Rather that leaving my house around eight o'clock this morning like I
usually do, I got to work a little before eight o'clock for a
meeting. The meeting was to figure out who would be testing with the
kids who have accommodations on the State Assessment, and where they
would be testing. I didn't really have any input into those
decisions but I'm the guy who made the spreadsheet that showed all
the kids with accommodations, what those accommodations were, and
when their tests were. So I was at the meeting so I could be in the
loop and then go back with the information and update the spreadsheet
to include the who and where. And then I printed off and made
several copies to give to all those involved.
After all of that, I finished up editing sixth grade pictures that I
got yesterday. And then the new ones I got today. There is one that
I am particularly proud of because the original picture was really
beat up and after a lot of work I got it looking pretty good. I
still need to figure out the slideshow itself, though. I've got some
ideas, I just need to try them.
When I had finished up with the pictures, and when there wasn't a
class in the lab, I added more fonts to my ever-growing collection.
At some point I need to install them. And then deal with the
frustration of having to scroll through so many freaking fonts to
pick one I want to use.
When the second grade class was in the lab this afternoon the teacher
had them all stop for a minute so she could tell them how to
correctly pronounce 'assess'. It apparently comes up in Type To
Learn 4 and for weeks now the
kids have unwittingly been pronouncing it in a very similar way to
the plural of 'ass'. It is really funny and a couple weeks ago when
the teacher mentioned that she should probably correct them I offered
her the alternative solution of deciding that this is the generation
that would start pronouncing it like the plural of 'ass'. Maybe next
year.
After work I returned DVDs, bought
my Powerball tickets, and then came home. I get two sets of numbers
at a time for Powerball and I do my best not to look at the ticket so
there is still a little bit of potential when I first look at the
drawn numbers. At least for the one set of quick pick numbers. The
excitement at the possibility of winning has died down and I fully
embrace the reality of the odds and the fact that I will never win
the jackpot, but it is still a fun vice, especially for those few
seconds between seeing the numbers and checking my ticket.
Tonight I finished watching 300.
Just like Titanic, I
know the ending but go into it hoping for a different outcome. No
such luck this time. But it is still a badass movie. After that I
watched the latest episode of Cosmos.
It makes me want to dig out Death By Black Hole
and read it for a third time. And buy all the science books ever
written. In middle school my favorite books were collections of
mini-biographies of famous scientists and inventors. Someday I will
figure out what those books were called and add them to my
collection.
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