As the wheels turn...
Jun. 16th, 2006 05:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
saifaiI love my new route. Man, I'd hate it quickly if there was any more of the lil' buggers. There's only fifteen of them at most. They're mostly students from other countries learning the english language (ELL).
I would say about 75% of them are from Africa. A couple from Mexico, two from Russia, a few from some asian country (could be anywhere from Korea to Pakistan), and a couple white kids from Idaho thrown in for good measure.
The main problem with the ELL kids is that they're new to all this. They like to see everything that's going on around them (read as: they stand up all the time). They're curious about everything (read as: two of them a day have opened the emergency hatches), and more than half have ravenous appetities (read as: they're always trying new and more devious ways to sneak food on the bus).
Oddly enough? It's a lot of fun. We have a small bus. I got them in a manageable group. It's more like a vacation than going to work every day in the sense that it's relaxing for me compared to my regular school year. I enjoy the kids even through all the stuff they try to get away with. It's great fun teaching them. I think for a lot of them this is their first experience with riding a bus.
However, the fun really begins today. There's nothing more trying for a monitor than trying to navigate a driver on a route you've only been on for two days. My regular driver will be gone today. *bites nails* I think I can get him where we need to go, but I can't guarantee it. Hopefully today will go okay. Cross you fingers for me.
I would say about 75% of them are from Africa. A couple from Mexico, two from Russia, a few from some asian country (could be anywhere from Korea to Pakistan), and a couple white kids from Idaho thrown in for good measure.
The main problem with the ELL kids is that they're new to all this. They like to see everything that's going on around them (read as: they stand up all the time). They're curious about everything (read as: two of them a day have opened the emergency hatches), and more than half have ravenous appetities (read as: they're always trying new and more devious ways to sneak food on the bus).
Oddly enough? It's a lot of fun. We have a small bus. I got them in a manageable group. It's more like a vacation than going to work every day in the sense that it's relaxing for me compared to my regular school year. I enjoy the kids even through all the stuff they try to get away with. It's great fun teaching them. I think for a lot of them this is their first experience with riding a bus.
However, the fun really begins today. There's nothing more trying for a monitor than trying to navigate a driver on a route you've only been on for two days. My regular driver will be gone today. *bites nails* I think I can get him where we need to go, but I can't guarantee it. Hopefully today will go okay. Cross you fingers for me.
