One rotton apple...

...highlights how good the other apples are!

A student put tobacco in a bottle of water today. Yea, I didn't get it either. I have my suspicions of who did it, but haven't made any accusations yet. I have told the class that until the prankster reveals himself (I'm assuming it wasn't Nidhi), everyone in the class loses out on computer time.

I mean, boys will be boys, right? Doesn't mean I have to take it. I'm pretty proud of how I handled it - no yelling or screaming.

But I still don't know how to process it? I mean, one of my biggest complaints has been that the kids aren't creative? I'd never heard of polluting the classroom's water before!

But the situation isn't all bad. In the past few days, there have been many indications that all the students, save one or two (my suspects), have come a long way since the beginning of the camp. Today, Ragvindra asked me for permission to leave camp early because he had to go to Jhunjhunu to pick something up for the house. I asked him if it was absolutely necessary that he went, but in the end said he could go. Naturally, I was surprised when I walked into class and he was sitting in his usual seat in the front row! I feel so badly for him. The whole tobacco in water incident made part of the English class useless.

And in another case, when a few of the local boys were bothering one of my interns, the Baktavpura Boys came to her rescue. Such chivalrous gentlemen! Or at least they're getting there.