I got mistaken for a man today!
Well, maybe, sorta, I dunno. I went to get doughnuts and wanted to use the washroom, but you needed to get a key, and the cashier handed me the mens' room key. Woots.
Also, when I went for lunch with James, I had to use the washroom because I'd walked too fast and had started sweating. Two elderly ladies came into the washroom, separately, and had extremely puzzled expressions on their faces! I had taken off my inner shirt so I could dry it using the blow-dryer, and the first lady eyed me so strangely. I smiled back. I dunno, what else could I do? I suppose I could have declared, "I'm a lady!" but maybe that would've been too odd.
Teaching
We started the Transformations unit today. Some kids aren't quite sure what this whole "negative f of x" or "f of negative x" or "inverse f" is, so they're not sure what the whole "even, odd or neither" thing is, too. THERE'S EVEN A HANDY-DANDY CHART!
I decided I'd make another flow chart:
Mostly, I made this because one student has already e-mailed me asking how to do the assignment. Sigh. Sometimes I wonder what they do in class!
As a side-note... I noticed the kids tend to get very restless around 16:00. I should keep this in mind.
Army
Augh. We started off with four untrained Privates. In a few weeks, there will only be two. Few weeks after that, maybe only me.
C-- had a series of personal tragedies, and, next to me, I'd say she was the least "army" of us four. So she left.
K-- is the most "army" of us all. She tried doing Reg Force BMQ several times, but, each time, a few weeks before completion, she'd get sick or injured. She just advanced in her Civi job, though, so she won't have any more time for Army from now on.
And, F-- is thinking he might switch over to Reg Force. He'll decide by Tuesday, but he seemed pretty gung-ho about it already.
AUGH! Why?! WHY?? If I had balls, I'd say this was like a kick in the balls. The person in charge of us is pretty intimidating (although, one of the new Officer Cadets said, "Oh, you're cute!" to her face and stayed un-punched). I would not like to be left alone with her.
Sigh. Well, at least I can do BMQ, and sooner, now that I've talked to my employer at the Maths school. Wooo...
Okay, sleepy time.
--Charissa (or is it Charles?)
