Another Monday

Monday, June 18, 2012

                Today at school was good.  I was so happy to finally be back in my secondary class.  It had been a week and half since I have been in the class.  I definitely miss them.  I do like my primary class a lot, little kids are adorable and can make you smile so easily.  However my teenage boys, just them being my first class I think is where my bias comes from.  They are a more violent bunch, but it’s not just toys that make them happy it’s something you usually do.  Well I should mention food makes them happy too.  But the whole day went with barely any violence or anything. 

                I was on duty during morning tea watching one of my boys because he needs someone on him at all times.  He had a seizure in my arms today.  He likes to stand up on part of the playground and sway side to side and then he makes himself hyperventilate.  If he’s not doing that, he’s pouring sand on himself or sitting in the grass in this one area.  I was sitting in front of him making sure he was behaving and not taking of his padded helmet.  When all of a sudden he just went stiff and fell completely over.  Im supposed to time it and I remembered to look and it lasted him a good 2 minutes.    This is better than the 9 minute one he had last week.   He didn’t start having seizures until he hit adolescence.  Today his mom happened to stop by and was able to see him shortly after so it was good timing. 

                After morning session we did cooking.  We made meat patties with potato wedges.   Everyone here just loves chips so much, they would have them any time during the day if possible.  I did most of the cutting and cleaning but I enjoy it because it gets the kids out of the classroom.  I was very full from all the food which was great since lunch was right after.  After lunch I took one of the students out had him get some more exercise.  We jumped on the trampoline, and worked our way across most of the playgrounds.  We did that for a good forty five minutes.   After that the day was pretty much over.

                I came home and went out to go for a run.  Today I finally decided to run the hill that is at one end of the park.  At the base of it is a practice rugby field where a younger boys team was practicing and dogs are running around all over.  Come the second time running up it I felt it ha. It took me just 15 minutes to run there and then to run up the hill 5 times took me 15 minutes.  Soon after I made eggplant parmesan.  Hmmm, it was good I just used too much oil so the eggplant was more soggy but I still ate it.  I made some garlic bread to go along with it.  I finished my evening with making toffee.  It is starting to frustrate me because for some reason the chocolate doesn’t stick to the toffee when I break it into pieces.  I do not know what it is and I want to make it to give it to my teachers as a thank you gift but no I can’t manage to do it right here.  I had no problem whenever I made it at home.  I’m determined it’s something with the chocolate.   Grrr, I guess I’ll just make no bake cookies for them, I don’t manage to ruin those. 

                Tomorrow I get to go on another excursion with the kids.  We are going to see the mounted police on horses.  I have no clue what all we will do but I know it’s a full day activity. We’ll see how it goes.

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