Woot

According to Marisa, I have an authoritative/bitchy mode (best compliment ever!!!) that I slip into when I'm around the kids, that makes them listen to me. Heeheehee. That's from the writing class, I have no doubt. Not to mention the girls in one group who had a ginormous war going on....

One super successful moment was when I was getting this hella-hyper kid, Priscilla, to read and stay focused. I had her read out loud to me, and when she got to words she didn't understand, I'd pronounce them to her and tell her what they meant. I wasn't sure how well she was listening, but she was definitely reading well, and not getting distracted. But afterwards, she referenced one of the vocab words I'd told her, asking "what was that word that means, 'always together'?" And when I told her "inseparable," she slowly annunciated "me and my friend at school are inseparable." It made me feel very teacher-y.

Today was movie day at Dolores Mission, and I drove a carful of guys to the theater (I probably shouldn't be driving kids yet, so I got the big hulky guys instead), and they spilled popcorn everywhere and listened to a crappy radio station. Picture me and Marisa sitting in the front seat, and three guys in the back whistling at girls.... from my car. Way not as romantic as I would have liked to imagine.

posted by Holly @ 5:34 PM