my 2nd semester students

i've had my second semester classes a few times now and there are some interesting things about my students. first is i have a student named aladin. it is with great sadness that i must admit there is not a jasmine in that class, but there is a yasmeena. i sat them next to each other, it makes me smile everytime i look at them. i also have a boy named mubarak, which up until now i thought meant "happy" (as in eid mubarak = happy eid) and this boy certainly is not. i'll have to ask him what it means and inform him, if it in fact does mean happy, that he should live up to his name a bit more in drama class.

another interesting set of students is two of the 7th grade boys in my 9 student, half 6th grade, half 7th grade class. today they informed me that i should be "blushing" about them, one more so then the other b/c he "has the looks." i told them that i was not, and should not, be "blushing" about either of them. to which they said "aww, miss... age ain't nothing but a number." should be a fun semester...