Highlights from the week of March 24-28

On Tuesday, we watched a short video in which the Grade 3's had to listen to and repeat a dialogue. Before the clip even started, half the class yelled out "African!" at the sight of a black child in the video. As always, I know that this isn't meant to be an insulting racist comment; it's just a lack of exposure to different cultures and different people. It's like culture shock to them. I then had to explain to them that just because a person has a dark skin complexion, even if it's remotely darker, such as my own, or much darker, such as the kid in the video, that does not mean the person is from Africa.

On Wednesday I was asked to talk about the four seasons in Canada and fun things to do during each season. I couldn't think of much for Fall aside from trick or treating and watching the leaves change, so I added the Zombie Run and Nuit Blanche. They all want to visit Toronto now. My job here is done.

On Thursday, I played my weekly game of Assassin with one of my Grade 6's seated across the class from me during my co-teacher's lesson, all unbeknownst to her. I know it's rude of me and all, but the kid is bored out of his skull, and he knows his stuff. Plus, it's super fun. And we're really good assassins, so we have't gotten caught yet.