Trivia was a rousing success and we are back to our usual form. Missed only one question, not counting the halftime and reign once again. Good conversation, laughs, scuttlebutt on the principal at the former school (now former principal - despite the news reporting a temporary removal pending an investigation, her career is effectively over).
Ole Miss wants me back in Tupelo in 2 weeks, if they can scare up enough students. I know my "partner" who does the verbal end of things didn't go down there in October because there was not enough demand. I think math scares people more, so they pony up the money to have their memories refreshed. And I am WAY more prepared now than that last time, and it is only a single 5 hour session. AND they pay me mileage, which is pretty sweet, too. This just means that I will have spent 4 out of 5 Saturdays doing this, but having a (small) nest egg put aside is a good thing.
I am still down on myself, much more than anybody else, about my teaching. I constantly worry that I am not differentiating enough, or breaking it down simply enough, or making it constructive enough to be effective. And then a small but growing part of me says "do what you can with what you have, and don't sweat the details."
Tomorrow I have a CAT scan to make sure there are no unwanted guests in my head, on the basis of my severe headaches. I think I have had about half a dozen of these since coming to Memphis. I used to get bad sinus issues annually, so my head was examined frequently. This means a 1/2 day of school, which stresses me a small bit, but again, trying not to sweat it.
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