LCI Madness!

So...tension is a bit high in the office right now. Immediately after we returned from Christmas break, rehearsals began for Festival, the end of the school year celebration. Each Kindergarten class is required to perform a play and song. The children are expected to memorize many lines, many of which they don't understand at all. Play time in class, big gym, and various other "fun" activities have been taken away to be replaced with rehearsals. You can only imagine the outbreak in behavioral issues we've had since then. We now have no "fun" to take away, which leaves no incentive for the students to behave well in class. I have to admit that I was a bit nervous at first. Each of my students have to memorize 8-10 lines for their part in Wizard of Oz that we are performing. Some of them literally could not even read their lines at first. Slowly but surely, my hope has been renewed with only two out of my nine students left to memorize their parts. I have no doubt that they will all do a wonderful job! If all else fails, they will look absolutely adorable singing their song Any Dream Will Do from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. It's Friday night and I work tomorrow to make up for our snow day. Festival also happens to be on Saturday, February 20th. Luckily we have a three day weekend between our working Saturdays to celebrate the Chinese New Year. One would think working a few Saturdays in a year isn't too much to ask, but keeping up enough energy to work with kids for six days straight and having only one day of rest between the next week can definitely drain you. However, I usually take full advantage of the weekends by sleeping in until noon at the earliest (seriously) on Saturdays, getting a good workout in, church on Sundays, and relaxation time at a local coffee shop to read, write letters, and study Korean with Britney and Shauna. I think I'm doing all right. ;) Wish all the LCI staff good luck as we push through this busy, stressful, and exciting month!