En el Colegio

Some cute school stories to share from this week.

Conversation with one of my 2nd graders from ESL class:

     R:  Ms. Erin, Brittany is trying to kill Kevin.
     Me:  We don't have anyone named Kevin here.
     R:  (takes sunglasses off his head)  This is Kevin.
     Me:  Give me Kevin.

I asked one of my Kinder boys to run next door and ask Ms. Lisa for a spoon. 

     A:  What's a spoon?
     Me:  A "cuchara".  Spoon.
     A:  (walking out of the room)  Spoon, spoon, spoon, spoon...

And the highlight of our week...

     We had just started class, were singing our Good Morning song and seeing who got to school on time, when we heard a noise near the wall.  I thought that the high schoolers were moving something outside.  But then one of the square tiles comes crashing down and with it..

                              A Cat falls out of the ceiling!!

     I think the cat's more surprised than we were.  It dashes right for the door. 
    The kids could not stop talking about it.  One of my girls says "It's raining cats!" (so we got to talk about the English phrase "raining cats and dogs".  Just this time, literally.) 
     But God is watching out for the details.  I was just about to tell the kids to move over to that corner for Calendar and Devotions.  The cat would have dropped right onto a child's head.  And if my door had been closed (and I usually close it before we start class) it would have been stuck, panicked, in the room with the kids. 
     They then refused to do calendar or go in that corner for the rest of the day :)
     Everyday is a new adventure in Guatemala!

...Which is going to continue next year.  I turned in my contract yesterday.  I will be returing to school, and to Guatemala, for one more year.  They asked me to move to 1st grade and agreed to cap my class at 16 students.  So there will be two 1st grade teachers, and I will have many of the same students I have this year.