April 27, 2010
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I am Slowly Going Crazy, 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6… RAY!!!
We took Monkey Class to the zoo last week. I promised them we would go to the far end of the zoo where the cold weather animals live so they could see the penguins, the wolves, the bears and the beavers. My Eagle Class the year before were really excited about the beavers, and so were the Monkeys. We took the train to the back of the zoo and got there with a lot of time to kill, the only problem was some of our kids showed up late and the parents dropped them at the zoo (my kids are always late). Of course we were already at the back of the zoo, so my co-teacher had to go all the way back to get the kids. The ones who made it on time stayed with me and saw the penguins while Jean got the slow kids.
We saw the penguins, wolves and bears, but the section that had the otters, beavers and a few others was closed down for repairs. The kids were a little upset, but when I told them we had time to walk through the zoo to go back to the front and we could see the lions, elephants, hippos and most of the African animals, they soon forgot the poor Canadian Beaver. I did at one point have my kids on the train chanting ‘Beaver Hunt’, which two other Canadian teachers thought was the funniest thing I could have done. Good thing the Taiwanese don’t understand the double meaning behind that.
We took a few videos, but I think this one shows the insanity of my class. The first two girls are Ashley and Angelica. Ashley is the younger sister of two of my old students Danny and Andy. She is really smart, but has an attitude already like a 14 year old Taiwanese girl. Angelica is now referred to as Princess Pudding Head at times. She likes it because she is a little princess. I like it because well, it’s what she is.
Ray (you’ll see Ray soon in the video) is a little monster. He is one of seven little monsters in my class. If I could have left him there, tied to a tree with a card that said ‘Please put with other monkeys’ I’m sure the zoo would have understood…
They are cute bunch, but they are a tough class to deal with at times. Usually you get a class with one or two wild kids in it, but for some reason this class has only one or two calm kids in it. Willy is my only really normal boy. he was in the video in the group when I first showed them. He’s a chubby little Budda who moves like a 70 year old man (he even has the big, bushy eyebrows to go with it). I wish they could all be like Willy. too bad they are more like me. Damn Karma sucks!!!
A few more Monkey shots…
The only calm point of the day was seeing this guy and wishing I was him…
