«Agape».”“The way you handle the kids!” Jessica said. “I get it!”“Yes. Despite our joking about Birgit running things, she does not, ind...ed, get away with murder! You’ve seen her test the limits, just as Jesse has, and to a lesser extent Matthew, Michael, and Albert. Stephie and Ashley will do the same as they get older. But I’m not an ogre to them, am I?”“No. You guide them and help them be the best little persons they can be.”“And that’s got to apply to everyone else. I’ll point out that’s. By 4 PM my arms were aching and I begged Cheri to stop for dinner. She said she didn't want to set up and tear down twice and we had to wait to eat until we got to where we had planned to camp for the night. It was almost an hour later when Cheri called out "We're here"! By the time we had dinner ready it was dark. I don't know if her burgers were that much better than her hot dogs or if it was because I had burned off a million calories and was nearing starvation, but I wolfed down two burgers. At this point, the student was expected to know how to conjugate past, present, future tenses, and more. They may not be able to speak it fluently, but they could to more than barely get by.After grading all four tests, Mr. Yamaguchi started up a conversation with me in Spanish. He started with simple questions that were appropriate to first-year students, and as he moved along quickly worked towards a full-fledged discussion about soccer. We lost track of time and only realized how much had. Brad strummed a few chords, then Abby started and sang ‘Keep Holding On.’ Everyone stopped their fun to watch and listen to her singing.When the song was over, everyone applauded and Scott gave out a loud whistle. Karen and Vicky went over and kissed and hugged Abby and Brad.“We know who’ll be singing at our Christmas dinner,” Karen said.“I hate to spoil the party but we should be going now,” Scott commented, looking at his watch.“Before we go, I have something I’d like to say to everyone,.