FInally. FINALLY. THe rockets are done. And today, I rather enjoyed it. The highlight was talking about astronomy with the kids and trying to get them to think of how they would get their bottle rockets to space and what it would take in terms of fuel. We had our usual herding cats moments with students not doing their work, as per usual. These students are forming a pattern of not participating. It's a bit frustrating, and that's an understatement. It's hard to communicate why something is important when you can't communicate with the kids. I think this will be easier-ish as their english develops, but I've had students before who still had a hard time grasping the concept.
The class after lunch was a bit more focused, but there are some personalities evolving in that class. Another thing we did was go through the assignment log and make sure all their work was in order, which turn into a weekly thing. One girl tried to pass off a fake grade as one we gave her. Yeah, glad we caught it now. For the most part that class has an issue with being almost too willing in some cases. It's sweet, but exhausting and exhilarating at the same time.
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