Star Student

This week Amedeo is “Star Student” in his class. This is a rotating honor and with it comes certain privileges that said student does not normally enjoy. For instance, “Star Student” can bring in toys with them for show and tell. Also, the teacher and class discuss the “Star Student” and talk about what they’re good at and what everyone likes about them (little presumptuous there, if you ask me).
Madee brought home a large poster to fill out that will hang in the classroom all week. There is room for a photograph of him–a nice Polaroid I took today and unfortunately cannot scan right now–along with spaces to list some of his favorites. Madee’s favorites are as follows:
color–blue, red, green, yellow
animal–cat
food–pizza
book–Garfield
sport–basketball
thing to do in school–recess
thing to do at home–play games on the computer
I’m not quite sure about that last one, because he doesn’t really play games on the computer. He always wants to, but I never let them come near my computer with their grubby little hands. I’m actually surprised he didn’t write “watching tv” for things to do at home. I would have replace it with “playing chess” before he could turn it in (my handwriting could easily pass for a first grader’s).
He has yet to fill out the “When I grow up I want to be a…” slot. I’m pretty curious about that one. I heard both of them say a basketball player in the past, but I’m not sure if that’s current. There is also a space for “I show others I care by…” that he has yet to fill in. Amedeo has actually become much better at sharing recently giving his extra nickels to Eban and Ida at the arcade after they had burned through theirs.
Here’s to Amedeo Thomas Corona, Star Student! It’s your week, Buddy.