Yesterday was very productive. Abby and I were on time for the bus route—these days it’s a miracle if we’re only 5 minutes late, so on time is great! At school I was busy with music all day. I never really had a chance to look up; the whole music class was practicing for a performance on Friday so I had to be very involved with the guitar players. Tuesdays are also the days when the older grades have music and it’s more fun with them because they have a little finger dexterity. I got very tired after lunch and felt kind of bad for the kids I was teaching—I wasn’t bringing the same energy I normally do.
School ended promptly yesterday. Normally there’s a slow trickle of one class ending, those kids shuffling to the busses, then another class and another. Yesterday there was a bell rung right at 3:25 and all kids started running out of classes, causing bottle necks at stairways and doorframes. It was a bit chaotic and I wouldn’t recommend it again; the slow trickle is a bit gentler and safer. What added to the rush were the beginning stages of a heavy downpour.
I got home early. There was no remedial yesterday because there are end of month exams today and the teachers wanted to give the kids a break. I went with the bus route and then straight home. I supervised Jovin and Rebecca doing homework; they are some of the most self sufficient kids I know except when it comes to homework. They will sit staring at their paper doing who knows what for hours, not writing a single thing—it’s only once someone is looking over their shoulder or reminding them every 60 seconds to focus that they will crank out any work. Thankfully, I got nearly 2 hours of reading in supervising them. I got to bed around 9:30. Today I will be supervising exams and marking all day.