Today I did something that about three months ago I'm sure I wouldn't have thought possible, I corralled a horde of unruly children back inside the classroom simply by using my voice. Bright kids are the worst, they're entirely too smart for their own good and they can't sit still. The class I taught today is full of incredibly smart children and they are sometimes impossible to control. However, I'm gradually teaching them to fear me. My god, what have I become?
The class I teach on Saturday is full of 14 year olds. Mostly they are pretty good. One girl in particular, Nikki is very funny. She's quite smart although I'm pretty sure she doesn't study as much as she should, but she always draws pictures on her papers, sometimes of me and the TA. Anyway, she also has no fear of me, she's quite interested in the fact that I have two piercings in one ear and none in the other. Although she told me her friend has seven. One game that I did with them involved betting, and by the end of the game, Nikki had won almost everyone's money. It's nice to see a teenage girl with some spunk, most of them are so quiet and it's impossible to get them to talk, even the smart ones. Especially the smart ones. The boys inevitably end up talking more and therefore getting a lot more attention than the girls even though they act out more as well.
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