my life in kuwait: December 2006

From the Kuwaiti Times...

A source revealed that a fight between a Kuwaiti man and Egyptian expatriate took place after a road accident in Salmiya. After they got down from their cars to assess the damage, they started shouting. The Egyptian then got a wooden stick to assault the Kuwaiti, who brought a sword from his car. The Egyptian man then ran away, with the citizen running after him. A man informed police that a Kuwaiti was chasing an Egyptian with a sword. Police rushed to the scene and arrested both of them. The men reconciled at police station, and did not file a case.

only in kuwait

tomorrow in kuwait high of 56 f, light rain in the am. tomorrow in hingham, ma high of 56 f, partly cloudy. that just doesn't seem quite right...

here are some pictures of my students...

i gave them a project that was making masks that had to do with a culture and writing a scene. some of them didn't quite get the culture thing, others didn't get the "make a mask" thing, or the "do your own work" thing. the pictures are taken in my classroom so that gives you a little idea what it looks like.

one of my 5th grade classes

aziz (one of the banes of my existance) and abdulwahab

othman, khaled, and haya... creative robot masks, don't you think?

nasser, hamad, loulwa, and nour... jungle animal masks

budoor, fahad (one of the banes of my existance) and mohammad... notice the knife they made to use in their scene. awesome

my 7th graders

tala

ali-- who got suspended for throwing a water bottle at a parked car from 1 story up... while he was sent out of my class to "come up with a plan of how not to be disruptive"... i don't think he made this himself...