Third day of back to work routine. Classes are going great. A few issues, but nothing that far out. We still have one lady in the morning class bringing her 5 month old baby to class, and she's been told every day that she cannot do that. It got a little tough to teach today. The baby is a good baby, thankfully, but she got very tired today and needed attention, so Mommy didn't a lot of learning accomplished today; and it was a distraction to the rest of the class.
The issue with the afternoon class is it is impossible to learn to type on the mini computers (netbooks) the students have been given. The keys are too slick for beginners. The keys are also too close together for finger definition. I've asked for keyboards - we'll see. Otherwise I'm going to purchase some cheap keyboards because there is no learning going on right now.
Ken volunteered to assist me with a fellow in the afternoon class. Mr. C. is 56 years old, is trying to get back on his feet, get a job, learn computers, and getting his act together. His means of transportation is the bus line. On Monday he needed to get downtown in the morning to get to the First Street Mission to get business/work clothes. He took the bus down, got off the bus, started to walk the distance from the bus to the Mission, but had an episode of heat exhaustion. He had to sit down (curb? I have no idea.), got himself together a bit, got back to the bus and made his way back to his place. He then caught another bus and made his way to the Texas Workforce site for the afternoon computer class. Bless his heart, the bus that comes by in the late afternoon to pick up from TWC broke down so he had to wait in the heat again for another bus in order to get back home after class. Ken and I decided to help him get down to the mission (since it is associated with the church where we are still members but don't attend!). Ken is familiar with the folks in the mission because we have worked with them previously, and Ken is part of the Stephens ministry. So today Ken came to TWC, met Mr. C., and then came back after class and took him home so he will know where he lives. He is going to go pick him up in the morning to take him downtown to the mission for clothes, and then drop him off at TWC for computer class. Yea Ken! Your good deed for today and tomorrow.
This getting up by 6 and out the door by 7:45 is painful, but means I'm in bed early. Today I came home, we ate dinner, I tried to check email and do personal stuff but couldn't - just too tired. I went to bed and woke up after 9 p.m. Had to get up to set up bills for payment! So now I'm headed to bed again.
Gotta run - I need to run through tomorrow's lesson in the morning before class, need to get there early to get attendance caught up to date, and need to get the class moving!!!
I am having a good time - enjoying what I am doing, but I am pooped!
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