So, a recap of this week – TPAs a lot of the time. I was able to get TPA#4 turned in on Tuesday night, though I don’t know how good the reflection and summation at the end was because I never went back to review or edit it. I just typed furiously right up until it was time to go to class, and then I turned it in. Hopefully, the other 30 pages that I did edit will be plenty strong for any weaknesses that the last two pages may hold.
On Wednesday, I took a break and did some house chores. I also got some new tech gadgets, so I set them all up. I got an iPad3, a Bluetooth keyboard and an Apple TV module. And because I got these items, and plan to use them when I teach, I also signed-up with Netflix. This was a recommendation of various teacher websites. Now, I can stream appropriate documentaries in the classroom… and I can also watch movies and TV shows at home. The latter part of my Wednesday was spent going through the Netflix libraries to see what I wanted to watch when I was free. I found about a dozen movies and about a dozen TV series that I had never watched, or didn’t watch from the beginning. When my family got home, they too found things they wanted to watch.
On Thursday, I spent all day working on TPA#3, my last TPA assignment. Friday was supposed to be another TPA day but my wife was sick, so I subbed in her classroom. It actually turned out to be the best sub day ever. It was the last day of STAR testing. I am not qualified to administer STAR testing, so my job was to be a “runner” who would go to various classrooms and give teachers a five minute break, or take kids to the bathroom. I spent a lot of time just sitting in the quad with a radio by my side, talking to the school’s favorite substitute (husband of the secretary), who is quickly becoming a good friend of mine. Later, I had to babysit seventh graders who were done with their testing, while the eighth graders finished their test. We watched a movie and a couple episodes of Ned’s Declassified. After lunch, when STAR testing was over for everyone, the whole school went out to the fields and played basketball, flag football (students against teachers) and Frisbee. I played Frisbee with about a dozen others.
After school, I had to pick up my son to take him to the Air Force recruiter to fill out paperwork. Next week, my son goes for his all day physical. If he gets sworn in at the end of the physical, then there’s a pretty reasonable expectation that he will get in to the Air Force.
Later that evening, we had lifegroup at my house (a Bible Study). Right now, we’re going through the first 300 years of the church.