. bisous
Now, this is why I teach !!!
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