Tuesday, August 3, 2021

 Tuesday, August 3, 2021

 

       I listened and watched the video as Tommy compiled it. Even though the audio was out of sync, I could pretty much tell what I thought of the video. I had gone through each slide in the Zoom version, so I knew where the words should go. Tommy said the out-of-sync problem was easy to fix. I’ll believe it when I see it.  

       Judy stopped by after speaking to Mei next door. Mei and her husband have gotten into the Turo business big time. Several days ago, Mei told me she needed someone to help deliver the cars, another driver. Did I know someone? I put out feelers. Adam said he wasn’t interested. A friend of Scott’s said he would be interested, but Mei said she wanted “a girl.” Then yesterday, or was it the day before, she asked me again if Adam would be interested. She said she would pay a regular salary to have someone on tap to help. They have fifteen (15) cars, all SUVs as it winds up. I told Mei I had already asked Adam, and he wasn’t interested. She still wanted to speak to him. I walked her over there and knocked on his door. I continued my walk while they talked. When Adam turned the offer down, Judy decided she would like the job. She had a 10 am appointment with Mei this morning. She said she would stop by afterward.

        Mei and her husband Peter are major league entrepreneurs. Not only do they have this Turo business, but Peter has a tech business, and they have several more in mind. It would be a permanent, stable job for Judy. Mei is thrilled with the arrangement. Judy lives two doors down from her and is retired. The salary is good as long as they are in business. Wow! Is this a good deal or not?

        I only had A today. Again, the constant struggle of getting him to do what I tell him to do, mostly the issue of using crossbody blending. He blends the word accurately when he uses it, but he doesn’t like to because the other kids don’t use it. (Maybe if I introduce it to his classroom teacher, he would be more comfortable with it.) At the end of the class, he had trouble reading the word you. When I asked him to name the letters, he gave u as the first letter. 

         I have asked him several times if the letters moved around on the page or in his head. He has told me no several times. Today, I asked him if he heard the wrong sound, or did he hear the right sound, but the wrong sound came out of his mouth, or if the sounds swirled around in his head. Finally, he told me the truth: the sounds swirl around in his head. I have never seen such an ego-protective eight-year-old. I have seen children act out, kick and scream because the work is too hard, but not this. A is a hard worker, even if he’s not always willing to follow my suggestions. He is a very good boy. His behavior is all pure ego protection and denial of the problem. Amazing.  

       I started watching Boyhood last night and finished it off tonight. I loved it. It wasn’t all perfectly happy, but it didn’t add to my anxiety or sadness.