just a day

Ahh... back at work, molding little minds. The students have gotten back into the swing of things after the holidays. This will likely last for another month or so until the weather begins to warm some and spring fever sets in. From then it's all downhill and little to no work gets done. Still, at the moment things are looking good for the most part. I'm always amazed at how my classes divide. I usually have two classes of the same grade level and without fail there will be one which is slightly better than the other. Today I had an exceptional example. As I went over the class' translation of a love poem the first class was sharp, involved, they got the imagery and the sexual innuendo and they totally handled it like intellectually curious and mature adults. Then when it was the second class' turn they were nearly dead during most of the translation. When we got to the sexual imagery I had to overexplain it and those who got the innuendo couldn't control themselves while those who still didn't get it were frustrated and indignant. I felt like I was watching a bunch of drunken frat boys hooting on the "performers" at Scores. The gap between the two is at times astonishing.