Sweet Bribes 🍬🍬

A lot of people told me that people in Spain don't celebrate Halloween, which is NOT true. Lots of shops and restaurants are selling or decorated with Halloween stuff. I even saw some students wearing costumes on my way to school. Unlike the students I saw on the street, students in my school were not allowed to dressed up for Halloween. However, we did play games related to it. 

To provide a chance for students to practise their English (even just a phrase/sentence) and make it more festive, I bought some sweets to school and asked teachers to promote that if they can say "trick or treat" to me in English, I will give them sweets. It went very well and I have never felt so beloved by and popular among students before. I went in the school five minutes before the first lesson started, tuns of kids rushed to me and loads of hands were at my face (in fact, it was a bit chaotic and most of the probably got more than one). After 10 minutes or so, 99 small packs of sweets were gone 😂 and I went out to get more. I think I bought nearly 200 small packs of sweets in total at the end. 😅

At the end of the school day, I felt the school was full of happiness and positive vibe, which I guess it is mainly because of the four-day weekend, and partly because of the sweet bribe. 😝 A lot of students said goodbye to me and some of them even gave me hugs, which was unusual. Nevertheless, no matter what the cause was, I was happy that students were happy and they seemed happy to see me. 

Anyway, I hope everyone have a lovely weekend. Recharge, work again (no matter good or bad), and we will go home soon! Hang in there! 💪💪

- Ming Sum



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