sunshine and solve for x

Good thing that riding a bike is like riding a bike. The weather has turned wonderfully springlike and melted all the cranky snow and ice. I was happily back to bicycle commuting this week. Another week down and closer to actual spring. 

Yesterday, I read/scribed another test for Thor, the completely blind math student. He was less nervous this time, but that's not to say he aced his test. He did gradute from high school, but this class he's currently in is a developmental math class. It's meant to prepare him for college level math as his placement scores showed he's not quite there yet. It's basically high school algebra.

As we worked along, he mentioned how these tests are harder than when he was in high school. I'd been curious so I asked him,

ME:  How did you do math tests in high school?

THOR:  Well, my teacher would read the test to me and, I would choose from two answer choices. So I had a 50/50 chance of getting each question right.

ME:  Hmm...

THOR:   Plus she would "review" the test with me the day before the actual test, so I pretty much got all the answers right because the review was the same questions as the actual test

ME:  *snicker* *giggle* *bahahaHAHAHA*

I felt okay laughing with him at this, because the way he shared indicated that he knew it was lame and that he didn't really need to learn the material to "pass". He also laughed about it.

THOR: Was that what you expected to hear?

ME: I really had no idea.

We continued, and at one problem I asked, "Is that your final answer?", and he replied that it was.

ME: Okay, then. That's a wrap.

THOR: "That's a wrap"? HA, I haven't heard that in a while.

ME: "That's a wrap"? Really?

THOR:  Yeah, I think that's something my grandma sometimes says.

ME: (internally) oh, Jeezus

Thor was given 3 hours to complete the test, and he took just over 2 and a half hours. At one point he asked for a bathroom break. I escorted him down the hall to the All Gender bathroom. He's very chatty and talked the whole way and was still talking when I got him into the bathroom. I had to interrupt him ask him to wait for me to close the door as he was seemingly going to keep on a-chatting while whipping things out.

I mean, I've worked in a nursing home where things would get whipped out and require assistance to be resecured and what not. But this is a college, and I'm just the scribe!

Just prior to Thor's exam, I had a tutoring sesh. And afterwards, I had about an hour to work in the testing center.

When I got home, Magnum asked if I wanted to join him to walk the dogs. I pondered a moment and realized that I wanted to walk one dog, not walk two dogs and a human.

I sent him on ahead with Merlin, and Penny and I headed out a little while later. That was nice. Just me and an easy-to-please dog, requiring no conversation.

Penny for my thoughts.