Momentary insanity

Well, in a flash of what can only be described as "Lack of reason" I gave my students my blog address. I don't yet know if this was a reasonable thing to do, but I am sure they will tell me as they will likely read this entry too. HI KIDS!!! I LOVE YOU ALL!

I was teaching the word "resent" today and so I made a sentence on the board "I resent it when my students ignore my requests" and then tried to ellicit the meaning of "resent". Hate came up, and eventhough I said no, not hate exactly, one of the girls said "You hate us???" Man if only they knew how wrong that statement was (and actually they might if they read this).

I felt very bad because I saw the look in her eyes, and how horrid the thought of my hating them was. I cannot imagine any teacher hating her students, let alone me. Getting frustrated a bit, yes, but hating is a awfully strong word and it broke my heart to see her so hurt.

Anyway, they will all read this and know how impossible that notion is.

On to more pleasant things....

16 more days till Christmas holidays for me. YAYYYYYYY

I have most of my gifts, I have a few to get still. I want to get a couple of books for some of my students here but I cant seem to order them in, and so this is going to be a problem. When I think of all the books in the library in my old high school that no one was reading, it breaks my heart. I could go to ANY garage sale and pick up Anne Franks diary, for example, but here? Nope! Not in English!! Why we dont have it in the school library is beyond me.

Interesting thing: I asked the UI class what had improved about their English and a few said "Our speaking ability from having Darina in the class". She is the Romanian student who I was taking Bulgarian classes with. Having her in the group 24/7 is helping the other students because they HAVE TO speak English with her. Its their only common language.

Anyhow, I need to grade some essays about Elizabeth, and also some word quizes. Tomorrow is another short day, but an early day, and Im already falling asleep.