Date for Entry: (Wednesday 27 November 2024)
Actual Date of Online Entry: (Wednesday 04 December 2024)
[T1, W:13 – WD:59,
(Td:6)*].
Dear Diary,
This morning’s struggle to wake
up was not easy again. I ended up getting out of bed at 7:15 late. The rush and
walk down to school had to be swift if I wanted to get to the compound in time.
I saw Jessie walking from his homeyard to school. I remembered that yesterday
when we waved from different pavements his mom wanted to speak with me. I didn't
see her yesterday evening, though I thought that it was late. I had a look for
her making the corner to the school this morning and didn't see her.
Teachers were now going to roll
call by the time that I got into the staffroom. Looked like there was no assembly
this morning. I went to pay for the pies and got back. Miss was coming in from
her roll call too and Jess had just entered the building. She came soon after
to find out when we would meet to do the marks insert. Looks like she was
expecting it immediately. I told her that the third period would be better.
I went to work on my timesheets.
The first one was messed up with the dates for the last week. I ended up
spoiling my extra copy. Will have to get another in the office. Thankfully all
the information did not take long to enter on the first sheet. The third period
came quickly and then Jess and Mel were talking. She ended up taking a long time
to start the work. I had the laptop set up and waiting. She came in saying that
she got caught up in a long conversation.
We went through the Form 4 exam
papers and they had to be graded first. One paper's mark out of the four was
not entered because I had to go collect the pies before recess. As I was making
my way to the staffroom, the students were now on recess. Jess and Roberts
spoke in the corner about Dip. Ed.
We had 2F right after. They were
put to play the first line of the college song as an ensemble first and were
then graded in smaller groups by the sections. I had some fun chats with
"Pablo" and he was trying to figure out the 3 Cello. Riley had a good
dance. Wondered if the song really gave him 'good vibes' or something else,
lol.
I had to give "Creigy"
some words ("I want to go home") to help him play the rhythm on the sixth
bass. They were making trouble in the classroom after having to do the parang
project overnight which none of them did. Ravin told me that they had two exams
to take tomorrow. I packed up to go back with my bags.
Mel was not ready to work on the
markbook so I sat down to go over the timesheet. Looks like the sheet that Kiel gave me was a
special one because it worked just right. I completed it. The first of November
to this morning with times. I just have the number of late days, Thursday and Friday
to do, along with my signature for the sheet to be completed. I shared some of
the Maryland biscuits with Mel that Daddy gave me.
There was a list that I had
planned to make for work during the weekend. Too many sleepless nights and the
hours are going too quickly to do a lot. While Miss was with Jess and Roberts
planning out the Sound caterers for the Christmas programme and Saturday
Panorama Talent show, I went to the corridor to try and make a call but it was
too noisy. The school was so small that you couldn't make a call with all the
noise.
I looked to my opposite and saw
the empty science corridor. It was ideal for me to stand and write in my book
if in case there were notes to take. The first school to call was Tunapuna
Secondary but left a message instead. The next school to contact was Barataria
Anglican Primary on the opposite side of the savannah. The Principal would be
able to meet me at 3 PM. There was a short wait for 2:51 to come. I walked with
my book bag and laptop bag after school to go to the school compound.
There was a long wait but I did
not mind. It was a completely different feeling being in the school itself. I
saw two Georgian girls walking into the compound and greeted me walking away. I
met the Principal and we had a very nice conversation in the office. I shared
two copies of the School Song Form that I had created for her to find information
on the song and also when I began working on it. We discussed the work, the
booklet, and others. This also included the song being a YouTube video as a
teaching resource for the school.
However, when I did mention that
I would not be charging the school, she continued to ask the question of how
all of it benefitted me. It was still a question I did not know how to answer.
The meeting was over after giving her my contact information. By the time I
walked out of the compound, I forgot to ask for her name.
Walking back to George's, a small
grey car popped its horn. I looked carefully and it was Dr Allison waving
goodbye at me as she drove up Sixth Avenue. She did not have on her face mask
that is why I didn’t recognise her at first. I met "Celia" in the front
yard. She saw me coming in and wondered if I had forgotten something. We laughed
it out as I told her that I had a meeting. The staffroom was empty. The band
was heard in the quiet school so I took a walk down.
Mr Marcelle wasn't there today
and Jess led the session. There was new music given without Mr Marcelle's
guidance. The two songs were put together. I got a ride up with Mr Greenaway.
We had on the same type of blue shirt and black pants today. As I was opening
up the front gate my daddy came driving in the yard. I shared with him the
journey over to the primary school and how it happened. He was surprised for
sure.
I had a long evening typing up my
two entries from week 86. I decided to split Wednesday to Friday for tonight
and then do Monday to Wednesday of week 80 since I didn't do any typing last
night. I ended up sending the attempted transcription to Mr Marcelle via
WhatsApp. This is the Christmas Medley for the teachers' band. I hope he was pleased
with it. The guitar and cello pans part were typed out in the group but I did not
know if they had strums or rollings. I hope that he likes what I did. But now
based on what we did in practice today, I think there are some things to fix in
the tenor line, lolz.
Daryl
Zion M. Ali
(7:54 am – 4:32 pm)
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