Wha????

Some sad news. Since these children are not our own, we allow ourselves favorites. One of our favorites, from the very beginning, was Zhenia. He was scheduled to come to all three sessions, which was such a wonderful thought. We knew it'd be harder to part from him at the end of six weeks, but to know we at least had one kid we could count on to be awesome was comforting. Zhenia was so much fun to just sit and talk to. He has a good heart; he's influenced a bit by his friends, but he's smart enough to know how stupid is too stupid. At the end of this last session, we found out that Zhenia would not be allowed to come back. Why? Well, because one of the girls had chicken pox when she came to camp, and so they asked who had had chicken pox already and who hadn't. Zhenia hadn't, so they told him he couldn't come to third session. Not because they were concerned for his health, but because they thought that he was a threat to the other children...wha????? His mom even came to the school to try and make them let him stay for the whole time she paid for. To no avail. It's been hard to have class all day and not see Zhenia once. I miss him terribly.