A Slower Start

Is this like the  “sophomore slump,” the drop-off in enthusiasm and effort  that second-year college students are famous for? The students were dragging today, not as bright and “up” as last week. Their busy weekend with a full day in Warsaw, parent visits, and a scavenger hunt wore them out. And, the hot, humid weather today didn’t help any of us who had classes in the tent.

     We made some personnel changes for the day : Dorota took over Matthew’s class and Alex agreed to be her assistant while Charlotte shifted over to Georgianna’s beginner class. Dorota’s class has begun to plan its Friday night presentation, “the invisible bench.”  Georgianna’s class will probably do something with introductions, asking for help, giving directions, and ordering food in a restaurant. The finale will have to include lots of “th” words to demonstrate their mastery of that difficult but essential English sound.

     The evening activity was to have been a talent show but the campers decided at the last minute that they weren’t ready, maybe by Wednesday? So, instead of a talent show they did a combination lip syncing and karaoke show. I’m not sure they were ready for that either, but they seemed to have a good time.