Getting better...

Remember those boys that I don't really like that sit around me? I wrote a note about them to the teacher (I didn't give it to him yet) and somehow someone saw me write the note and spread the word about the note to the boys. I didn't know this right away, but I noticed that whenever they would talk, after a little bit they would abruptly stop their conversation. I liked them not talking but it kinda felt like black mail.
So I put the note away and made a little system. Every time they would talk loudly when they weren't suppose to or make a weird face or something, I would put a tally mark next to their name. When one of them got two tally marks, I would warn them. Three- I would tell them to stop louder. Four- make a note to the teacher. And if they get to five, give the note to the teacher. If they get six or higher, I tell the teacher personally.
I don't really want them to get to six because they can be good time to time, just not ALL the time. I am giving them a second chance because everyone deserves a second chance and this is their second chance. I seriously wish that they would finally think and say "OK, Serena has already told me twice that I should stop talking. It looks like it is annoying her so I should stop. I could finish the conversation at lunch." Thing are getting better, but one a scale of one to ten, ten being the best, it a 3 1/2.
Speaking about those boys, our school had a spelling bee for 3-5 graders and one of the boys behind me recommended me as one of our spellers. Don't worry, it wasn't one of those spelling bees where you stand up on a stage and speak. I had to go to a room full of other people who were chosen and spell a bunch of hard words like embarrassed and weights (these were some of the easy ones, the rest were HARD.) I think I did pretty good for a surprise spelling bee test. I am probably not going to be the person representing the school for the spelling bee. : ) When the principal announced the people who participated, when she called my name, she said it right but thought I was in THIRD grade, even though I put "fifth grade" in big neat writing. I was really 'embarrassed' then. (Get it?)

Did you know?: 167 letters are in the longest place-name, Krungthep Mahanakhon Bovorn Ratanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokpop Noparatratchathani Burirom Udomratchanivet Mahasathan Amornpiman Avatarnsathit Sakkathattiyavisnukarmprasit, officially known as Bangkok, Thailand. (Don't worry, this probably won't be in ANY spelling bee. And yes, this is a real place.)

~Serena