Quilly | February 29, 2008
You know I am currently teaching special needs pre-K children. They range in age from three to five. Each of them has some degree of developmental delay. Preschool is designed to help them “catch up” cognitively with their peers before they enter kindergarten. Most of them succeed, but some of them will [...]
Quilly | February 28, 2008
Gordy is a very serious and somber child. He talks only when necessary. He studies everything carefully before he makes any moves or decisions. Lunch time is hard work. There is food to look over and sort. Stuff to eat and stuff to throw away. There is how the plate should sit on the table, [...]
Quilly | February 27, 2008
On Wednesdays we are joined at recess by the other pre-k class, and the Head Start class. While playing on the ladder-bridge, K.K. slipped and fell. His older sister (by about 10 months) rushed to his side to help him up. She wrapped both her arms around his neck from behind and [...]
Quilly | February 26, 2008
The speech therapist came in and picked up Chez for his bi-weekly session. Most work sessions last a half hour and Chez comes back happily sporting a new sticker which he shows off to anybody who will admire it. Today was just a bit different.
Chez left as usual — happy to be with Ms. Jillian [...]
Quilly | February 25, 2008
There was a lot of crying in class today. The kids even did some of it. Chez went home early, sick. Analee came in crying and curled up in my arms for cuddling and rocking. K.K. finished the day the way Analee started it.
Cass would periodically dissolve in tears. When asked what was wrong she [...]
Quilly | February 23, 2008
Ms. Angel has a new job. She no longer works in our classroom. She has passed the required college courses and is now a substitute teacher.
David calls Ms. Angel’s replacement, “Aunty.” That is the generic honorific women here in Hawaii are called by instead of “ma’am”. The thing is, Ms. Angel’s replacement is Mr. Jim. [...]
Quilly | February 23, 2008
The trees have been castrated. Yeah!
Once per week from the time we first complained — about a month before I posted the photos — OC or I have contacted the office and reminded them that we have no choice where to park and so we fully intend to hold them responsible for any further damage [...]
Quilly | February 21, 2008
Quilly | February 20, 2008
Inside the Door
Brass, strings, woodwinds,
Follow the conductor,
Building music note by note.
~***~
Outside the Door
Alone I sit in a pool of light,
Night surrounds me,
A soft wind sighs.
Inside the conductor lifts his baton,
The orchestra plays,
And Trumpet Man blows his horn.
~***~
Listening
Inside music rises and falls,
starts and
stops.
Measures are played,
and played again,
and played again.
Outside the sun sinks pink,
flares and
fades.
My thoughts compose,
lines [...]
Quilly | February 19, 2008
Kelly and Happy came to us on loan. Their school was overcrowded. They had no room, and no teacher.
Things were rearranged. Classes were combined. Room was made. A teacher was hired.
Today we said good-bye to Kelly and Happy. Now our classroom is missing a measure of nonsense and a [...]
Quilly | February 18, 2008
The tide is out, exposing the inner reef.
We live on the side of that mountain you see in the back round, on a lower slope just below the hanging valleys.
From the sea to the shore. The tide is on it’s way back in.
And so are the surfers.
Surfers paddling out.
Surfing!
They made it look easy, [...]
Quilly | February 17, 2008
Which Lost Character Are You?
Created by BuddyTV
Somebody help me out. I don’t watch TV so I have no idea what this means. Am I a good guy or a bad guy and what show do I belong to? (And no, I am NOT bald — I am also not kidding. Clueless here.)
Quilly | February 16, 2008
I played on the shore yesterday. I took lot’s of pictures. More will follow, but for today I am very busy being not at home. Enjoy your three day weekend!
This photo was taken looking southeast from Kaneilio Point at Pokai Bay Park, Waianae, Hawaii.
Quilly | February 14, 2008
Lunch was over. We were walking back toward the classroom. Kelly was holding my hand. “Whad’s negst?” He asked. “Naptime? I no wants to sleeps.”
I said, “Yep. Naptime. And today I just might take a nap, too.”
Kelly laughed. “You no can nap. You bigs.”
“I can’t nap?” [...]
Quilly | February 13, 2008
My voice is gone. I sound like Mickey Mouse on helium. The kids absolutely ignored me today. Heh, my co-workers ignored me today, too — but that’s nothing new.
Then there’s O’Ceallaigh. He thinks he’s funny, he does. I mentioned that the horseradish on my roast beef sandwich provided me with a few [...]
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O’Ceallaigh & The Quill
