11/4 Science Class

The first day in the Science class, they were working on building 3D models of atoms. I noticed immediately that my student sat with other ELL students-- which makes sense. I would want to sit with people who are like me, too. Interestingly, the other 3 girls had a different native language than my student, which they spoke throughout class. My student looked at me with an annoyed look and I said “I have no idea what they are saying either, its alright” and she appreciated this I think. Then she said “speak English please” and the other girls said “we are talking about [that boy] over there who won’t stop looking at you” which my students went red in the face and said, “oh him? I don’t care”. I found this so funny, that these girls were speaking in their native language so the boy couldn’t overhear them-- what a superior power to have. It was good to know that they weren’t trying to leave my student left out of their conversation intentionally, either.