August 28, 2013

My days are kind of running together. This morning I had a few classes in the lab (and helped some kids with formatting) and I had my second grade reading groups. That went better than the first time I think. My first group worked on a worksheet and then played a memory game. And then my second just did silent reading. Which was good until one particular kid came back from whatever he was doing outside the classroom. He's a bit of a handful. He immediately tried to kick another kid out of his desk but I told him that kid was their first (even if it was his desk) and he needed to bring a chair over from another desk. He got a chair about halfway back to the group when one of the other kids got up to get another book. So the Handful dropped the chair and sat down in the recently vacated one. And I told him to get up and go get the chair he had started bringing over. And he didn't move. Until another kid got up to get a book and then the Handful moved to that open chair. Again, I told him to get up and he eventually did, bringing the original chair all the way over. But he brought it right up to his desk, and slowly moved closer until he was right up against the kid, annoying the kid until he moved backward away from the desk. The Handful happily pulled up to the desk, for a second or two, before telling the kid that was at his desk that they needed to switch chairs because he wanted his back. And after all of that it took him another five minutes or so to settle on a book that he was actually going to read.

Before I left one of the paras came up and asked me how I did and what I would rate him out of a four point scale. I would expect at least a five-point scale but maybe they didn't want to end up with middle of the road scores. Anyway, I was generous and gave him a two. Now that I am working in the lunchroom the teacher asked me to keep an eye on him during lunch and give him a score. Fun times.

And speaking of lunch, I was in the lunchroom again. I started my time by wrapping forks in napkins because kids apparently have a habit of grabbing one but not the other. Then I walked around with a rag to wipe down tables and helped the little kids open things when they needed it. I also learned that the first graders' favorite game is to ask you to open a milk carton that is already open. Even when I am the one who originally opened the milk carton. There is also a first grader who keeps asking me if I'm a hobo. I in no way resemble a hobo, other than the fact that I'm a human being and hobos are human beings. Most of the time.

This afternoon I had some more classes in the lab, worked on my student directory, and tried to help the librarian figure out the trouble ticket thing, unsuccessfully. Well, I successfully tried but we couldn't figure out what was going on. I'm just glad my ticket about the student drive went through yesterday because it was fixed today.

After work I went and picked up Chipotle and Jimmy John's on the way home so I wouldn't have to come back across town. Once again I went with a Jimmy John's sandwich for tonight and I'm saving the burrito for tomorrow and Friday.

My new keyboard arrived today and it is pretty cool looking. It looks just like my old one but it has green backlighting (around the keys and the letters and number on the keys. I also think it might be slightly quieter than my old one but that might be in my head or maybe the old one got louder the more I used it. I don't know. But I am liking it so far and it looks super sweet in the dark. And now I can take my old one to work which will make all the typing I do much easier.

Tonight I played a little more Saints Row 4, watched some YouTube videos, and I also watched a few episodes of Duck Dynasty. And now I am going to go to bed.