NoJoMo 27

Managed to my short answer essay answer for the quiz for class.
Now I need to think about working on my essay for the class…I have to answer this question:

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How can collaboration enhance your effectiveness as a teacher and learner?

So it’s not even like it’s a real essay…It’s pretty much my thoughts on the question, and there is no prescribed length…So yeah, just BS my way through it. I just need to be modivated enough to actually do it…Which I need to do sometime tomorrow.
Also need to decide what I’m doing my book talk on…She annoyed me with her comments that she didn’t think "Flutterby" was suitable for the classroom. WTF? No explanation as to why, just she didn’t think it was ‘suitable’. *rolls eyes* 
So…Instead of doing the second book that features Flutterby for either my book talk or my learning strategy I’m going to find something else. I’m thinking about going with some version of Little Red Riding Hood for my learning strategy, as it’s something that everyone in class will already be familiar with.
I was thinking about doing "Halloween Tree" for my book talk, but it’s been so long since I’ve read it…& I’m not sure I could pull it off…Then again I have to have something ready by Thursday.

Tutoring is going fairly well…I wanted to bash my head in with the math book this morning at one point tho. *sigh* 
I had both S & G…As they both had the same work they needed to get done. S, I am happy to say, breezed right through it. G…OMGs! I don’t know how (aside from No Child Left Behind) she has manage to get this far…And since she ‘shows improvement’ each year, they won’t consider special education for her. She needs something…But…*sigh*…It’s painful to see how hard the simplest things are for her, and the fact that you can pretty much feel the ‘I’ve given up’ vibe off her. *frowns* 

The Idiot was/is medicating Harley.
I have to call the quack that prescribed the meds tomorrow and inform her that he’s having side effects that are going to add to his troubles.
I thought he had a UTI, so I took him into urgent care tonight. The doctor said he checked out fine, but the need to go & only dribble is a side effect from the stupid med.
He gave me a paper about it, and reading through it it lists stomach pain too…Which he was having yesterday!
Next week we have a appt. with Harley’s real doctor, to get everyone on the ‘same page’.
Idiot is convinced Harley is bipolar, just because the idiot is.
Tiffany, Harley’s counselor, gave me some paperwork on bipolar, as well as something they are working on to go into the new medical diagonsis thing that is coming out in May, that is more geared towards children, and is probably closer to the truth.
Seriously…Given that the beginning of the school year last year was beautiful tells me that he doesn’t need meds to regulate his brain, it tells me he can do it without, at least eventually. But I do understand, at this point, because of all this other crap (& his continuing to have to deal with his father) it might come down to having to take something, at least to get things temporarily under control, until he can reset and get back to where he was.
But considering he was fine last year, until he spent Christmas break with his father, I think that shows that he can be fine, and that something to do with his father, and being there keeps him on edge. I know it makes him anxious and sad/depressed…Anyone who pays attention should be able to see it. But…Apparently that doesn’t mean a whole lot.

Aside from that…N had a good tutoring session I believe.
I’m not sure what I’m looking at tomorrow for tutoring…The last couple days have been off a bit. Tuesdays tend to be anyway…But yeah…*shrugs*