Apple Juice

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How many apple juices do you think a 9 year old can drink? My guess would have been one or two, but today I was proven wrong. The one boy I work with, Mark, does not like to eat breakfast that is provided but he sure likes his juice. Usually there isn’t enough for him to have seconds. Today there was plenty of extra juice and he proceeded to drink all the extra. The difference with all the sugar in his body was shocking. He could not sit still during any of the activities or lessons. I guess what they saw is true; too much sugar is a bad thing. The students in Ms. P’s class have started to warm up to me slowly. I’ve been working on learning all of their names and have the trouble maker’s names clear in my head. The stories students feel I need to know are hilarious. I don’t know if they tell their regular teacher these stories but today I heard all about who likes who, what their favorite colors are, all about their home life and who is in jail or foster care. It was an earful for sure. Today I found out why there weren’t many student in class yesterday. One girl told me that she didn’t come to school because it was cold. According to my teacher, many students when they don’t want to come to school aren’t forced to by their parents. Their parents simply accept the fact and let them skip school.