Not So Simple Scarf

I finished the super simple scarf...

Although, it turns out that even with something as simple as this, I can make a mistake.

Do you see it? Here's another view...

See it now? No?

Neither do I.

And that's a problem.

I cast on 21 stitches. Somewhere near the end, I had 22 stitches on the needle. Which means somewhere I gained a stitch.

I looked for it and looked for it. Ripped back several rows a few times. Still, I could not find the mistake. So, I chalked it up to a "design feature" and finished it off (while watching the opening ceremonies of the Olympics).

If you do happen to see where the mistake is, please don't tell me. It's now a finished object, and it's going to stay finished. If I know where the mistake is, I'll be tempted to go and fix it, and I really should send it off to its intended recipient.

The Back Row

Kids don't like to sit in the front. If there's a choice of seats, the back row gets filled first. The front row gets filled last.

In the computer-aided design class at the continuation high school, the front row was for the "new" students. The "advanced" students had to sit in the back row. (The computers had different software loaded.)

What's funnier is in this class, the teacher doesn't stand at the front of the room. There's barely any room between the front row and the board. There's more room behind the students so he can look over their shoulders easily.

No matter. The students still avoided the front row. Which wasn't an issue until 4th period, where there were three students more than seats in the back row.

And the one girl who was "new" had claimed a back row computer. She pretended not to hear me when I told her to move.

It's not like they were working, anyway. (I know. I watched what they were doing from the spy software.) Deep sigh.

The Comfy Chair

C.A.D. Computer-aided design. At the continuation high school.

Occasionally a class will have one. A padded, wheeled chair.

Usually it's behind the teacher's desk, and I can easily shoo the kiddos away from it. (I claim the teacher's chair.) But this one was in addition to the teacher's chair. It was over at the side of the room. I didn't notice it until the first kid into class spied it.

He let out a yelp of pleasure as he ran to it and quickly switched it for his hard chair.

What usually happens in this circumstance is some other kiddo will arrive, complain that the student stole "his" chair, and an argument will ensue. I braced for it...

But it didn't materialize. Each period someone claimed the chair, and no one said anything against them.

I found out about this odd occurrence after school. The teacher arrived to teach his after school classes. (His reason for being out was "personal", but I had heard he'd been sick. Probably the same ick I had.)

I was taking the above picture. Mr. G explained that there's a firm rule about the chair. If it becomes an issue, he'll get rid of it.

As it hadn't been an issue, in fact, it had been surprisingly issue-free, I made sure to say I was pleasantly surprised how well the chair sharing had gone. After how well they handled it, there was no way I was going to have it be taken from them.

Now, if they'd only actually gotten some work done...

Intelligence Test

Feeling much better after my cold (not 100% better, but I'd put how I felt at about 85%), I returned to work on Wednesday. Integrated math 3. (This is the class that used to be algebra 2.)

I was not the only one getting over a cold. 1st period went through half a box of tissues.

The teacher had left the class three worksheets. Usually, either the teacher would have collated and stapled these, or she would have left me three discreet piles. This time one of the piles was collated but not stapled.

I assume when she copied the worksheets she had the copier collate them. And as I had four periods with the same assignment, that was a lot of pairs of worksheets. I completely understand why she would not have had time to staple them by hand, and I'm assuming that if the copier stapled them, that function was broken.

No matter. The post-its on the piles of assignments explained, and a quick perusal got me up to speed. Now, to explain matters to the kiddos...

1st period. I told them I'd be passing out the first two pages of their three pages first. My explanation made little sense, so I finished it up with, "It'll make sense when you see it. It's an intelligence test."

A student replied, "Great. That I'm sure to fail..."

It was 7:30 in the morning. I probably was asking too much by calling it an intelligence test.

I had been right, however, about them catching on once they saw what I was talking about. The whole day, I only had one student not get all the worksheets assigned.

Stolen

At the heart of much speculative fiction (and fiction in general) is a question. What if? On Tuesdays I like to throw one out there and see what you make of it. Do with it as you please. If a for-instance is not specified, feel free to interpret that instance as you wish. And if you find this becomes a novel-length answer, I'd appreciate a thank you in the acknowledgements. 😉

What if you discovered that someone took something of yours without your knowledge and then used it to make a huge scientific discovery?

(Yes, I know this book has been written. This book is the classwork of the class I'm covering this week.)

Simple Knit Hats, Try 2

I'm feeling much better, thanks for all the well wishes. And that means I had the energy to go and retake the pictures of the knit beanies. They came out a whole lot better this time.

First, the purple "beehive"...

With another view in portrait (for those work better on Pinterest, or so I'm told)...

And just from the top...

"Hat #2" was very popular last week. Here are some better shots of it...

The portrait view...

And from the back...

I didn't do a whole lot of knitting this week. (I did a lot of TV watching and trying to breathe.) But I did get a bit more done on what I'm calling the super simple scarf. And this week I managed to get a picture...

As you can see, it's still on the needles. The yarn is variegated, so those stripes just kinda happened. It's the perfect thing to work on while I'm not feeling well, if I were to want to work on something. (Turns out when I'm not feeling well, the last thing I want to be doing is knitting.)

I hope to have more finished projects, or at least something new, for you next week. As the cold is no longer an issue, this is possible.

Flower Child or Punk Rocker

I'm feeling a whole lot better (thanks for all the well wishes 🙂), but I'm going to call this blogging week a wash. (Maybe next week, too. Didn't work much...) Which means it's time for a random quiz...

Are You a Flower Child or a Punk Rocker

This is one of those click-bait quizzes. I apologize in advance for all the ads. 

Since I knew I wasn't one or the other, I was rather curious as to my final result... 

You are a
True-Blue Hippie
Peace, love, and pop-tarts! You're a groovy, laid-back, true-blue hippie. You may enjoy opening your third-eye with mind-altering substances, but although your head is in the clouds, your feet are firmly on the ground. As a committed pacifist, you are no space-cadet, but very politically aware. Helping people is your passion, and you love when you're part of of a group, whether you're working for a cause or just having a great party!

If you're interested, click on the spoiler button. I'd love to know what you got. Tell me in the comments.

Happy Friday.