Amanda Takes Off...

Sixth Grade Boys

After school today, while I was walking to the bus stop, these boys swarmed around me. I adore my sixth graders, these boys especially. They aren't the smart boys, they aren't the eager boys; they're the somewhat difficult but funny and enjoyable to teach boys.

Sixth Grade Boys at Heart

Walking home from the subway station after taekwondo, I came across a group of men. Staring. Though you can't see it in this picture, they were watching a soccer game on TV.

Speaking of games, we started tonight's class sitting in a circle, playing a word game. Someone said a word and you had to start the next word with the last syllable of the previous word. Everyone was very helpful, because I needed the help! I did think of some words on my own. Annoyingly, I thought of lots of words when it wasn't my turn! One of the boys was trying to make a 동 word and I said, "동동주!" (Dongdongju is a fermented rice beer that I really enjoy.) Master burst out laughing and gave me a thumb's up.

I explained that we had a similar game in English that went by using the last letter. Master had us play that for a while. It was nice to get to help everyone else.

Class was fine, it was a test night, a very casual test night since none of us are officially testing soon. When I got there, everyone laughed at me. I was dressed in a black shirt, black skirt and bright red Spiderman socks. "Oooh, Spiderman!"

A nice day...