Today was a fun day at karate. We started by warming up to The 12 Days of Karate, which involved doing assorted kicks, blocks, push-ups, sit-ups, etc. way too many times. Also, I don't know what the kids are doing because it takes me X amount of time to do eight sit-ups. (Say a thirty seconds because I've never timed myself.) I do them pretty quickly, although I know I'm not always the fastest. The kids were done when I was on four! I think they cheated a lot. :)
Then we pretended to be reindeer. I got to partner with Isaac, which was super fun. He took off his belt, put it around his waist, and I took the ends as reigns. He had to pull me across the floor while I tried to not let him get away. Then we would switch. Needless to say, I'm still quite a bit stronger but Isaac put up a valiant effort.
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Wednesday: moodle
Oh, it's that time of year again. I have to get moodle, the on-line class resource, ready for next semester.
They changed moodle again for next semester. They took away several of the good things, made one bad thing worse, and, as far as I can tell, didn't improve the things I didn't like much.
One thing that baffles me is the due date calculator. I've copied the same starting info from this semester, but moodle tries to guess when things should be due based on the semester start date. It works ok until you hit a school break, when it gets all messed up. That's fine, it is still better than years ago. What baffles me is that toward the end of the semester it also adds two hours to the time the assignments are due. It used to add one hour and I think it was because of daylight savings time (although why that feature would even be in there, I have no idea.) But why two hours now? Probably to make me do more clicking.
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Here's the Thankful Turkey that Joshua made at school. I'm surprised he put Mom instead of Dad since he likes Ben better. (He actually did that on two different thankful things this year.) The frogs also surprised me, but then he told me very matter-of-factly that frogs eat mosquitos.
They changed moodle again for next semester. They took away several of the good things, made one bad thing worse, and, as far as I can tell, didn't improve the things I didn't like much.
One thing that baffles me is the due date calculator. I've copied the same starting info from this semester, but moodle tries to guess when things should be due based on the semester start date. It works ok until you hit a school break, when it gets all messed up. That's fine, it is still better than years ago. What baffles me is that toward the end of the semester it also adds two hours to the time the assignments are due. It used to add one hour and I think it was because of daylight savings time (although why that feature would even be in there, I have no idea.) But why two hours now? Probably to make me do more clicking.
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Here's the Thankful Turkey that Joshua made at school. I'm surprised he put Mom instead of Dad since he likes Ben better. (He actually did that on two different thankful things this year.) The frogs also surprised me, but then he told me very matter-of-factly that frogs eat mosquitos.
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Tuesday: conversations
Isaac:... Live for 500 years
A: I don't want to live for 500 yrs
Isaac: because you'd be decaying?
A: sure
J: I can't wait until mom and dad are dead so Isaac and I can do whatever we want!
A: how about when you're an adult you can do whatever you want. Then I don't have to die. What do you want to do when you're an adult?
J: break stuff!
A: uh, sure
J: and get expensive glofish tank!
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In unrelated news, I had first at Hope today. Students can turn in late homework for a penalty. I had two students do so poorly that they ended up with negative points on an assignment. Every semester there is something new.
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In more unrelated news, I had sent a comic strip to Isaac's teacher about snow days. She sent back an appropriate response, along with this..."Also, I just adore Isaac and his creativity and great sense of humor. I am SO GLAD he is in my class." Aww. :D
A: I don't want to live for 500 yrs
Isaac: because you'd be decaying?
A: sure
J: I can't wait until mom and dad are dead so Isaac and I can do whatever we want!
A: how about when you're an adult you can do whatever you want. Then I don't have to die. What do you want to do when you're an adult?
J: break stuff!
A: uh, sure
J: and get expensive glofish tank!
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In unrelated news, I had first at Hope today. Students can turn in late homework for a penalty. I had two students do so poorly that they ended up with negative points on an assignment. Every semester there is something new.
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In more unrelated news, I had sent a comic strip to Isaac's teacher about snow days. She sent back an appropriate response, along with this..."Also, I just adore Isaac and his creativity and great sense of humor. I am SO GLAD he is in my class." Aww. :D
Monday, December 9, 2019
Monday: ups and downs
Today had more ups and downs than normal.
UP: I found a bag of apples in the trunk of the car! I had been surprised this weekend when we were out of apples, but figured Ben had suddenly been eating a lot.
DOWN: Our sink is leaking. This will end up being a very small repair to a small repair. Luckily our favorite handyman is willing to help and that makes this so much easier. (Can any more appliances break on us? Yes, yes they could.)
UP: The exam that I gave today only had one minor typo.
UP: The exam that I gave today was about the right length. Possibly a bit on the short side, but I'd rather go that way than the other way.
DOWN: I have a lot of grading to do.
UP: Dad picked up Isaac from school and brought him to Hope.
DOWN: Joshua had several problems. I finally had him watch his movie in the classroom. He didn't really want it, but he was just having too many problems.
DOWN: I missed a call (by a minute) from a student taking the exam in a different location (for good reasons). I called back several times with no answer. It turned into a small fiasco.
UP: The people at karate were very helpful.
UP: Once I got the right information I was able to help the student over the phone.
DOWN: I was rather distracted the whole karate class.
UP: It was Ben's turn to read to the kids before bed. Sometimes, it's the little things.
UP: I opened a package only to find some surprise socks! Are they from you? Are they supposed to be for Christmas? Either way, it was exciting.
UP: I found a bag of apples in the trunk of the car! I had been surprised this weekend when we were out of apples, but figured Ben had suddenly been eating a lot.
DOWN: Our sink is leaking. This will end up being a very small repair to a small repair. Luckily our favorite handyman is willing to help and that makes this so much easier. (Can any more appliances break on us? Yes, yes they could.)
UP: The exam that I gave today only had one minor typo.
UP: The exam that I gave today was about the right length. Possibly a bit on the short side, but I'd rather go that way than the other way.
DOWN: I have a lot of grading to do.
UP: Dad picked up Isaac from school and brought him to Hope.
DOWN: Joshua had several problems. I finally had him watch his movie in the classroom. He didn't really want it, but he was just having too many problems.
DOWN: I missed a call (by a minute) from a student taking the exam in a different location (for good reasons). I called back several times with no answer. It turned into a small fiasco.
UP: The people at karate were very helpful.
UP: Once I got the right information I was able to help the student over the phone.
DOWN: I was rather distracted the whole karate class.
UP: It was Ben's turn to read to the kids before bed. Sometimes, it's the little things.
UP: I opened a package only to find some surprise socks! Are they from you? Are they supposed to be for Christmas? Either way, it was exciting.
Sunday, December 8, 2019
Sunday: chocolate Legos
Isaac got it in his head that he wanted to make chocolate Legos. (It was a small problem last night, as he kept asking and I kept saying 'tomorrow' but then he kept asking.)
Anyway, we finally got around to it. I made him do most of the work, including the microwave and stirring and putting it in the molds. I helped flatten the bottoms, but besides advice that was about all. He put them in the fridge and while they did get hard already we're going to wait until tomorrow to have them.
Anyway, we finally got around to it. I made him do most of the work, including the microwave and stirring and putting it in the molds. I helped flatten the bottoms, but besides advice that was about all. He put them in the fridge and while they did get hard already we're going to wait until tomorrow to have them.
Saturday: lunch and logic
Ben and I had separate errands this morning. The boys were sad to see him go, even though we left about two minutes later.
The boys played with their lunches.
After dinner Ben was playing a video game for a few minutes and there was a sign in a hallway that said, "this way". Joshua wondered why we needed the sign, since it was just a straight hallway with no other ways to go. After some discussion I said that maybe the person couldn't see (that there weren't any other ways to go). Isaac pointed out that if this were the case, they also wouldn't be able to see the sign.
The boys played with their lunches.
After dinner Ben was playing a video game for a few minutes and there was a sign in a hallway that said, "this way". Joshua wondered why we needed the sign, since it was just a straight hallway with no other ways to go. After some discussion I said that maybe the person couldn't see (that there weren't any other ways to go). Isaac pointed out that if this were the case, they also wouldn't be able to see the sign.
Friday, December 6, 2019
Friday: awareness
Joshua was sliding down the steps this evening and hurt himself a bit. I suggested we put the ice pack on it, but then Joshua complained that it wasn't cold enough. (It's just been sitting in the freezer that doesn't freeze.)
Isaac: we could get an ice chunk from outside
Amanda: what ice chunk (it hasn't been snowy in about two weeks)
Isaac: The snow. We could pack up some snow for him/
Amanda: What snow?
Isaac:...
Isaac: well, it should be there. It's almost Christmas.
Amanda: it usually not snowy on Christmas. It usually comes in January.
Isaac: mind blown.
Isaac: we could get an ice chunk from outside
Amanda: what ice chunk (it hasn't been snowy in about two weeks)
Isaac: The snow. We could pack up some snow for him/
Amanda: What snow?
Isaac:...
Isaac: well, it should be there. It's almost Christmas.
Amanda: it usually not snowy on Christmas. It usually comes in January.
Isaac: mind blown.
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