Oh Alondra.Matter-0f-fact. Direct. Curious. Helpful. Honest. This girl never ceases to crack me up.
I remember my first real encounter with this girl. I heard some Spanish jabbering behind me (which they are NOT supposed to be doing--the school is very strict about the students speaking only English in class) so I turned around from the whiteboard, marker in hand, and asked the oh-so-obvious question, 'Are you speaking Spanish?' (Brilliant, I know.) Two little boys shook their heads furiously, saying, 'Nooooo, Miss! No Spanish!' Alondra stopped, blinked, held up her hand, and stated, 'I will not lie, Miss. Yes, I spoke the Spanish.'
Her name went on the board and I had to laugh to myself the rest of the day.
Alondra is my Science girl. She had THE BEST questions for me when we learned about the Human Heart. I was afraid to answer some of them without confusing the rest of the class.
Unfortunately, she's the only one who still wrinkles her nose at Human Reproduction, even after my 'You guys are mature 5th graders' speech. After a long discussion about ovaries and ova, Alondra raised her hand and asked, 'Miss, you like this topic?'
In true teacher fashion I said something along the lines of, 'Yes, isn't it interesting to see how complicated the reproduction process is and how everything all works together, just like the human heart does!'
Alondra frowned, 'But this is gross!'
She knows her own mind, that's for sure. :D
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