Walking past an electronic temperature gauge yesterday evening at 7.30, I saw that it was 35º C (about 95º F). Guess that means that we're heading towards summer even if we haven't reached the traditional 40th of May when we can officially put away our winter clothing. Someone on here has predicted a cold summer, like the famous year when there wasn't a summer in Europe and America, because of the continuous eruption of the Icelandic volcano that no one's capable of pronouncing. If our recent high temperatures are any indication, it'll be anything but cold here.I know I haven't been posting much here lately. I've been busy and having a backache isn't very conducive to sitting in front of a computer for very long. Thankfully the old back is better now - if only everything else were better. I still can't believe the news that I received the other day. See what you think. I've been teaching in Spain for over 30 years, and one of my students, who I've taught privately for the last 6 years , has failed English at school. I'm not exactly sure how many students are in her class, but only ONE person passed with a bare pass and this student I'm told is an honour student. Does it make sense to anyone that out of an entire class only one should pass? I know my student and I know what she's capable of. I can't speak for her classmates, but I know she doesn't deserve to fail, especially when the university course that she wants to do needs a good mark in English. Besides, until they change it which they're supposed to do next year, the English exam for entrance to university isn't so difficult. She'll be permitted to re-take the exam in September and also do the university entrance exam. I haven't spoken directly to her yet. I know she was nervous about picking up her exam results, so I can only imagine how unhappy she must be. I only wish I could see the exam she did!
That's my great-niece up there. I had put a link to my sister's photo album, but she changed it to 'Contacts Only'. Not too long ago I saw she'd posted the album on Facebook, and Facebook DOES own your photos. My posts are almost never posted for everyone anyway, so I hope they don't mind if I post one photo. Babies and animals are some of the most precious things we have on this planet!
