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| On an especially dull night at Michaels last week, I was working the cash register when an elderly man got in line to check out. He laid his single purchase on the counter, a small paintbrush (appropriate for watercolor or oil painting), and he looked up at me. With complete stoicism he said, "I'm ready to paint my house."
I love customers who add some entertainment to an otherwise unexciting job :)
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| i had a conversation with a couple speech therapists the other day that was so disheartening.
The therapist I work with was reviewing some goals that a girl who is doing a sort of intern year had written for a student. when she saw that the girl had a goal for the student to be able to make the "th" sound (thought, bath, etc.), she told her that was an inappropriate goal for an African American student. A few days later, the same two therapists were reviewing goals composed by another therapists for a transfer student. They were disgusted to see that the African American therapists had written goals for an African American student that included the "th" sound. The intern commented, "Doesn't she know her own dialect?"
Apparently, saying "f" for "th" is considered "dialectical," and is "accepted by society". Dialectical deviations are not supposed to be addressed in speech therapy. A speech therapists would never attempt to change a child's southern accent, for example. They are now classifying certain sound and language errors as specific to the African American dialect.
If speech therapists are aiming for students to become effective communicators and fully functional members of society, I can't understand how they can allow errors like this. Especially since many of these children have multiple sound errors, most of which have nothing to do with dialect.
Although speech therapists may consider these errors an acceptable "dialectical difference," I don't think this view is reflected in the rest of society. I doubt that an adult applying for a job as a "maf teacher" would be successful.
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| ok, that was my longest ever sabbatical from xanga.
the longer you don't post, the more pressure there is to have something
REALLY significant to say, haha. so i'm telling you now, this is not
going to be that exciting.
As my job at capital school district is starting to wind down - THANK
GOODNESS. To give you some insight into my job, I hit an all time low a
few weeks ago when one of the speech therapists I work for asked me if
a lizard is an insect. I've just started looking into job
opportunities. I haven't had any real leads yet, but in the mean time .
. .
I turned in an application to Michael's in January
they called me last week and asked me if I'm still interested. Figuring
I could pick up some evening hours since I'm only working part time at
the schools, I went in to take their employee test. The questionnaire
mostly consisted of them asking me in various ways if I do drugs. I
think they believe that if they phrase the question just right, they
just might catch you off guard and fool you into answering, "yes,
illegal substances are a essential part of my everyday life."
The joys of the working world 
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| Josh has MAD unicycling skillz.
happy Josh?
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| has anyone heard aobout the "(product) red" campaign that is sweeping
america's most
popular brands? apparently, companies like gap, converse, and motorola
are releasing red products for which a portion of the retail price
goes towards helping aids victims in africa. you can even purchase a
"red" ipod. although altruism through materialism is an ironic
combination, part of me is encouraged by this new movement in
commerical
america to be more aware of what's going on in our wrld.
the small group bible study i'm in is currently participating the 1000
wells project. our goal is to raise money that will be used to provide
african communities with fresh water. it has been really exciting to be
involved in a global project that is so far from our small community in
radford, virginia, both geographically and in lifestyle. while i was
sitting at a table with my friend jackie collecting donations a couple
of weeks ago, we noticed that so many of the people passing by made a
huge effort to avoid eye contact with us. i couldn't really blame them.
a few weeks ago, i probably would have done the same thing. since i
didn't know much about the situation in africa, the issue wasn't
important to me. even though the idea of paying $30 for a gap (product)
red t-shirt seems outrageous and commercial, maybe red products are the
first step towards educating our nation about the horrible conditions
in africa.
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