Story Time Summer 2001. The ESL kids have moved into Renison. They're here to learn all about Canada and, of course, to improve their English. At the moment, they're quite a hyperactive group. Perhaps it's the jet lag. Perhaps it's the chocolate milk. Who knows? Anyway, I witnessed something very unusual today. While addressing the group of students, the ESL leader/don used wild hand gestures and talked extremely slowly. I can sort of understand why she was talking slowly, but were the wild hand gestures really necessary? I mean, these kids aren't fluent in English (hence ESL), but the last time I checked, these kids aren't deaf. Kind of condescending, don't you think? [b a c k]