You never know...

Wanted to say two other things that I enjoyed this week:

* As a model story throughout my composition lessons, I got to share the story about how my grandma Kinney used money when her clothes burned in a warehouse fire to buy supplies to become a hairdresser, achieving her dream despite obstacles.

* Brian taught about using positive recognition and verbal praise, and happens to say "Wow!" a lot when he talks, which the teacher picked up on and teased him about. Everyone was saying WOW! all week. I then added on the Superstar cheer from Girls on the Run and the roller coaster cheer from Harlem Link. None of them knew what a roller coaster was, but then I renamed it "driving in Sierra Leone" cheer and they completely connected and laughed. Finally, I taught them the cheesy WOW cheer that my mom used in her class, making W's with two hands and using your mouth as the "O" in the middle. The teachers loved it and were doing it all week. Who knew? :)