A Happy, Happy Birthday

Some of my seventh graders decided to throw me a birthday party in class. I brought my Ipod and my roommates speakers and let the boys DJ. I was astonished at how they immediately huddled around it and rapped every lyric of "Crank That" and "Temperature." I guess that is globalization for ya! Some of them even brought me presents! Two boys brought me pens (apparently a good thing to recieve in India) and another girl brought me a bracelet (and Anna as well) although they were terribly ugly we modeled them anyway and know its the thought that counts. We also took the opportunity to take pictures with out smallest class! The kids also drew a birthday cake on the board and made me cut it by smudging my finger over the chalk while they sang "Happy Birthday." A good way to start a day I thought!