Back to School

Though my sleep pattern is in shock from having no pattern at all over the last few weeks, coming back to school has been a relatively smooth transition. My kids were tired, but amiable yesterday, and even though it was a rainy day schedule (a rarity in Phoenix), they were on their best behavior.

Unfortunately, my monolingual (or should I call her my "quasi-monolingual" since she was picking up the language?) had her last day in my classroom yesterday. I'm very sad to see her leave, but it seems to be a positive move for her. She's moving from her cousin's trailer into a rental home with her parents. If she was moving to Mexico, I would probably would have torn my hair out- all of that work in vain! Anyway, I hate to call her my favorite, but she was close to being that. After losing Cipriano last year, in the middle-to-end of the year, I'm trying not to grow too attached with any of my students, knowing that this community is very mobile and the new laws are causing families to move back to Mexico. Now I'm down to a small 25 students, but I'm sure those two spots will fill up quickly; they always do!