THURSDAY, 9/25/14

Judy’s Pre-K group visits the Olympic Forest Park today. Their teacher, Ruta, has a treasure hunt devised for the students. Parents were invited to travel with the group today. It was cute to watch them searching for the items on the list with their kids.

Patiently waiting for instructions!

Delivering the instructions!

The treasure hunt!

My long day at BHSFIC begins with the train commute. I guess I’ve done plenty of days like this previously in my career, but when I finish the day at 5:45 pm now: I have a one-hour commute back to the apartment. It’s hot, humid, and crowded on the trains, and there’s a lot of walking between trains, and home from the station at the end.   It’s cheaper to ride the trains, but there are days when I would give almost anything to have a car.

Thankfully the kids are fun to teach, and make it worth it. We were “testing” today on singing the school song. Every Monday, the school holds a flag raising ceremony, followed by singing the National Song, and the BHSF School Song. Most of the students don’t know it, so the best way to learn it is to “raise their level of concern” by having them stand in front of the class and sing it, memorized. The class attitude is positive and supportive. They are “pulling” for each other, and the applause at the end of each test group (3-4 students) is genuine.