This guy has stood me up three times now.
The first time I brushed it off. "He didn't come because he was sick," I told myself. The next time, when he scooted out right before our appointment? "He forgot," I rationalized. Today, when he straight-up did not show again, I faced this fact:
David Emmanuel Oliva Osorio just doesn't want to be tutored in English.
Having ascertained that, I can strike back by ignoring standard protocol.
At the Destino school, a child who requires tutoring is sent home on Friday afternoon with a blue slip which expresses to their mother/aunt/older sister/whomever that on Monday they will stay after school for about an hour and should be collected at their normal bus stop about 4:20 p.m.
For the obstinate sorts, like our friend David, that little paper tells them exactly which Mondays not to come to school.
So, we out-maneuver them. For special cases, we have what might should be called a Grab-and-Go Policy. Having NOT sent a slip home Friday, we wait for their unsuspecting selves to come to school on Monday, grab them before they get on the bus to leave, and make them go to tutoring.
Hold onto your hat, Oliva. And here's the ironic part. When Destino sent out sponsorship photos this year, each kid held a board listing their full name, grade, and something they liked. Get a load of David's:
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