amazing day on the island

Today I realized something: no matter how hard I work or how many hours I work, there is still more to do. So I need to take SOME time off, and just keep working really hard the rest of the time. So after another late Friday night at school, I decided to hang out today with Candice and her friends from CA who are visiting for a few days. We had an awesome day all around the island - pics soon!

I have to share an excerpt from one of my students' essays. I assigned him a 3-paragrah, 5-sentences-per-paragraph essay on why we need to respect both men and women after he screamed out, "WOMAN" to the EA in my classroom (education aide). The student still insists that he was asking how to spell woman and I misheard him, but regardless, the way he said it needed to be addressed!

"Even if you are not a female you still should respect them because you could of ended up as a girl. Besides if you dont respect your mom you will get in trouble. Men are the same as women because they have similar things like heart, lungs, and all that stuff. That was one reason why you should respect men and women. . . Yesterday I did not show respect. I did not show respect because Mrs. Moretti thought I offended a women by calling her women. Next time I should speak loud and clear."

Somehow, I don't think he quite got the point...