Thursday, January 30, 2014

January 30, 2014

New day, same old thing. More MAP testing at work. Today was the last day with scheduled tests but there are still a handful of kids that need to take tests tomorrow. And if they don't, oh well, they won't have scores for the Winter round of MAP testing.

When I wasn't testing (which felt rare today), I worked on storybooks, had a couple classes in the lab, and went to the first grade assembly for their Kansas Day performance. There was a little bit of choreography so it was worth it.

This afternoon I had a few fifth graders come to the lab to work on papers about the history of archery. I'm assuming they got in trouble during PE, where they are currently doing archery stuff, because they were spending their PE time researching and writing these papers and they were assigned by the principal. The principal emailed me beforehand and told me to keep them separated in the lab and it was kind of funny when they came in and tried to convince me that the principal said they were supposed to work together. Two of them used the internet and the other one used an almanac. The one with the book was actually done writing his rough draft first. Take that internet. One of the other kids thought, instead of 'bow and arrows' that it was 'bowing arrows'. And interesting take. They were in the lab for over an hour, made decent progress, and weren't too annoying. They were a little worked up when they first came in and the lab was empty but they settled down once the second grade class came in.

Yesterday Chipotle night was missed due to my brother's birthday. So I decided to go there tonight. And surprisingly, my mom and sister both wanted stuff, so it was an actual Chipotle night. Not just me eating half a burrito while they eat whatever else. I even had time to show some YouTube videos before going to see the new volunteer kid.

It was probably one of the better visits in awhile. It lasted about an hour and ten minutes and we sat and talked about testing in school and a lot about different books. It was pretty cool. The kid also got a job this week as a dishwasher. He's been looking for a job ever since he got to current placement so it nice that he was finally able to find something. Especially after all the crap he went through trying to get a job at Sonic, where he was hired but couldn't actually work because he couldn't get a picture ID.

My genealogy kit from National Geographic arrived today so I am going to try and do the cheek swabbing thing in the morning and get that sent off tomorrow afternoon after school. I'm kind of excited to see how that turns out. I have a vague idea of my ancestry but with both grandpas being adopted it is a bit limited.


All week I have been off a day. It has always felt a day later than it was. I think this is because of last week where we had Monday off. And every single day this week has felt off. I was convinced for the majority of yesterday that it was Thursday. And today really felt like a Friday. So tomorrow is really going to suck. At least I'll get some reading done at the theater. I just hope the weather doesn't get too crappy. It is supposed to snow possibly tonight and maybe do other stuff later. I'm obviously poorly informed but I remember hearing something about something.

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