Day 4. Again

Fifth period wandered in sleepy and disoriented. It was an improvement from last class, however and soon their tiny, candy stained fingers, were tapping away on the keyboards of the computers, attempting to analyze U.S. History while the countdown to WWIII continues. I'm certain I can reach them in time and we will not suffer another global catastrophe. Probably. I am concerned about some of them not understanding that 9:30 AM is not the same as 9:30 PM, because I had a few assignments not turned in. Luckily for them my Canvas page is glitching and somehow it thinks it's 2023 and is not allowing me to enter the grades for today's assignment. So, technically I guess they have another two years to finish.

Comp Law came into class and immediately hid in the corner. That was before they even knew there was a lockdown drill. They are as timid as lemurs, and luckily as nimble, because when the fire drill started they all ran screaming down the hallway, pushing smaller children aside and leaping over others. It was truly chaotic. I imagine. I didn't witness it, because I forgot my keys and had to go back and I missed all of the panic I am assuming happened based on what I know of them so far. When they returned, not a single one of them thanked me for saving them from the imaginary fire. It doesn't matter. I know I'm an imaginary hero, in an imaginary crisis.

AICE Global Perspectives MUN crave perfection. In math. Maybe in my class as well. At any rate, as soon as I stopped the unauthorized "mathing" I got to work assuring them they were decent people, and I wouldn't judge them for not quite spacing their headings correctly. I don't know what educational trauma they have been through, but I felt like I was adopting a mis-treated animal as I calmly told them that "this is practice" and "I'll give you feedback". I was glad to see they asked questions though. That will help them later in life when surely they will wander into a much more challenging environment than my class. They can ask "hey, am I scooping this Italian ice correctly" or "how many scoops do I give if someone asks for a medium?" All good skills to master.