a note on school contests

There's an English speech contest tomorrow that one of my students is participating in. I'm pretty sure he got a late start on writing and memorizing, and as of yesterday, he hadn't memorized the entire thing yet. So my co-teacher chewed him out to the point of tears, and I got to stay at school until 8 last night to help force it all into his brain. Buh. And today's even better. My co-teacher wants me to work with this kid all day on this 3 minute speech. Thrilling. Hoping hoping hoping that he'll get it together before 5 and we won't have to spend 8 hours together. Fearing that my co-teacher will make us stay until 8 again. He's obsessed with success and right now I hate it. BUH. Thank God for a 3 day weekend. :)