Drama Club - 3/24/08

I started today with a completely different look. I decided to wear my glasses and I was also rockin' my new kicks. And with the kids, any change is always big news. So I had to endure all of them pointing out how they didn't know that I wore glasses. But there were no 4 eyes comments. However, Kayla did take a little dig at me. I have these other sneakers that are bright yellow and green Adidas. They are inspired by the flag of Brazil and are incredibly cool. In fact, way too cool for a 9-year old to understand. Kayla has stated on several occasions that she did not like these shoes. Today, when I rolled in with the new kicks, she said, "It's good to see you wearing shoes from 2008." Can you believe that? A 9-year old kid crackin' wise. I was very close to firing back my reply but I thought about it. Then I said to her, "You know what. I'm not going to say anything back to that. I could say something but I'm not." She said, "What would you say?" As if to challenge me. I stuck to my guns and said, "I'm the adult and you are the child and I'm not going to get into it with you." And that was the end of that. But between you and me, she's got these big, beaver teeth and she has no business talking about anybody. As an adult, I don't think it would have been right to mention that to a child. As far as the club went, it was actually pretty good. Basically, the kids like playing the games and they hate doing the work. We played some good old-fashioned Simon Says and then moved on to the Romeo and Juliet opening speeching. Simon Says went very well. The Shakespeare stuff was a little like pulling teeth. But they did retain a lot of their parts from last week and we did manage to move forward with a little more of it. Lastly, some of the kids brought back their signed verifications that they recited the Hamlet speech for a teacher. Thus, I've successfully pimped the kids out to promote what a good job I'm doing.