Too Cool

On any given day, there are at least 10-15 students that desire to come to my room to hangout, and will wait by my door to do so. This does not include the extra 10 that make walk-in demands. I do not tell these students to come upstairs. They wait by my door on their own. At least unlike last year, I can actually manage so many students now, however, I no longer have a lunch period! I try to create a list for all of the students that would like to go downstairs and get lunch, but there are just too many. Although it's not my fault, my apologies to any of my co-workers that this is causing trouble for! On the days in which I have the video games, there are even more students. Last Friday all 25+ seats were full! I am extremely exhausted, not only with school and my thesis, but the end of the year quality review, my bulletin, as well as the end of the school year.

On the bright side, I have undoubtedly been successful with getting students to play "games" (and I put this in quotation because they are no longer games in the sense where the only thing gained from playing is solely entertainment) that require them to critically think. First with square dice, and now Dragonbox. Students are extremely anxious to come upstairs for lunch and continue their accounts in Dragonbox. This is awesome. If they continue to play these types of games that I have played when I was their age, their critical thinking skills will be superb by the middle of next year. I am already confident that many of them have done a great job with the exam and will be prepared for the net school year.