A Very Difficult Calculus Test

This morning began with our usual routine of heading to our respective houses, taking our children to breakfast and then heading to school.  When I got to school, Profe Ramon showed me the test that the students would have to take tomorrow.  It only took about 5 seconds to look at the test and I felt sick to my stomach.  There were 2 problems on the test that we didn't cover and there was NO WAY the students would be able to do one of the problems (not to mention there wasn't any similar examples of this problem in the book). 

Profe Ramon wanted to know if I could review with the students, and I let him know exactly what I saw on the test...that it was quite a bit harder than the reviews the students have been given the past few days (based on the prior test he had given me).  I told him that I needed to go back to my room to prepare a review for them.  I work best in complete silence.  Rachel (from the Miller family that I have mentioned a few times in my blog) said that she would review with the students a little bit.  She had helped me last week and I had a small review today to do with the students.  She said she could work with them on that until I got back with a more intensive review, so that was the plan.  When I got back, I taught the students one of the topics that they had missed, but unfortunately there was no way that the other topic could be taught in such short a time with sufficient practice to be successful on that question.

After reviewing with the students, we headed to lunch and then being Wednesday...headed into town for our weekly groceries and supplies.  I stopped at a store on the way into town and got Michell a calculator.  She had been borrowing one from a friend all this year and I decided she should really have her own.  I bought a bunch of groceries that Bob had requested, since he'll be coming down on Saturday.  Noah wanted to stop for the chocolate covered frozen banana on the way back, and then we stopped in to see Glenda and bought a few vegetables from her.  She was making tortillas when we stopped by, so she had Alina finish up the tortillas while she helped us get the vegetables.  When we were done buying, she had Alina take 4 tortillas with her to eat since Alina helped finish them up.

When we got back to the orphanage, we put the groceries away, read for a little bit, headed to supper, and then headed to church.  Noah brought 2 boys to church with him, and as usual Michell found her way over to us when she came in from cleaning the Comedor.  When church was finished, we headed back to the room to call home.  Everyone got to talk to Bob and Kaylyn.