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Skriven 2010-04-24 12:49:02 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: around the house
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Gidday Ruth!
-> 
-> -> Always helpful to know who your sub will be.
-> 
->  hn> It pays to pay attention and know them well!
-> 
-> Yes, then they will be happy to sub for you.  In turn, you (the teacher)
-> get more detailed (without sounding whiney) reports on how the kids
-> behaved.
-> 
True, and the kids have a bit of consistancy
in terms of already knowing the sub, and 
that things will run smoothly as directed by
Anne.

-> ->  hn> I had good teachers with a few
-> ->  hn> exceptions, Amanda had great teachers
-> ->  hn> all the way up through school.
-> 
-> -> Both Steve and I had some good, some not so good.  Our girls had the
-> -> same, but a lot more teachers than we did; thanks to the military 
moves.
-> -> Rachel had co-ed home ec and shop; Deborah never had home ec but
-> -> keyboarding/basic typing 3 different times.
-> 
->  hn> I would hesitate to count how many teachers
->  hn> or even schools I had! Now that I am thinking
->  hn> about it I had some real LuLu's during those years!
-> 
-> I had one school, same building K-12 but a portable for one class, one
-> semester of my senior year. Rachel & Deborah both doubled that in
-> kindergarten.
->
I'm trying to remember, but I think I
had already gone through five schools
by the time I was in 4th grade!
 
-> ->  hn> Special ed, so she had LOTS of training in them
-> ->  hn> when she was first teaching.
-> 
-> -> Sounds like it!  Did you take over the cooking when she went back to
-> -> school or when she started teaching?
-> 
->  hn> Uh....when we got married! I sometimes think
->  hn> she married me for my cooking (grin)!
-> 
-> OK, I thought it was one of those instances where her job time increased
-> while yours stayed steady.  I know your post office hours made it beter
-> for taking on some of the jobs; I didn't realise that cooking was yours
-> from the get go.  We've friends in HI who, when they got married, were
-> both teachers and both had a child from a previous marriage, still of
-> elementary school age.  The agreement was that one would cook; the 
other
-> would help with homework.  He cooked; he also retired a few years ago
-> and kept on with the cooking job, even tho all kids were out of school.
-> She retired last year, don't know if she's doing any of the cooking now.
->
I was the cook from the start, Anne can
cook, but (a) doesn't enjoy it like I do, and
(b) doesn't do it as well as I do (most dishes
at least, she does have some specialties), and
(c)has to have a recipe right in front of her
to do a dish.
 
-> ->  hn> (often) the child's doctor, therapist
-> ->  hn> and such.
-> 
-> -> A whole lot of people hoping to help students.  If it helps, then it's
-> -> probably worth while.  If not,.........................
-> 
->  hn> Yep, and the parents are part of that committee
->  hn> as well, and sometimes they work and sometimes........
-> 
-> Having active parental involvement makes a huge difference toward a kid
-> being educable or not.
->
That depends on the parents, their agenda, and
whether they are fully capable of dealing with 
real issues or want to pretend that they don't 
exist. Which happens a lot actually!
 
-> ->  hn> not my doctor :(
-> 
-> -> Steve and I have the same one (first time in years!) but he has the VA
-> -> too.  I've got a couple of specialists he doesn't.
-> 
->  hn> Anne and I have different health plans, she
->  hn> gets hers through work, and I get mine
->  hn> through the feds.
-> 
-> Ours is Tricare for retired military, basically.  The VA handles Steve's
-> special needs; mine are done thru UNC-CH.
-> 
To be expected, you're retired military!
-> 
-> ->  hn> Her first round of chemo starts tomorrow.
-> -
-> > First of how many?
-> 
->  hn> Don't know for sure, I think it
->  hn> depends on how she reacts to
->  hn> the  treatments...and how the tumor
->  hn> reacts as well.
-> 
-> The latter is the most important factor there.
-> 
-> 
So far as I know at this point it's three rounds 
of Chemo...with two rounds of radiation in 
between.
Spoke with her yesterday and she had a
"sleepy" day, took lots of naps but felt 
pretty good...at least that's what she
told us (grin).
chat with you soon!
hap 
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