For he's a rocker

Today, Mathew helped me in our reading class. Reading class is a good way for visitors to bond with my kids, because it's really easy to manage and it allows for a lot of interaction and discussion. Anyway, I split the class into two groups and we each took a group. (I found the "Mathew here" chants coming from both sides of the room amusing, rather than disheartening.) So we each took a reading group and then switched halfway through. After we switched, the first group that Mathew had worked with just couldn't stop imitating him. They imitated his American, hippy drawl and the way he moves his hands when he speaks. They thought he was just hilarious.

After the lunch bell rang, one of my littlest students was waiting for me. This particular little boy is awesome...once he brought me Dunkin Donuts from San Pedro Sula (unless you live in Honduras you just can't understand what a treat that was) and I think he bears a striking resemblance to Richard Alpert on LOST. Check it out:

Anyway, he was waiting for me and said with a very cute smile, "Miss Mac... Mr. Mathew should be in Hollywood." I was so taken back by this comment that all I could say in response was, "Why do you say that?" He answered, "For he's a rocker!" And laughed and ran off. It was absolutely so adorable, just one of those moment I wish I'd had on camera. As a side note, it's an interesting language thing...the children always say "for" instead of "because." It makes for some pretty funny sentences.

Anyway, every time I see Mathew in the school he is just being bombarded by tiny children. It's awesome having him here.