Thursday, October 16, 2008

In Eckleburg's Eyes - 10/16/2008

On Wednesday morning, SMA and I ate at Shoney’s. Well, I ate anyway. SMA is well and is preparing to retake the bar examination in five months. He learned on Friday (October 10th) that he failed the bar examination in July. A secondary letter will be sent in several weeks giving him more details as to the specifics. At present, he only knows that he did not pass. I suppose sending the explanation would have been too logical.

The day before, he and WRK had been zorbing in the Smoky Mountains. Well, WRK went zorbing anyway. Zorbing, the practice of humans traveling in a sphere, was invented in New Zealand. Until tihs year, Tennessee was the only place in America to zorb, though a new facility was recently opened in Amesbury, Massachusetts.

On Wednesday night, I attended class at UT. The class presented papers of adult education agency visits. There were four presentations on this night. I presented last following presentations on centered pregnancy, a senior center, and professional development for teachers (in-service). I evaluated the Faith Formations program at the Central Baptist Church of Bearden. I have developed strategies to implement adult learning methods and stimulate community involvement and social justice. The class supported my suggestions. Will the church?

After class, I visited RAW and his family. KLTW and MP were studying for a class the next day. RAW and his father, ROW, were watching the election. We speculated on what the candidates were scribbling while their opponent was speaking. Our best guess: Sudoku.

ROW has an unbelievably soothing effect on KJW. She becomes almost docile around her grandfather. She only gets this way around people named Bob - her grandfather and SpongeBob SquarePants.

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