8.5.25 - Satisfaction

Yesterday was very satisfying. Having painstaking built up the numeracy of the children, step by painful step, well painful for me, very fun for them, we are finally here. Where I could unleash them onto THREE fractions with differing denominators and get them to add these fractions.

One group completely understood the assignment. The other one slightly misunderstood it and one worked on his equivalent fractions independently, and the last two, well I did manage to have a controlled demolition with a child with needed to be shown boundaries.

Sometimes, this needs to happen. A child will push a boundary so far and then, to let them know EXACTLY where they stand, they are taken aside a shown where they stand.

This is necessary sometimes.

After that, we pushed through the pain of learning, and I could hear all the pennies drop. So, you see. Sometimes you have to do what is necessary. But in homeopathic doses.

That kind of teaching requires faith and experience.

Anyway...

Then after that Oisin and I went out and got chacuterie from Lidl where Oisin proceeded to demolish an entire fuet. We spent a lot of time laughing and chatting. We talk about everything. Then after that he went back to Peter's. I told him that I now spend about £70 a month on electricity. Less in the summer months. He was, that's crazy. I said, yep. It's so much better now that I'm on the card. It's more manageable. And I don't have to worry about reporting my actual usage every month. 

Fuck electricity companies. I run the washing machine every three weeks and the hoover the same. It's so easy. I cook small, simple meals. And I haven't replaced the dozens of ceiling lights which take up so much electricity. It's kinda mad really.

A simple simple life. That's all you need. Life do be good.

Right, today we change whole numbers to fractions.

Can't wait.