Charpie's Travels

Kindergarten Phonics Question 1 :  Where is the Statue of Liberty? Answer : Peter  - United Skates! Question 2 :  Why does Lady Liberty hold the torch of freedom above her heard? Answers :   JunSeo  - because it wants to be handsome Henry  - to make the thief (pronounced "teef") afraid Annabelle  - because she is gift from France Kelly  - so at night the people can see Andy  - because he wanna eat the ice cream Jaden - she want to be the beautiful monster Peter   (hand raised like Lady Liberty)  - it is free!!

They call me RGM. They are my smallest and, somehow, my loudest class.  Jun gave up on participating in class conversation long ago. We move too slowly, and he hates having homework. I can't say I blame him. Then again, something would be wrong if these boys actually got excited about English grammar class. Ethan is incapable of remaining completely silent for longer than 6.5 seconds. Most often, he's speaking to anyone who will listen -- or to the air, if necessary. He speaks more Korean in class than my other 81 students combined. He spends most minutes trying to make the other boys laugh. At the moment, he's singing the Korean soccer song to himself. I prefer the singing, partly because his soft voice puts a funny twist on his tough-jerk persona.  Henry spaces out more than me. I invited him back to Earth once, and the other boys won't let it die. Today, his classmates have failed to inform him about the chunk of tape in his hair. I don't mention it e...