Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
Happy tries so hard to please that he even complies to instructions given to others. For two days he has listened to breakfast and lunch conversations with Kevin. Happy watched as Kevin learned to handle a fork. He repeatedly heard, “We don’t eat with our fingers!” So today at lunch [...]
We have a new student. He is four years old and his name is Kevin. Kevin’s lunch plate is set before him. He says thank you and immediately grabs a handful of rice and shoves it into his mouth, nose and chin. Ms. Alyce admonishes, “Use your fork! We don’t [...]
Ms. Angel and I were talking about some scheduling difficulties. The children were organizing themselves for Sesame Street (aka nap time, they doze off about half way through). I could hear Chaz talking. I’d been hearing him talking all day — pretty much nonsense — so I had him tuned [...]
Adult portion: 2 Shoyu* Chicken thighs, 1 large scoop sticky rice, puddle of shoyu sauce, canned peaches, homemade dinner roll, carrots & corn, and a carton of chocolate milk. They offered two rolls, but I can’t eat all of what they’d already given me, so I said no thanks. *Shoyu [...]
Marisol cannot correctly pronounce the name of one of her classmates. She calls her B’na Lee, so yesterday I said to her, “Repeat after me: Aaa. Na. Lee.” Marisol slowly repeats, “Aaa. Na. Lee.” “Good!” I say. “Aaa. Na. Lee.” Marisol repeats it slowly and perfectly again. “That’s perfect!” I [...]