But, like, this child. I was essentially assigned to this one child all day. I basically had to sit there and tell the child to sit properly, with his feet on the floor and his butt on the chair. I had to praise him if he actually did his work. That was literally all I was being paid to do.

That's more difficult than it sounds.

This child has a BEST ( Read more... )

Alright, first day of the new (and final) semester at Mason! First for me, at least. The semester actually started on Monday, but my first class is Shakespeare at 4:30 tonight ( Read more... )

I have been annoyed at Home Depot ever since I got back from Rome. On my first day back, I had to stay a half-hour late because I was taking care of customers. I tried to leave at the right times, but to no avail. I finally slipped out while a 5-gallon was shaking. I told Jim it was past time for me to leave so I was leaving. He replied that the ( Read more... )

A little girl tugged on my arm. I looked down at her. She was made even littler from sitting at an elementary school cafeteria table. It was so low to the ground.

She had a frown on her face, so I asked, "What's wrong?"

She made a circle around her nose. A quick glance at her tray revealed a partially-eaten frozen sherbet. Not difficult to diagnose.

" ( Read more... )

Kelsey,
I just want to let you know that we completed our interviews this week and had selected an applicant for the position. While we did not chose your application, I do want to thank you for taking the time and meeting with me. We would like to keep your information on file for future openings.So, I didn't get the karate school job ( Read more... )

So. This is the schedule I'm considering for fall semester ( Read more... )

I've been feeling down and out of it all week. Even on Wednesday and Thursday, when I had plenty of sleep, I was feeling anxious, exhausted, nervous, insecure, worthless -- all the classic symptoms. I couldn't think of a single reason why I would be suddenly depressed. On Monday it felt like a fog had come over my eyes and ears. It was like I ( Read more... )

The teaching assistant and I stood under the tree, shivering and mumbling about the cold, about our careers, anything to keep the conversation going. One of the little boys ran up to me.

"Do you want to catch me?" he asked.

I thought for a second.

"Sure," I said.

He took off running towards the jungle gym, his laughter falling behind him like a Doppler ( Read more... )

So I've felt awkward looking at wedding stuff ever since Mom and I had that Talk, but I was on Buzzfeed and looked at this article and it is ever so cute. I love Buzzfeed craft ideas. James and I once spent an evening looking over their creative bookshelf ideas. It was a wonderful evening. We are such crafty people.

The problem is that doing a ( Read more... )

( Teaching math )