the joys of boys

today i was in the math room instead of doing english tutoring as usual. imagine being in an unairconditioned room after school with 6-7 high school boys, none of whom want to be there, much less doing math.
let's just say things can get interesting...

who knows why J--- and M------ are always nitpicking at each other. but i do fully appreciate how frustrated these guys are because i can't for the life of me remember how to do this stuff either. i did explain scientific notation to M----- and spent a lot of time working with L------ but yeah, math isn't my strong suit either, and if i were in high school, my butt would be right in there with all them wild boys. ;)

intake was much less eventful (unless you count having gojo all over your hands as eventful). i was late again but what are you gonna do trying to get to beaverton all the way from outer SE portland? but i'm starting to feel right at home over there in admin.

i decided to ditch the max stop and check out the nature preserve instead, since i didn't have anywhere i had to be right at the moment. what a nice cool shady place on such a hot day. i walked along silent as a deer and watched all the birds and hawks and snakes and squirrels do their thing under the canopy of all those tall oaks and cedars. there are a lot of wild flowers poking up everywhere right now and coming out around the ponds i smelled the grass drying in the sun which reminded me utterly of my days at circle t, surrounded by the heady perfume of wild roses and wild grasses and thistles baking in the sun as the wind carried their scents up from the valley...

ahh i can never get enough of being alone out in the woods. now i know where to go to deprogram after work on rough days...or days where the joys of boys get to be a bit much.
ah boys, and by boys i do mean high school boys...reminds me of the saying, about how you can lead a horse to the water...mamas i don't know how you do it, day in and day out. ;)