What are they teaching in schools?
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Mr wtg's speech therapist is, I'm guessing, probably in her early to mid- thirties. She's presenting lots of word games to help with word retrieval, conversation, logic, and reasoning. He's come up with words that she has never heard of and ends up looking up as they are going through the exercises.
Some examples:
Talking about The Repair Shop (British TV programme -
), Mr wtg mentioned the luthier, master hatter, and horologist. "Do you mean Mad Hatter?" Therapist had never heard any of the terms but verified them all by looking up the show.Mr wtg: "It's my modus operandi."
Therapist: "What?"
Mr wtg: "Modus operandi."
Therapist: "What's that?"
Mr wtg: "My mode of operation."
(Therapist looks up "modus operandi". Reads the definition and confirms it's an actual phrase.)
Therapist: Oh. Modus operandi. That's Latin; I didn't take Latin.(Therapist reviewing homework that involved naming things that are in a certain category. Mr wtg's entry for some color category was "sienna".
Therapist: "Sienna? That's not a color. That's not even a word."
Mr wtg: "Look it up."
(Clearly she's never owned the 64 count box of Crayola crayons. I'll bet y'all remember "Burnt Sienna". She looks up "sienna" and reads the definition. Says nothing else. )Either we're old, or our children isn't learning.
Maybe both.
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That must be frustrating for everyone. I've heard of sienna in both the raw and burnt shades, not to mention raw and burnt umber as well as other naturally derived pigments or colors.
I really can't blame younger people for not knowing some things we take for granted. A great deal of vocabulary specific to new technologies could entirely escape some of us old-timers.
I hope the mention of therapy suggests that Mr. wtg is progressing in rehabilitation from his stroke.
Big Al
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That must be frustrating for everyone. I've heard of sienna in both the raw and burnt shades, not to mention raw and burnt umber as well as other naturally derived pigments or colors.
I really can't blame younger people for not knowing some things we take for granted. A great deal of vocabulary specific to new technologies could entirely escape some of us old-timers.
I hope the mention of therapy suggests that Mr. wtg is progressing in rehabilitation from his stroke.
Big Al
I hope the mention of therapy suggests that Mr. wtg is progressing in rehabilitation from his stroke.
He is recovering some use of his right side, though it is slow going. He can walk short distances with a gait belt, foot brace, quad cane and a helper person. His balance, strength, and endurance are all improving. He has a few things that hold him back, namely torn rotator cuffs in both shoulders and a pretty arthritic back.
The arm wasn't doing much of anything until last week. He is now able to move the arm just a little bit in certain directions when doing some of the OT exercises. That was pretty exciting as it indicates that his brain is figuring out how to get that right arm to move. Progress!
Thanks for asking!
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Siena (spelled sienna in older English texts) is a town in Tuscany. That’s where they hold the famous Palio.
That’s the origin of the name of the color - a pigment found in the soil there. Odd they froze the spelling in time for the color, whereas for the city we’ve since dropped the extraneous ‘n’.
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I hope the mention of therapy suggests that Mr. wtg is progressing in rehabilitation from his stroke.
He is recovering some use of his right side, though it is slow going. He can walk short distances with a gait belt, foot brace, quad cane and a helper person. His balance, strength, and endurance are all improving. He has a few things that hold him back, namely torn rotator cuffs in both shoulders and a pretty arthritic back.
The arm wasn't doing much of anything until last week. He is now able to move the arm just a little bit in certain directions when doing some of the OT exercises. That was pretty exciting as it indicates that his brain is figuring out how to get that right arm to move. Progress!
Thanks for asking!
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Good news on his progress and that his mental acuity is pretty darn good. It’s a marathon. How are you holding up? I’m always concerned with the caregivers.
Good news on his progress and that his mental acuity is pretty darn good. It’s a marathon. How are you holding up? I’m always concerned with the caregivers.
Thanks for thinking of me! I'm doing well. Everything is manageable at this point. Mr wtg is getting stronger so helping him transfer between his wheelchair and recliner is less taxing physically than it was. Plus I'm in better shape! It also helps that I'm a planner and have previous experience with caregiving. I just figure out how to play the cards we've been dealt. It would be much harder if we still had a dog or had other responsibilities. We met a man who was in acute rehab at the same time Mr wtg was there. The guy and his wife in their early 60s and both still working. Just bought a new house in January. I'm not sure she's prepared for what to do when he comes home. I also find it easier to deal with Mr wtg's physical limitations; taking care of my Mom who had dementia was much more challenging, emotionally at least.
We've always been homebodies, so having to stay close to home a lot isn't that difficult. I plan a lot around his day rehab so I can do shopping and errands. And we have a couple of people who can come over and stay with him if I have to go out. The garden is my refuge.
When things seem a bit overwhelming, I remember this:
Link to video
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