China presentation

Yesterday, Connor went to Geneseo Central to present
a project about China to a third grade classroom. Connor was awesome!
He had spent hours and hours creating a power point presentation, and
he had a huge table covered with artifacts from China. The
presentation was supposed to last 45 minutes, but Connor ended up
staying at least an hour and 15 minutes. The 3rd graders were engaged
and they had many insightful questions for Connor. He also taught them
how to count to 10 in Chinese, and how to write it in Chinese
characters. He spoke of Chinese history, geography, religions, art,
food etc. It was apparent that he knew his topic thoroughly, and all
the teachers that watched were impressed. Connor was at first nervous about
returning to his old school. He said he feels awkward now, whenever he sees
an old classmate. This presentation helped with that. He saw many of his old
friends, and everyone was welcoming and nice. The principal even gave Connor
a hug! No one tried to talk him into returning to the school, and no one said,
"Don't you miss school?" That is the question Connor hates the most. There is
no good answer to that question.He doesn't want to hurt their feelings by saying, "No. I don't miss school (or you)." But he also doesn't want to make it sound as if he is missing school, because he still attends school--just at other places now. Anyway, the visit was all good, and I'm glad that we went.