Minnie's = "no touch" (meaning she did not want o get involved!) comment as Allan makes a total hash of a simple job with the chalk, drawing out the playground lines/circles - rolled her eyes in dismay as she left the yard & made my day. First ever mini-chink of fractions in the ranks!
Watching Legs11 calmly manage her class as usual; piece of poetry in motion.
Kaisei variously stood on my hand, kicked me in arm & head, called me bakayaro ("stupid idiot") loudly half a dozen times & hit me in the face (reflex I regret but he deserved harder). He's now wrecking a nice card game for other boys. The flashcards they are playing with demonstrate the wrong sounds eg 'o' for Gorilla, katakana o not schwa - hard to explain without a phonetic keyboard.
Kaisei does have issues, developmentally, but I do not think that gives him carte blanche to be an absolute bastard to me or anyone else he lines up as his target. At least I can walk away; I guess the kids have to find their own way of dealing with him.
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