The jig is up.

That's it, the jig is up. The kids officially know where I live. I left my flat yesterday and ten kids on bikes and rollerblades were right in front of my door. They all asked if this is where I lived and I couldn't lie to them, so I said yes. I don't think this will really be an issue but I kind of liked the fact that the kids didn't know exactly where I lived, only that I was some where in their neighborhood.

So yesterday I got some disturbing news. It turns out the mom of the one first grader, Angela, made a complaint to the school that her daughter isn't receiving help in class. Humm that's interesting because I'm pretty sure my sole responsibility in my first grade class with Gregorio is to sit next to Angela and give her one on one attention so that she doesn't just sharpen her pencil during the entire class. All of the time i spend with her takes away from the time i could be interacting with all the other students and for that reason alone i was very upset when i heard this. I was insulted to be honest. How could this mother say that when I am the ONLY reason Angela has something to show her mom from English everyday. You can ask Kerry who visited and saw first hand that the little girl won't work unless I work with her. I just felt bad for Gregorio because it reflects badly on him. Parents, I tell ya. Angela's mom should spend the day in our class and see just HOW MUCH we help her daughter when nobody else will. I can say with satisfaction that I taught Angela how to color like a proper first grader but apparently things like that are overlooked. Oh well.

ON Sunday i spend most of my day OUTSIDE. SHocking i know! First i went for an hour walk with Pocho and then I suntanned and read my book outside for three hours---I finished it yesterday so now I'm down to my last book and I have to save it for my Semana Santa trip. I went to the Cultural House because it was a sunny spot with less wind and nobody around. However when i arrived at the gate to leave i discovered that I was locked in. Apparently nobody thought anyone else was there. That just goes to show how sneaky I am hehe. I climbed the metal gate with little trouble and freed myself. A man jogging saw my escape but he didn't seem perturbed by it so I figured i was in the clear. I don't mind doing that if i means i get this beautiful garden to myself, but perhaps I should find an alternative spot that doesn't have a time restriction.

Nothing new to report for today. TOday is St. Patrick's DAy and I did wear green. I also taught three of my classes about the holiday and got the satisfaction that a good 25% of my students listened to me and wore green today haha. I gave it a shot....

Here are the pictures from when Kerry and Casey visited of mostly Sevilla and then the family dinner with Ana's wonderful family!

PHILBINS!