vacation mode

it didn't help any that we were one of the few schools that started classes on january 3. most of my students were absent (about a third) and all of them were still on vacation mode! i couldn't hlp but let them sleep after our snacks (specially the morning class) because they were all so drowsy. of course, i had to watch them sleeping, when i wanted to sleep, too. it was so unfair!
of course, after a few days, when everything is back on track, and they all respond to the lesson like you wnat them to, it's back to the routinary things that they do just to anoy you.

1. They go to the washroom to pee several times in 1 session. and usually they ask to pee when you're right in the middle of your discussion.
2. They refuse to eat the food we serve, but when everything is packed away, and all the dishes have been cleaned and stored, they would ask for their share, saying that they are still hungry. (this, after finishing thier own food of 1 sandwhich, 2 packs of cookies, 1 thermos of juise, half a bottle of water and an apple/banana). and they end up eating 2 servings of the food! gives new meaning to the word "ravenous".
3. they purposefully break the leads of their pencils, just to watch you sharpern them again, and again, and again...
4. they spill water/juice on thier table to watch the ants drown.
5. it takes them less than a minute to erase the drawing that took you hours to draw on the blackboard. (anyone who knows me personally will know how frustrating this is!)
6. the way they insist on washing their hands after every bite they take from a cookie.

but i missed them a whole bunch during the vacation. no one else can brighten up your day and put your worries into perspective than a class of precocious little girls.