Minnesota

A few weeks ago, one of my sisters, Sheila, sent down some stickers and candy for my students. I had brought some back with me when I returned from being home over Christmas, but didn't bring that many. I was only giving students stickers whenever they got A's on their homework. I didn't have enough for their speed drill too. After Sheila sent so many stickers down I started putting them on all of their speed drills. There were a few pages of stickers with different States on them. I didn't think they would be as interested in them as some of the other stickers she sent (I mean, there are glow-in-the-dark stickers, scratch and sniff stickers and a few hologram stickers!), so I started using the stickers with the States first (I like saving the best for last). I had a few students ask about them and wondered where they were, but that was it. Turns out, there was one student who became obsessed with Minnesota. He never asked me about it or his teacher, Mr. Thom, but was asking everyone else. Last week, there were a few college aged students here visiting and two were helping out in 6th grade. They kept telling me at lunch about Wensley and how he had all these questions. He wanted to know how much it costs for a plane ticket there. He wanted to know what it was like and if it snowed there. I remember that the sticker had a picture of a mountain and it was snow-capped so I guess he was intrigued. One day, he stopped his French teacher, Mr. Marc, right in the middle of class. He had his hand up and when Marc called on him, he asked about Minnesota. It just seemed like week after week I kept hearing from visitors about him and how interested he was about Minnesota. Today I stopped him after school and asked him if I could take his picture. Here he is!