I am two months and four days from my first trip home. But before I get way ahead of myself, a bit about the last few months.
The heat of the Arabian desert has been gearing up. Gone are the cool winter/spring days. It never got cold enough for me to think it winter, plus all of the plants started flowering in December-February. My classroom's air conditioners are hobbled making me and my students alike irritable and it hard for them to learn. But this week, I enjoyed working with my grade 1s filling and comparing bottles with water for capacity. (Um, in what universe is capacity a reasonable grade 1 standard? Oh, yea, this insane one!) But being outside almost lead to heat stroke for at least me.
It will be great to see the Pacific again in two months. But until then, I shall keep hydrated in 115 degree weather and continue to help my wonderful and frustrating students grow.
The heat of the Arabian desert has been gearing up. Gone are the cool winter/spring days. It never got cold enough for me to think it winter, plus all of the plants started flowering in December-February. My classroom's air conditioners are hobbled making me and my students alike irritable and it hard for them to learn. But this week, I enjoyed working with my grade 1s filling and comparing bottles with water for capacity. (Um, in what universe is capacity a reasonable grade 1 standard? Oh, yea, this insane one!) But being outside almost lead to heat stroke for at least me.
It will be great to see the Pacific again in two months. But until then, I shall keep hydrated in 115 degree weather and continue to help my wonderful and frustrating students grow.
