Yesterday at school I saw something that made me kind of sad. There was a little girl in the 8th grade class. She is sweet and always does her work. She doesn't disrupt or give anyone any trouble. I don't know what her home situation is but it's evident she doesn't have much. When she came to class it was evident she hadn't taken a shower in several days or even a week. Her hair was dirty, matted, and greasy. The girls around her were pinching their noses and spraying perfume all around the room. The girl that sat infront of this young lady was pretending to put perfume on herself but really spraying it on the other girl. I felt so bad. I remember what it was like to be made fun of when I was that age but at least I was clean, with nice clothes, and a full tummy.
Then for the class activity, I was teaching rooms of the house, eg.....living room, dining room, kitchen, etc. After we went over vocabulary they had an assignment to draw their house and label each room. She didn't do the assignment, which is unlike her. Makes me sad to imagine the possibilities.
On a happier note, there is a young boy in one of my fifth grade classes that is a sweet heart. He always tells me how pretty my eyes are, always wants to talk, and whenever he sees me he comes over to say hi. His mother is my age so she was probably 17 when she had him. He asked me the other day if my house in the US was the size of the school. Haha, sometimes the impressions children (or adults) get about the US from watching movies and TV is hilarious (and sometimes a little scary). This little boy gifted me his little blue stuffed dog. We named it Nicholas after him. I didn't want to except it at first but when I said, "Oh, no thank you, you keep it," he gave me the saddest face and insisted that I keep it to have something special to remember Chile by.
IS THAT NOT SWEET! How can someone say "no" to that? I took a picture and just had to post.
Until next time,
Christine
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