Well, personally it has been the most blessed thing to have found friendships in living books- that are these elderly souls walking, waiting to be asked, to be poked- to only turn into child like once again. But it is also true as much that the one will find you, the one you might be searching for. These friends don’t only carry stories, but discipline in varied ways. Experience of the land that can be found nowhere else. I bow to one such teacher who blessed me with a magic life saving skill.
Like I have the start of a cold again. The big changes in temperatures are getting everyone sick it seems. I skipped exercise this morning as i felt exhausted last night and couldn’t even read much before sleeping. I also woke up many times last night with aching shoulders again. Ugh.
By the end of the day my sore throat is worsening and my tinnitus more annoying so I’m guessing my sinuses are inflamed with germs, viruses and smoke. Ugh.
Health:
Physical: 6 Mental: 7
Today I’m grateful for:
The lady at the hospital who was as proud as I was of our ability to communicate with each other in our broken second languages to change the date of my peehole examination.
The best thing about today was:
My grade 10 English class today was a lot of fun. We’ve been working through a set of grammar worksheets for the last two weeks and it has got everyone active and talking and helping each other to understand. I have to take their phones each time otherwise they will just use translation and AI to help them. Instead, if I am stuck answering something I use those tools, project on to the screen and can advise them to use the information as a guide and not just copy it.
What was out of your control today and how did you handle it?
I drove out to the funeral this morning, (sub-directors mother) mainly because many students in my morning class were off doing something with T. Champ so I could easily cancel it and it then gave me something to do!
The map that I was sent opened an app but my location wasn’t getting picked up but I figured I could find the place anyway.
After about 15 minutes I figured I was on the wrong road and found a side road to head back and start again.
When I got back I opened up Google Maps and saw that I had been on the right road all along so turned around and headed that way again.
It turned out that the side road that I turned around in was exactly where the funeral was!
That’s the way it goes.
I took this picture because my students drew this on the board whilst I was eating rice crackers before class. When I criticised their lack of verb they said that this was how I said it to them and I realised they were right as I often find myself adopting Tinglish to be more easily understood. I have to stop myself from doing that.
