Date for Entry: (Tuesday 05 March 2024)
Actual Date of Online Entry: (Sunday 28 April 2024)
[T2, W:10 – WD:41,
(Td:4)*].
Dear Diary,
Yesterday was a
principal's holiday after the sports day on Friday. I went to bed after 3 AM
this morning but was able to get up on time. Yes, it was not easy, but I did
it. On to Hartlock Street. The front driver had one seat to go, and then he
closed the door. I realized that they had filled up already. That driver was
Shiraz.
I took the maxi
behind, and that driver needed 3 more persons. We had 3 nice Venz guys in the
back. The vans who sat by the door seat had a nice cross airing. It was nice to
see, but I don't think there's something I would do. I was the first to exit
the maxi. I praised God for a quick and safe crossing of the road.
I met Crystal in
the office, and some of the other teachers, Mrs Santana and Mr Payer were
matching me with blue today. A lot of other teachers, non-Mitchell house
teachers, were also in blue. Maybe they were in protest that Mitchell should
have been placed first in both matching and chantwell for the sports day. I
know that today is the first Tuesday of the month, but maybe we might have a staff
meeting.
I went to meet “Jess”
early, and we went to class. We sat in with 1M, and then she took me to 1M during
the period for our session. I checked our students' work while she sat by the
teacher's desk and listened to the children singing. I sat with Zippora's group
and worked out the music and rhythm to help them with their song. They did not
like the rhythm that Jess gave them, so I worked out each line for them to the
same beat. They did not get enough time to practice the song for the evening.
All of the recess was used to finish this work.
There was a staff
meeting after. I went to the washroom quickly, and then to the library. Staff
meeting began. The topics for the staff meeting were numerous:
- SPORTS DAY: The expenditure for Venture Sports, donations, trophies, credit, ambulance, and releases. We were told that the overall expenditure was $20,870.
- There were MOE policies discussed in terms of field trips, downtime policy, roster requests, special book and approval required books, leaving compound protocol, and guests on school compound protocol.
- There were also financial committee members' requests to start a committee dealing with the school finances. Ms. Burnett and Ms. Roberts were both willing to assist Dr. Jokey D. Klein.
- The school advanced six years without a vice-principal.
- Tuesday's concert was discussed by Ms. Jessop. We were told that it was a cultural competition with costumes in the morning with music calypso and soca competitions. The afternoon would be a jump-up. Friday would resume on day one.
- There was also a guest, a past student of George's. He sat in 1998 and 1979. He shared with us his accomplishments in sports and his company in tutoring and teaching students.
- Exam paper, timetable by HOD to organize, FAC email, teacher's email issue, mock exam by 26th of February to begin.
- Maths field day, 14 guests, Form 3 and 2, 1st of March.
- Science field day, 3 guests, Form 1, Form 2, Form 3, 19th of March.
[End of the
meeting.]
I sat with Mrs. Santana, Mr. Peay and Dr.
Jokey. I did not get the figure in full for the expenditures. The meeting had a
very strange ending. I was not sure if Ms. Gittens would be coming back to
school again. At lunchtime, I got copies of the music for the group that I had
worked out over recess. The girls from the Sephora group were not in class.
One student held
onto the sheets for them, but I met up with the girls in the hall during lunchtime
for the practice. Many of the foremen were in the hall with chess during lunchtime,
so I stayed with them until the end of school. I became the DJ for recording
the names of students and also the songs that they composed for both Form 1 and
2. I also had to deal with the music.
“Maria” didn't
come today and Suzanne didn't say anything. I didn't bother to get angry about
it. I had finished up my pie called Daddy and walked down the road. The first
maxi could not stop. Unfortunately, the second one stopped for me to hurriedly
walk down the road. I was so tired I fell asleep in Daddy's car. He brought me
Coca-Cola to wake me a little.
I was glad to
finally converse with someone a few short minutes after 6 p.m. to ask for
assistance in seeking permission for my Tutor Anthem video on YouTube to
receive approval for me to change the status of Unlisted to Public. The video
was already on YouTube. I hoped that this lady would be able to help. It was in
the nick of time before tomorrow's meeting. I messaged John that same night
about the update.
I was outside in
the gallery and at that point, “Yash” had sent me a message to confirm if we
were having classes tonight. That was a good reminder. I had completely
forgotten about class time working outside to make up time. As I was sitting up
at 7.52 p.m., I was worried that I was teaching him but he would not have been
able to understand. He was able to understand crotchet beats which were taught
earlier but the mini beats were giving him trouble.
Thankfully, jokes and some Trini dialect helped. It took two hours and finally, he understood.
The session began with a review of everything which was 15 minutes and then the
time signatures from scratch. I felt so tired and I had to go to bed early. I
played four rounds of bingo and I was out. I did not even get to read a
chapter. The night was too exhausting and hot.
Daryl
Zion M. Ali
(8:21
am – 4:22 pm)
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