7:50 PM - So yesterday I was supposed to give my lesson, but the school had a snow day. Today, I had an appointment at 1pm at BArT to give my lesson. I was exhausted last night and fell asleep on the couch at about 8:30pm. I ended up waking up and going downstairs and slept straight through to 7:30am this morning. I woke up had some yogurt, banana, and a couple cups of coffee and then went over my lesson again. Emmy drove me to the school and I got there a little early. Waited in the office and then Ben with one n met me and took me upstairs to the history room. They had told me Monday to prep a lesson on the Bill of Rights for 15-20 students. I walked in and there were 4, two 9th grade boys and two 10th grade boys. In addition Ben (the principal), the executive director/superintendent, and the current teacher were all in the room. So there I was ready to teach, but had to change my lesson on the fly since there were so few students. It went well though. I opened talking about what are "RIGHTS" and what do they mean? Then went into talking about what types of rights do we have today and why? Did some history from Magna Charta (1215), into John Locke and the English Bill of Rights (1689), to the Articles of Confederation (1777), and then the Constitution (1787) and our own Bill of Rights (1791). I think the lesson went well. They really enjoyed it. I gave them a handout of the actual Bill of Rights, and went over it with them, and then gave them a "cheat sheet" I had made up of all the ten amendments in the Bill of Rights. Then we looked at newspaper articles I had come across, including a local one and they had to choose which amendments each article pertained to. (One article had to do with a school board and citizens allowed to speak out, the other about bringing Michael Jackson's doctor to trial for manslaughter, and the last was about a drug dealer who got convicted because cops looked through his cell phone contacts without a warrant.) I really had a great time and they were great kids. Went afterwards for my second interview with Ben and also with the executive director Julia. We talked for about fifteen or twenty minutes. Afterwards I walked across the street, met Emmy and updated her and we drove to Williamstown, MA and I got a coffee (Organic Ethiopian) and a chocolate chip and peach muffin (interesting and YUMMY combination!). So Ben said I would find out one way or the other by the end of the day tomorrow if I did in fact get the job. It's out of my hands I guess. Later tonight after errands to Walmart, the food store, and the bank, I had an exercise date with Emmy. She ellipticized while I ran on the 'mill. We watched an episode of "Kitchen Nightmares" (after dinner thankfully!). Felt pretty good. Stretched and then took fastest shower of my life :45 seconds! Total Time: 41:44 Total Distance: 4.55 miles Average Pace: 9:10
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