and there was much rejoicing!
Josie had a fabulous first day. She and Lil rode the bus together, then Josie headed off to the other middle school for ESL while Lilly headed to homeroom. Kim played the role of the shuttle-driver around 10:30, and Josie joined Lilly for the remainder of the day. She had a blast! Kim walked with her during her orientation to Mount Nittany Middle School. She go a tour of the school, learned where her locker and the cafeteria are, and jumped right in to her classes.
I got to do some math homework with her tonight. She’s a pretty talkative 13 year old when she gets rolling, but her academic vocabulary is awfully limited. I had my hands full trying to walk her through some work with similar polygons. Does anybody know the words for “inside angle” and “area of a triangle” in Mandarin? Oh, hello Google Translate. Thanks for stopping by our homework session!
It looks like her days of hanging out at the park while all the other 7th graders are plugging away are over. It was a good run, but now it’s back to the books.
She’s going to be just fine…look at that girl smile!
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