Beneath the Wraps

                Jenna required reading for her online English class has been focusing on an international high school in New York.   For each chapter Jenna is required to pull out a quote, comment on the theme of the chapter and turn in a short essay.   She has gotten in the habit of reading things out loud as it helps her better to think.   She seems to be even more focused if she can find someone else to read it out loud to her.   Often she has asked for my opinion about what I think the theme is or what I think is a good quote.    Usually the quote is directly attached to whichever student the chapter focuses on.   However I remember one quote that stood out which was not related to the student.   It was actually a description of snow he had seen in Connecticut.   It was white and beautiful.    The quote continued with a less than attractive image of snow that had been yellowed...

One of my goals this year was to post a specific word at least every other week.   I don’t know that I posted any words in the month of October.   I haven’t been making good use of my time and didn’t post what I had in mind for yesterday.   I had to take the car in but figured I would write my post after I returned home. While at the mechanics I received a phone call but couldn’t seem to answer it in time. I saw that it was one of the elementary schools and tried to return the call, but it didn’t go through.   I realized there was a message and listened to it.   The assignment is not until next week.   I called back to let them know that I can only work one of the two days that were mentioned. I went home and looked up available sub jobs to accept the assignment, only it wasn’t listed.   Instead, I saw a position at the middle school for yesterday – though it was passed the time posted.   I called the school to ask if someone was still n...

          On March 18 I started a class in public communications.  My first assignment was to take (or make up) a situation from work and address it.  When I initially looked at it I had decided to speak on connecting parental support to the child’s behavior – but I had misread the point of the assignment.  Fortunately I decided to wait until Wednesday (the day of the lecture) before I started.           A teacher’s aide, for the most part, rotates among different classes.  The particular schedule I had followed on that day was 30 minutes each with kindergarten to 3 rd grade, most of the time with kindergarten.  Also, that particular position required me to monitor the 4 th grade during recess and their lunch.  I was with the kindergarten class when the fire alarm went off on Monday for a fire drill.            By Wednesday I ha...

                My communications class ends tomorrow.   I need to post my written speech, revised speech, where it went, etc.   I have been able to compare the subject of my assignments to writing the assignments (and presenting one in recording) for the class itself.   I’m sure it will make more sense once I get around to posting either tomorrow or Monday.   Monday seems more likely.   So sorry to keep ya’ll in suspense . . .

I seem to have such a hard time waking up and staying focused – which I’m certain my readers recognized with my last post.   Perhaps I should just delete it and start over.             In August of 2018, I had applied for a teacher’s aide position within the school district.   I had been interviewed at three of the five schools but was not hired through any of them.   Instead, I stayed on as a substitute which gave me the option of filling in for aides at all five schools.   Turned out to be a good fit as it gives me more options and flexibility.   At least it did.             My first assignment was at the end of September.   I had accepted a position at the middle school.   It was a very positive experience and I had been grateful for the opportunity.   The next day I was filling in for somebody at one of the elementary schools. ...

My laptop gets internet My PC does not No cloud communication For quite a while now so What’s the point? I started a two-week assignment January 31 to February 13 – And I’m still there A few have asked if I can work For them I said “Yes” to one and the boss asked If I could work longer Yesterday I had others ask if I could work May and June.  Their boss (our boss) said “No” She wants me to continue with the Assignment I started in January I have to give a speech this week for The only class that I am taking right now I am so glad there is only one. It was tough taking two classes with work I know many people work full time and go To school full time.  I think I Could handle it once Not anymore. I wish my PC was more vibrant I wish the screen on my laptop was bigger I wish my house would clean itself This is a boring post and I am drained.

Though my communications class started on Monday, the lecture isn’t given until Wednesday morning.  I am not able to attend the live session when I am working and cannot listen to the recording until after I return home.  The instructor does have a question-answer period on that same day but I don’t want to just pop in and start asking questions she may have already covered in the video and yet if they are not covered in the recorded lecture, I have missed my opportunity for asking live.  I feel like I am working with a two-edged sword.  I don’t like it. Our initial discussion post is due on Wednesday, but I like to have it done by Monday or Tuesday.  Sometimes the discussion doesn’t get covered in its entirety anyway.  Thus I did post what I had written based on what I read.  But I had missed the point of the assignment and did not get that turned in until just several hours ago.  There was something mentioned during the lecture that made me...

I can strike a match to light up a room or start a fire to toast marshmallows I can play different versions of match game For example, I've tried to learn about which flag goes with what country by matching one to the other I can attempt to paint the shutters and trim to match the rest of the house. I can mix and match socks I get tired of trying to match assignment problems with the responding exercise found in the book an electronic book I might add I would like my clothes to match Occasionally I would like to match the face to the voice We've been through quite a few furniture pieces that didn't match. you remember this scene from Frasier?  We had worse cases than Martin's chair. Some librarians and instructors will read books and set up an activity The activity matches themes based upon the book There is a lot of competition in the retail business.   So many try to match anot...