Third JA Session

I'm a little late posting about my third JA session from this past Wednesday, November 19th. This past week turned out to be very busy.

At first, I thought I was going to have to cancel my third week of JA because my sister got in a car accident this past Monday. The two of us used to share the car, which meant she got it 90 percent of the time and I got it 10 percent of the time. Anyways, nobody was seriously hurt and my sister was not at fault. However, the car is history. Almost all of my friends live in different counties or states. The few friends that I have down here in San Diego are either full-time students or work full-time, so they would have been too busy to drive me all the way to Poway and pick me up. Luckily, our insurance company covers the cost of a rental car for the time being, so I went and rented a PT Cruiser.

My third JA session went well. This time, their teacher was there, so the kids were on their best behavior (unlike last week with the substitute). We played the same game as last time, but this time I tried explaining the point of the game before I handed out the materials. That way, they would all pay attention to me without fidgeting over the materials. All of the students understood the point of the game much better this time around and they had fun with it.

My next session with the class won't be until the first week of December. Mesa Verde Middle School gets the entire week off for Thanksgiving, instead of the usual Thursday and Friday for the rest of the country. Lucky kids...