What sound does "y" make?

Anchor anyone?

Today was a much slower day by far.  We are staying at that same air force base in King Salmon for some new teacher inservice.  Breakfast was early this morning at the district office and the training started right after.

The bus ride was a bit bumpy but they had fun

We learned about standards based education, the tests that they are administered and how to give some of them.  We also learned that much of our letter sounds that we were taught as young students were taught to us wrong.  Imagine learning that all those letter sounds were wrong and then trying to make your brain correct a student during a timed test with all that past knowledge getting in the way.  It was kinda funny.  I know I'll have a hard time with it! Did you know that "y" sounds like Yee?

Our dinner diner

After training we took a bus ride to Naknek, a small village, and had dinner there.  My french dip was good but way too big.  Eric about freaked out when I told him how much it was.  19 bucks for the sandwich and 4 bucks for the bottle of apple juice.  I wasn't going to get the drink but the water smelled of sulfur and I needed something to drink terribly!  So that money the district gave us for per diem staying the night came in handy!

Aside from that, we have not much going on.  We fly to Katmai tomorrow for some more inservice and exciting adventures!  There should be some AWESOME pictures coming from those days.  I'm also happy to report (maybe) that I did receive my first skeeter bite last night and forgot to tell you all about it.  Bad Dorothy!

Let the paperwork end!

Oh paperwork, how I love (loathe) thee. It's a necessary evil to getting a job. First there is the application, resume, cover letter and the such. Once hired there's the essential packet of paperwork to ensure that you are who you say you are and to tell them where to send your share of the money.

When teaching in Alaska, you also get to take a physical so they know you aren't going to have major medical issues that you won't have access to a doctor's office for and that you aren't a carrier of communicable diseases. To give you an example of something they look for, TB is something they test for to make sure you don't have it. Because I just got done working for a mental facility for the state, I had already been tested. Thank goodness, I didn't want that test again, it wasn't very fun! So the packet for the school district has been sent off. Check.

Now I am waiting for the last piece of the puzzle, the license packet. It's sitting here all filled out and ready to go. I got the word today that my degree was posted early for me (as requested) and the transcripts are on their way. Since I live so close, I'm hoping they will be here tomorrow or on Friday so I can get that license packet on it's way. Waiting for the test scores from the other place took their time getting here, I just am glad that AK doesn't take as long getting through their applications as another state I know does.

It's time to head for a nice long nap. My puppy is on my lap eyeing me. Since I only have a few weeks left to "baby" him I think I better go.

44 days......