Day 41 - At Sea

I made a breakthrough with my student today!  It turns out Ryan, the violent, hyperactive, insulting 2^nd grader to whom I am trying to teach cursive, loves worksheets!  I made up a worksheet with blanks to practice letters.  Some we would do together, and the rest were homework.  He finished his assignment without fuss – already a new phenomenon – and then began filling in the extra blanks on his own.  There is hope yet!

In the evening, I, along with a few of the other tutors, was invited to a Special Dinner by Ryan’s parents.  (The ship offers this service for a modest $29.95 per person.)  Had I paid for the dinner, it would have been worth every penny.  There were hors d’oeuvres to start, followed by a choice of appetizer (crusted baked brie), soup (French onion), Mediterranean salad, bread (a novelty to us now!), a choice of entrée (steak, of course!), and a dessert of three different types of crème brûlée (butterscotch, chocolate, and orange), complete with a glass of champagne.