Date for Entry: (Tuesday 25 February 2025)
Actual Date of Online Entry: (Wednesday 25 June 2025)
[T2, W:08 – WD:36,
(Td:4)*].
Dear Diary,
This morning was
not easy to get up. I was on the couch for a while. I decided to take my time
walking down Sixth Avenue. As soon as I got into the staffroom,
"Hannah" was asking teachers if they had any field trip forms. She
saw me and told me that they were looking for forms, and there were none. I
told her that I can go and make a copy of it. Thankfully, a teacher had an
extra one for me to use. "Hana" came with me.
The machine had
a jam again from yesterday when Patty tried. There was another compartment to
the side that had the stuck paper. The paper was taken out from another
compartment I hadn't been in before, and the machine began running smoothly
again. A letter from UWI came out for "Hana", and then I was able to
make the copies for her. She took one for herself, and then she showed me the
field trips folder with some other kind of form that I had never seen before.
She moved them to their relevant file and placed the copies into the folder. I
was also asked to do other things, so with these occurrences, I was not able to
go to the classes.
My tray was left
in the office overnight, so before going for my pies at recess time, I gathered
all of the copies that were made and batched, and had them delivered to the
teachers in the staffroom. One of the patches was for Mr Charles. Once the
documents were distributed, I went to buy the pies. Only one batch of copies was
not with a requisition, so it had to be left without a name in the office. I
took back my tray for class with the Forms 4s one time, going back into the
staffroom.
I had the pies
in the tray, and "Kevon", the guard, was joking with me about me
bringing the pies for him and the guard. When I walked into the kitchen,
"Marcia" was getting the children to sell the chow, and Rhea was
surprised that I was bringing the pies on a tray. While having breakfast, Mr
Charles had thanked me for the copies and delivery. He was talking with Miss
Dayna about efficiency. Somehwere in the conversation I heard him say,
"Efficiency is an ass." Shiva made comments about my plate that I ate
from after washing it out.
When it was time
for the fifth period, I went to the guard. "Kevon" was walking a man
and a lady in the back. The lady guard said that the other music one (Roberts) had
taken it already. She was there when I entered the music room. There was some
good advice I got for the Form 4s. When the students came to the music room,
"Gabby" and "Nai" were whispering about forgetting their
laptops today. However, they were able to show me their work from their
cellphones. Joshua, on the other hand, had his laptop but did not want to show
me anything at all. I will have to speak to Jess about this.
At some point, Roberts
had asked if she could do something with the children. I agreed since they had
nothing else to work on. She worked on melodic features with them until it was
lunchtime. I spent a lot of time afterwards with "Michael" and
"KiKi". They had brought "Mr Williams" with them.
"Michael" had his amplifier box and a guitar that he brought to
school. The three of us were shocked when he told us the cost of it. He showed
me the book that he said he was bringing for me to look at. It was a book borrowed
from the library with the National Songs.
When we went
through the first three pitches to “God Bless Our Nation”, it was confirmed to
me that he did not know about key signatures as yet, which I explained right
away. It took a long while for him to get the Bb4, but he was able to find it
in octave 3. Then we climbed chromatically until we got to the Bb4. The next
one was to find F4, Eb4, and D4. He wanted to
learn something from the piano and mentioned my arrangement of George's anthem
on YouTube. I showed him the four chords. It was a lot of trouble for him to
find the chords at first.
“Michael” also
shared with us a recording from Divali with his family band. It was a wonderful
presentation with everyone, and also the solo performance. I took my things
from the art room and then went to the staff room. Mel came in shortly, and I
told her that tomorrow I will come over to make the remainder of the envelopes.
I went over to the office. There was still a lot more time for school to
continue. I heard Artee chatting with Candice in the back. Only when lunchtime
was over did she come and wanted to get angry that the machine was jammed. Unbelievable.
We had to get Candice to come and get it. I have to turn Dr Blandin down, too.
It took some
time to find exactly where the paper was jammed before it continued. The
cassette was also out of paper. Artee got her copies, but I was worried that
Mrs Ramsingh's test paper had gotten mixed up. It was a lot of paper. Only one
sheet for writing was not in. I hope that it will not be a problem for the
students. There were no requisitions to complete. I realised that I had done
all of them out.
Surprisingly
enough, I saw Jeanice there today in the back by Miss Ali's desk. Before moving
on to the punctuality and regularity that I was working on with
"Celia", I decided to create a table that Patty had asked me to do
since morning. I recall a parent coming to ask for a letter. It was not
requested, and Patty asked me to help generate the document. I went to ask
Candice if she knew about it, but she said that it was not done.
She gave me a
small piece of paper with the name of the student and the form to create the
letter. Patty showed me the document to make the letter, and eventually she
signed it, and the stamp was printed. That was it for the remainder of the day.
I got a visit from Mrs Santana to make copies of the receipts for their
expenditures. I had to stick it down on a sheet of paper for it to go through
the machine. She got the original to the principal and then took the copies.
I remember when
talking to "Celia" before leaving the staffroom that she had to leave
early in the evening. The first time she came into the office, I forgot to ask
her for the document with the minutes form for September 2024 and October 2024.
She came back again and said that she would bring it. She came to check and see
if I had it. We laughed that she could not find it, so she went back to look.
Luckily, she came back with her file and gave me the forms.
When she left,
walking out of the office, she laughed, saying, "Don't lose them forms, eh,
Mr Ali! 'Cause, ah don't have any more copies." I remained there until
sometime after 4 to get September and October. The August will be left for tonight
when I get home. I hope that it will have enough time to get all of that done,
too. It took me four hours, and I still could not get the entry for today
completed. The time was already 9:40, and I got to the computer.
August 2025 leave was entered. The minutes from then to October 2024 will have to be entered. As soon as I began to enter the minutes, everything looked all over the place. I began to get tired and couldn't manage to do anything again. The time was close to 11 PM. The ride to Curepe in the bus was exhausting, too. I will wait to finish the judging for George's Carnival show tomorrow, and then "Celia" and I will meet up. She said that by that time, the judging would be over, and she should be ready to do the work.
Daryl
Zion M. Ali
(7:41 am – 5:29 pm)
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