Author: Micah

  • Grades

    At the school where I teach grades are submitted both in hard copy and digitally. Both seem unnecessarily cumbersome. The hard copy of the grades is a multiple paged book that includes daily attendance, behavior scores, standardized testing scores, unit scores for first semester, mid term scores (broken down into unit scores), unit scores for…

  • Breathe

    The last day of finals was Wednesday, now all I have to do is get my grades in order.

  • Down to the River

    Sunday my guard took me to his village. We spent the day with his extended family down in and around the river. It was a good opportunity for observing the interactions of genders and ages. Pretty much everybody was represented. There were little kids, bigger not-so kids, people my age, and people who could be…

  • Pleasantly Easy

    The other day I was able to get new driver’s licenses and a new SIM card with my old number all in a single afternoon. Dealing with the loss of the things from my motorcycle has been easier than I expected. I still keep locking myself out of my front door. I lock the lock…

  • Motorcycle Seats

    Last night I was informed by the police that the compartment under the seat of my model motorcycle can be readily gotten into by someone who knows what they are doing. I was told this when I went to report that a wallet, a phone, and a key had been taken from my motorcycle while…