On May 20, 2011 I was honored to take 9 of my students to the First Annual District-Wide ESL Spelling Bee at Fulmore Middle School. My director suggested we walk up to Homeslice Pizza on South Congress after the Bee so the kids could experience a new neighborhood & they could practice ordering food in English, etc. It was a day to remember!What mode of transportation did we take to S. Congress, you may be asking? The Austin Metro. What I didn't realize is that my "mom" side would come out at the bus stops. :) Long story short, a man started giving my boys some "advice" that happened to include the F word a few times. I quickly walked right up to him & said, "Excuse me, sir, but you need to know that these kids are 12-14 years old & I do NOT appreciate you using that language around them. We work pretty hard to provide an uplifting & healthy environment for them in & out of school, so please watch how you speak in front of them." He was respectful & apologized to me & the boys. :)
I was SO PROUD of my students the ENTIRE day. I was blown away by their maturity, encouragement for one another, & their excitement/anxiety about spelling words infront of people they didn't know. Yea! It just so happens that our very own CESAR was the district CHAMPION!!! He spelled better than about 35 other ESL students in the district. Yea yea yea!
Homeslice Pizza was amazing!! They asked each of our students to spell a certain word & if they spelled it correctly, they got 10% off their order. Thank you, Homeslice!!
