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Leslie Gottlieb ([personal profile] lesliepear) wrote2007-11-14 11:02 pm
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Tommorrow our software goes out the door, somehow. At least the last minute bugs I found today aren't super important.

Yesterday we got a recorded call from our district's superintendant. He's a nice guy, but looks and sounds like he should be on the Sopranos. He was telling us the computerized (first time this was done - can you imagine that!) report cards were coming today. I really don't think Alan would be hiding it from me at his age :)

He did well - most of his marks were S's (satisfactory) - he had a few P's (I think this is mastered) but nothing bad.

Tonight I let him play on my computer for the first time on his own - on dailynoggin.com. He ended up doing very well. I worry that I'll never see my PC again - I wonder if there are any good deals on laptops for Black Friday :) (I don't know if he'd do well on a laptop...maybe eventually he'd get one of our desktops.)

(Yes I've heard of the OLPC laptops, but do they get conventional websites?)

Anyway, he's also gotten into stuffed animals lately. He calls them his friends. He has a few of mine also I gave him, including one of the beanie cats that sit atop my monitor. He was asking for the animals from the computer - didn't realize at first he meant those!

Tonight he thought it funny when I was talking as his shoes - I was trying to convince him to wear a pair he hasn't worn in a while - he said "Shoes are not puppets!" I goofed with sock, then found some real puppets he had and didn't really use - had fun with those. Also as were in lying in his bed before he went to sleep, he was asking me for things that are a color and then imitating his teacher writing them on the board!

[identity profile] lesliepear.livejournal.com 2007-11-15 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
No, he doesn't look like Tony Soprano, but he does sound like him - or any NJ italian guy.

Alan actually has gotten report cards since he's been in the district. I'm not sure they count officially, but I'm used to it already.

[identity profile] msmichelle.livejournal.com 2007-11-15 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I think some of the NJ Italian guys are the nicest people I've met in the world. Good conversationalists. And they actually care and listen to what you have to say. I spent some time in Metuchen once and that was my impression.

My also very kind uncle is from NJ...but he's irish and from south jersey by Phila. He's now a total Packers fan and very Wisconsin...but always personable and full of funny, endearing stories about his youth.