Laws of Gravity

As I mentioned yesterday, Monday and Wednesday I was back at the adult transition center. It's been a while since I got to be there, so ...

Monday morning, sometime after midnight, I finally caught an assignment for Monday. I had tried to grab a couple before this, but both infor...

So, um, yeah. Summer school...  I was not expecting to work, but when a gig popped up in the app, I jumped on it. The adult transition cente...

It had been a while since I caught a day at the adult transition center ( February 2023, in case you wondered ). And my year at the ATC ende...

Thursday, and I had taken a gig at the alternative education center. This time I had the math and science classes. The day was going about h...

In every workplace there is that one person who takes on the emotional labor of keeping track of everyone's birthdays. They remind those...

The first day of school kind of feels like the grand opening of a restaurant or other business. Everyone is there. Everyone is on their best...

I'm really not sure what one story to tell to wrap up this school year, so instead I'm going to tell 13 mini stories. (This is a Thu...

The adult transition center starts its day about an hour later than everyone else. Which has been really nice.  The school shares its parkin...

I have mentioned Natalie's obsession with her computer before .  Most of the time, when she has computer time, she goes on YouTube and w...

At the adult transition center, the students don't "graduate". We had our "culmination" ceremony last Wednesday.  To...

One day on CNN 10 there was a story about "soft" robots . I thought they kind of looked like they were made of slime. I mentioned ...

Towards the end of the day, I like to muse aloud about what I'm thinking for the plans for the next school day. It was Thursday afternoo...

First thing in the morning, we do a "calendar" thing. It starts with changing the date on the board, but it encompasses the weathe...

On Wednesday, one of the other teachers arranged a picnic for the school.  When the picnic was announced, I discussed with all the aides. We...

At the end of the day, we take the students to the gate, and we wait for the buses.  We have a locked gate and a fenced in waiting area, alt...

There is software that the school uses for lessons for the students. It's geared towards their level, understanding-wise and age-wise. T...

First thing after the students arrive for the day, we do "calendar". I have turned this into almost an hour and a half of activiti...

The students at the adult transition center are ages 18 to 22. At age 22, they "age out".  As the end of the school year approache...

Natalie has certain behaviors. I've gone into detail about how she's always about getting on her computer , but there are other thin...