Day 19 - Los Angeles lifts its vaccine mandate. A vax card is no longer required.

12-year-old Judge Katherine Kimball Mizelle throws out the federal public transportation mask mandate….

Judge Katherine Kimball Mizelle, an Amy Coney Barret look-alike and the youngest federal judge Trump has ever appointed, threw out the CDC’s federal public transportation mask mandate. At the time of this ruling, Judge Mizelle was only 33-years-old, which means she doesn’t know shit-about-shit. She has a lifetime appointment to the bench, though.

There were flights in the air when the ruling came down and several pilots announced her decision while in flight, resulting in cheers from most of the passengers as they burned their masks and their bras…

Judge Mizelle’s ruling centers on her interpretation of the word “sanitation.”

Based on congressional legislation, the CDC “has the power to make and enforce regulations that are necessary to prevent communicable diseases from foreign countries to the states or from one state to another.” “These regulations can include inspection, fumigation, disinfection, sanitation, etc.”

Judge Mizelle was a former clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas so you already know she’s nuts. She’s practiced law for “a minute” , has virtually no trial experience, and was deemed not qualified by the American Bar Association. Of course, the Federalist Society loves her.

According to Judge Mizelle, “sanitation” canNOT be defined as a mechanism to prevent disease from spreading because the act of sanitizing involves a task that occurs in the future. Which means, if you follow this strange leap of logic down the Alice in Wonderland rabbit hole, the CDC canNOT issue a mask mandate. If you don’t understand what she’s talking about…it’s because nobody in the legal community understands what’s she’s talking about, and that applies to both Republicans AND Democrats. She spent 12 pages of her 59-page ruling musing about the definition of “sanitation.”

In the end, it doesn’t matter…Americans are simply relieved they no longer have to wear masks while traveling. They could care less about the validity of Judge Mizelle’s Opinion.

“You be the judge….” How do you feel about this ruling?

4/18/22. Monday

6:45-L. leaves for her long day at Otis.

8:00-8:30-I’m up so I go downstairs to say good morning to the animal. The dog went back to sleep after L. left and she’s out of it. I sit next to her and rub her tummy, then she jumps in my lap for kisses and cuddles. I cue her to go outside so she grabs her toy and we head to the patio. I survey my backyard while waiting for her to go potty. Return inside: cheese for her, coffee for me. I go to work (enter home office) before I go to work (College No. 1)

8:30-12:00-As always, I review course content for Specialty Class 1B, but when I play the Audio Lecture on hyper-speed I discover that it’s completely f—ked up. I keep calling it Chapter 11-Part I but it’s not. It’s just Chapter 11. At least there are no anachronistic Covid-19 comments from 2020, advising the students to wash their hands and sanitize all surfaces. L. Is at Otis and will not be home in time to edit the lecture, even if I were to ask her, because Specialty Class 1B starts at 6:00 pm. Poor planning on my part.

It’s clear that when I designed the Canvas shell, fourteen weeks ago, I stopped at Week 14 because I was sick of updating the course and couldn’t take a minute more of it…so I left the last TWO weeks of the semester unfinished. When I woke up today, I thought it would take around 30 minutes to review course content for tonight’s class, but there is so much to do since I failed to update the last two Modules when I was designing the Canvas shell, oh so many weeks ago, that it feels like I’m starting from scratch. I get to work because I don’t have much time…recall that my afternoon class starts at 2:30.

I need to move on this…

-I create a PSA informing the students that we’re covering Chapter 11, NOT Chapter 11-Part I And next week, boys and girls, we’re covering Chapter 12.

-There are several video clips and podcasts scheduled for this lecture so I check to make sure that they’re available.

-The Video Quiz is based on questions from 2 videos and one podcast that the students are watching/listening tonight. I create an introductory paragraph describing the Video/Podcast Quiz and what’s expected of the students. Then I edit the dates for the quiz to reflect today’s date.

-I update the Discussion Board so that it coincides with the participation component of the Socratic Seminar assignment. The students have to respond to the prompt and two other students in order to earn 15 points.

-I update the Chapter 11 Home Page.

-I give the students a break and remove the Chapter 11 Review Quiz from the rotation. I update the Syllabus so that it reflects this change, then post the new version.

-I check email at College No. 1.

-The Socratic Seminar assignments are due and the students are turning them in. I print out four assignments and email the students that I received their assignments. One student emails me and actually asks what we’re doing today. Uh…I’m not your mother. I don’t even bother responding with a return email. Instead, I just send the Syllabus as an attachment with no introduction. Is this student a f—-king moron or what? If you want to know what we’re covering, read the Syllabus! It was posted to Canvas the first day of class. I gather the assignments I just printed out and pack them in my Filofax folder because I plan on grading them in my afternoon class this afternoon.

-I check email at College No. 2. This is the first week of my fully online course and I review the Discussion Board to make sure everyone is signing in. Several students need Add Codes but I don’t have an Add Code List. I email the Dean’s secretary and she says I should have received them at the beginning of the semester from “DeJohn.” Surprise - I didn’t received shit. I email the five students who are requesting Add Codes that I’m waiting for my Dept. to provide them.

-The soccer coach gets involved - one of his players needs an Add Code ASAP. I tell the coach the same thing I told the students: that I requested Add Codes from my Dept and as soon as they come in, I’ll email an Add Code to his player. He says fine.

-”DeJohn” emails me that he will be sending the Add Codes momentarily and then never sends them.

12:00-1:00-I have to cut it here because I need to jump in the shower. Shower. Lotion. “Sexy Librarian” attire. I listen to Best Laid Plans, Marketplace Morning, and Be Wealthy and Smart.

1:00-1:15-I load all of my bags in the car and take off. I’m running late because there was so much to do with Specialty Class 1B.

1:20-2:30-Driving. I listen to Crime Junkie. I eat my leftover chicken and waffles en route and put my make-up on in the car.

2:30-5:30-Class is in session. The same two students arrive when there is absolutely no reason to report in person to a brick-and-mortar. Disgusted with them, I play my recorded lecture…you know…the recorded lecture that the ENTIRE online class is listening to? The high school girl stopped coming to the F2F section - she’s embarrassed that she’s getting a D and can’t face me.

-Today’s itinerary is two recorded lectures, Episode 1 from the Designated Survivor series, and the corresponding Video Quiz.

- I grade Socratic Seminar assignments and advance the slides when I hear the magic wand sound affect. It’s hard to concentrate, but I make it through two papers, then take Attendance. I refuse to lecture in person when I have a perfectly good recorded lecture that the entire class - minus these two assholes - is listening to. Do you know how weird it is to sit in a classroom and play my own lecture? It’s bizarre…but these two students don’t seem to care. They take notes while the lecture is running. Unbelievable…

5:30-5:45-Class dismissed. I post the Discussion Board for Specialty Class 1B, specifically the participation component of the Socratic Seminar assignment, then leave.

5:45-6:00- I walk to my car.

6:00-7:00-Driving. I listen to the Ezra Klein Show - an episode entitled The Case Against Cryptocurrency and eat my overnight oats in the car.

Home and I quickly log in to see how my students are doing.

7:00-9:00 -Class is moving along and the students are finishing up with the participation portion of the assignment. I post the link to the pre-recorded lecture, along with two video clips.

-I review the students’ responses on the Discussion Board, check their word count, and log their grades. Then, I take Attendance.

-Kitchen duty and I pack my lunch bag, make overnight oats, and ready my coffee for tomorrow.

8:00-9:00 - I post the link to the podcast, set the Video Quiz to go off at 8:30, and take the dog for a walk.

9:00-10:30-Class dismissed.

The Socratic Seminar papers are pouring in so I print them out.

A student emails me that the Syllabus point spread is off and he really has a B. I almost laugh when I tell him the actual copy of the Syllabus is only an approximation and to go on the Canvas gradebook to see his grade in real time…which happens to be a low D. You’re failing.

-I update the Module Home Page for my highschoolers tomorrow morning.

-I check my new online class to see if the students have questions; then

-I check email at College No. 2. Still no Add Codes. I email DeJohn and ask, “Is it me? I’m looking through my emails and I still don’t see the Add Codes.”

-I make sure I have my notes ready for tomorrow’s lecture.

-I post tomorrow’s course content for my new online class.

10:30-11:15-I change into workout clothes and do a 30-minute Insanity Max - Strength workout.

11:15-12:00-Blog post.

12:00-12:45-Kitchen duty and I ready my coffee and pack my lunch bag

12:00-12:30-Nighttime routine. Bed. Another day completely wasted taking care of school bulls—t. I really need to retire...