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Last we spoke, I was preparing mentally for a six week assignment at Crump Elementary teaching Engish as a Second Language. A year later, and it appears substitute for ESL teachers exclusively. This is much to my liking. I've worked extended assignments at Crump, Kate Bond Elementary, Overton High School, Fairview Middle School and American Way Middle. At the moment, I spend my days at Shelby Oaks Elementary. I'm teaching two classes of 5th graders, two of 4th grade, and two of 2nd grade. This week was my first, and I'm finding the school pleasant. It took a few days for the faculty to warm up, but it's pleasant now. After school, I work in the parking lot as a crossing guard. I find this surprisingly pleasant. I did the job at Crump and loved it. Scenes from The Andy Griffith Show fly through my head each time I step into the lines of cars of Barny holding up traffic in his failure at the job. It's a great image and gives me a chuckle before i begin.
I'm reading more again, shifting between my first Japanese Manga called Deathnote and Stoker's Dracula. Also, I'm hoping to begin a writing group either IRL or online. A friend and I had been thinking of starting a book club but had begun to reconsider, thinking the constant purchase of new books might weigh on our finances. This will be cheaper and provide the support we both need to reclaim our pens. So if any of you have an interest, please send word. We're accepting beginners and veterans.
Either tonight or tomorrow, I'll begin my work for an online ESL class that focuses on assessments. i'm looking forward to it, but I think I really need to find my copy of Office so I'll be able to complete my assignments. My trial period has run out and my disc is playing hide-and-seek with me.
So I posted a status on facebook commenting on the update of the Doomsday Clock and got little response. This leads me to the question, am I the only one that remembers Time Magazine posting the Doomsday clock on their cover telling us how many minutes there are til midnight? For the most part I was too young to understand it at the time, but I did some research when i saw the story posted on monday and found it was created by the Bullitin of Atomic Scientists in 1947. Anyone else remember this old symbol of our self-destruction?
Hope all of you are well. I read still, even if I don't comment or update my own LJ. Take care!
I'm reading more again, shifting between my first Japanese Manga called Deathnote and Stoker's Dracula. Also, I'm hoping to begin a writing group either IRL or online. A friend and I had been thinking of starting a book club but had begun to reconsider, thinking the constant purchase of new books might weigh on our finances. This will be cheaper and provide the support we both need to reclaim our pens. So if any of you have an interest, please send word. We're accepting beginners and veterans.
Either tonight or tomorrow, I'll begin my work for an online ESL class that focuses on assessments. i'm looking forward to it, but I think I really need to find my copy of Office so I'll be able to complete my assignments. My trial period has run out and my disc is playing hide-and-seek with me.
So I posted a status on facebook commenting on the update of the Doomsday Clock and got little response. This leads me to the question, am I the only one that remembers Time Magazine posting the Doomsday clock on their cover telling us how many minutes there are til midnight? For the most part I was too young to understand it at the time, but I did some research when i saw the story posted on monday and found it was created by the Bullitin of Atomic Scientists in 1947. Anyone else remember this old symbol of our self-destruction?
Hope all of you are well. I read still, even if I don't comment or update my own LJ. Take care!