Thursday-Friday, during which third grade becomes my least favorite grade

On Thursday, I started inventory… again… in the clinic. This time, there is a code. For example, SC/02-B/003/A112 is in the Summit Clinic, a piece of furniture (a bed), the third bed labeled, and in room A112. It was confusing as anything at first, but now I understand. I totally skipped the room with a bunch of instruments in it haha. I will save that for last. I am very thankful that Mom sent those sharpies, though. Even though they wash off of metal, I am still labeling them as if I do not know heehee. Hmm, Thursday class. Possibly worse than my first class ever. Quite possibly. Poor Eyerus and Samson, who want to learn. And that is all I am going to say about that. At least I get a break from them for next week. I stayed in my house the rest of the night. Samson came to get the football, but that’s it.
Friday was pretty good. I met with Ato Kinfe to give some of the parents’ money for their kids’ school bills, which was touching. I also had a talk with Kinfe about third grade’s atrocious behavior. I have no idea how to punish them. If we were in America, I could at least make them understand me. I could take away recess or send them to the principal’s office. He said he would talk to the teacher. I inventoried the procedure room, then back to give the homeroom teachers’ the money to buy their kids something for Christmas. Kinfe had somehow gotten the names of yesterday’s worst offenders, and made them apologize to me. They knelt on the floor for awhile in his office while he talked to them, then made them all say yekerta to me. The girl who sits L4L with the short hair, Argdeh, I think, could not keep a straight face. I felt a tiny (tiny) bit bad for the boys, because once I disciplined them, they were okay. Fantu (who I flat out kicked out), seemed the most penitent. I finished inventorying the lab and another room and started the overnight patient room, then left for lunch. I made stir fry, which turned out really good. After lunch, I found Salam (who does not attend class anymore because she says her mother will beat her (and who am I to argue?)) and had her take her test (which she missed). She improved from a 5/24 to a 6/24, which s…”which” was supposed to be “but.” My fingers have a mind of their own. So as I was saying, she improved to only a 6/24, but she got the last question correct (What word means mother AND father?), which is more than I can say for most of the others. I feel so badly for Eyerus (who is so smart and sweet) who still did not pass… which is weird because I KNOW she understands) and Samson (who had the highest grade on the fill in the blank test, but got a lower score on the easier one). They want to learn. Rehearsal went pretty terribly as well. WE PERFORM IN LESS THAN A WEEK. Girma does not know his lines. Only half the people show up to each practice. I still have not finished costumes or props, but I just barely had a brilliant idea for the shepherd’s “chair.” Thank you, Janyne. And I have to make gold, frankincense and myrrh. OOOH but Cameron has something we will use. So only two more to figure out. Oh and I have to make Samson a door for the inn. Vespers was mercifully very short (they wanted to finish before it got too dark). And now I am taking a brief respite from sewing sheep costumes. At this point, I am praying to get everything finished, forget sewed to last. I can fix them later. I am just going to cut holes for their heads and pray that they will not fray too much. A few emails, then sheepness.
Cameron and family are back!!!!