So, a recap of this week \u2013 TPAs a lot of the time.\u00a0 I was able to get TPA#4 turned in on Tuesday night, though I don\u2019t know how good the reflection and summation at the end was because I never went back to review or edit it.\u00a0 I just typed furiously right up until it was time to go to class, and then I turned it in.\u00a0 Hopefully, the other 30 pages that I did edit will be plenty strong for any weaknesses that the last two pages may hold.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, I took a break and did some house chores.\u00a0 I also got some new tech gadgets, so I set them all up.\u00a0 I got an iPad3, a Bluetooth keyboard and an Apple TV module.\u00a0 And because I got these items, and plan to use them when I teach, I also signed-up with Netflix.\u00a0 This was a recommendation of various teacher websites. \u00a0Now, I can stream appropriate documentaries in the classroom\u2026 and I can also watch movies and TV shows at home.\u00a0 The latter part of my Wednesday was spent going through the Netflix libraries to see what I wanted to watch when I was free.\u00a0 I found about a dozen movies and about a dozen TV series that I had never watched, or didn\u2019t watch from the beginning.\u00a0 When my family got home, they too found things they wanted to watch.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, I spent all day working on TPA#3, my last TPA assignment.\u00a0 Friday was supposed to be another TPA day but my wife was sick, so I subbed in her classroom.\u00a0 It actually turned out to be the best sub day ever.\u00a0 It was the last day of STAR testing.\u00a0 I am not qualified to administer STAR testing, so my job was to be a \u201crunner\u201d who would go to various classrooms and give teachers a five minute break, or take kids to the bathroom.\u00a0 I spent a lot of time just sitting in the quad with a radio by my side, talking to the school\u2019s favorite substitute (husband of the secretary), who is quickly becoming a good friend of mine.\u00a0 Later, I had to babysit seventh graders who were done with their testing, while the eighth graders finished their test.\u00a0 We watched a movie and a couple episodes of Ned\u2019s Declassified.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 I played Frisbee with about a dozen others.<\/p>\n
After school, I had to pick up my son to take him to the Air Force recruiter to fill out paperwork.\u00a0 Next week, my son goes for his all day physical.\u00a0 If he gets sworn in at the end of the physical, then there\u2019s a pretty reasonable expectation that he will get in to the Air Force.<\/p>\n
Later that evening, we had lifegroup at my house (a Bible Study).\u00a0 Right now, we\u2019re going through the first 300 years of the church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So, a recap of this week \u2013 TPAs a lot of the time.\u00a0 I was able to get TPA#4 turned in on Tuesday night, though I don\u2019t know how good the reflection and summation at the end was because I … Continue reading