Some Classes

After 'teaching' Kitty classes (4-6 year olds) for so long, I was finally given an older class (9-11 year olds) on Saturday mornings. It would have been a relief no matter what they were like, but they happen to be really smart and a lot of fun. I gave them some Chick-fil-A hats --courtesy of Tara-- as a prize after a game one day. We were studying giving directions and I told them were to draw the bank, school, cafe, restaurant, park, etc. on their map, and they told me where to draw their house. They could put their house anywhere and it could be any size. I drew my house first and I thought it was big. Then they drew their houses. i don't know if you can tell how big they are from the picture...

Then we gave directions to students. With my facemask over their eyes, we told them to:

GO STRAIGHT,

TURN LEFT,

TURN RIGHT,

STOP,

TURN AROUND,

and just walk around the class without touching any desks or obstacles in the room. It was hilarious.

I had this class, Ket 5, at night recently. I had them last year and they are a goofy bunch of pre-teens, with a little attitude, but like to have a good time. They are too cool to do anything silly, but they like it when I make a fool of myself.

Inflation has raised prices after the lunar new year, and tuition has been going up for a while at our school anyway. The result: smaller class sizes! It's not true for every class, but in some cases, it has been pretty nice.