My weekends are booked this whole month. During the first one, I facilitated a Christian counseling seminar. I spent this past weekend with the same group. That is of course part of my service as a counselor. On Saturday, it would be our turn to have our retreat. The week after that, we go back to training our new volunteers.
On Tuesdays, I'm also attendig a series for my own self-discovery. It's a program called Living Waters ad it's a somewhat safe environment to reveal your hurts ad deep-seated emotions.
Then there is my day jo as a high school teacher. That fills up nearly all of my time.
Wait, I think I see some sort of relief. You see, Ah1n1 gave us a reason to suspend classes. Now, I can catch up with my paperwork. I've collected a fair amount of papers ad submissions that have to be graded. So today, I emptied my desk drawer at work and brought my work home.
For us in the Research unit, things may not turn out badly, it may even come out for the better.
One of our teachers tried meeting her students in a chat session. What came out was a lively discussion aout choosing a topic and preparing a capsule proposal. She decided that there would be no need to move any deadlines because she was already able to give her pupils what they would need to finish their work.
Oh for technology.
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The Effects of a Flu Virus
Classes suspended. Already? We haven't even started.
The story is that because some students are refusing to impose self-quarantine, the school authorities have decided to postpone the start of classes to protect the majority of the population.
In a way, that is an advantageous decision. It gives the faculty one more week to prepare course materials. We can plan our days just a little bit better.
Well, we do need to plan well. The announcement means four days less of lessons without any adjustment to the end of term. Guess we will have to cram a few lessons together. In my case, I have already decided to remove one of my planned activities.
Still, I think it was a good idea. I can understand why one of those students would insist on coming to school despite the threat of the disease but I also believe this will be for his own good.
Sometimes, we really have to look at the effect of our actions on the bigger group of people around us.
The story is that because some students are refusing to impose self-quarantine, the school authorities have decided to postpone the start of classes to protect the majority of the population.
In a way, that is an advantageous decision. It gives the faculty one more week to prepare course materials. We can plan our days just a little bit better.
Well, we do need to plan well. The announcement means four days less of lessons without any adjustment to the end of term. Guess we will have to cram a few lessons together. In my case, I have already decided to remove one of my planned activities.
Still, I think it was a good idea. I can understand why one of those students would insist on coming to school despite the threat of the disease but I also believe this will be for his own good.
Sometimes, we really have to look at the effect of our actions on the bigger group of people around us.
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