Monday, July 27, 2009

Revised Midterm Timelines

Troy Farmer (10 year old male, student)
7 AM: Wake up
8 AM: Eat breakfast
9 AM - 10:15: Be at school to learn about trees
10:15 - 10:30 : Recess. Plays some wallball.
10:30 - 12:00: Learns about the rain forest
12 PM - 1 PM: Lunch time. Tries to play a board game, but other kids start arguing over a rules interpretation to see who wins. No one wins because the bell rings.
1-2:00: Learn about the rain forest.
2:00 - 2:15 : Recess. Plays a familiar board game like Connect 4 and loses.
2:15 - 3:00 - Learns about logging.
3:00 - Heads home
3:30 - 4:00: Watches cartoons
4:00 - 5:00 - Does homework
5:00 - 6:30 - Shopping trip with family. They buy a board game.
7:00 - Arrive back home to eat dinner.
8:00 - They try to learn to play the board game. Troy's parents intentionally play badly. Troy's clever so he picks up on it. It affects his enjoyment of the game.
9:00 Troy goes to sleep.

Sarah Williams (43-year old female teacher)
7AM Wake up
8 AM Eat Breakfast
8:30 AM - Be at Work and prepare for lessons
9 AM - 10:15: Teach about trees
10:15 - 10:30 : Recess. Grades papers.
10:30 - 12:00: Teaches about the rain forest
12 PM - 1 PM: Lunch time. Tries to supervise kids. Some of them play a board game and get into an argument. She stays out of it. No one wins because the bell rings.
1-2:00: Teach about the rain forest.
2:00 - 2:15 : Recess. She does some more grading. She looks over the rules for the board game the kids were arguing over. She'll be prepared next time.
2:15 - 3:00 -Teaches about logging.
3:00 - Sees the kids off home
3:00 - 4:00: Does some more preparation
4:00 - 5:00 - Staff Meetings
5:00 - Goes home
5:00 - 7:30 - Prepares tomorrow's lessons.
7:30 - 8:00 - Eats dinner
7:00 - 9:00 - Watches TV

Jane Farmer (39-year old office manager and mom)
7-8 AM Eat Breakfast
8-9 AM Go to work
9-11:30 AM - Meetings
11:30 - 12:30 PM - Lunch
12:30 -1 PM - Spreadsheets
1 - 3:30 PM Work
3:30 - 3:45 PM Break. Eats a snack.
3:45 - 5 PM - Meetings
5 PM - Goes home
5:00 - 6:30 - Shopping trip with family. They buy a board game.
7:00 - Arrive back home to eat dinner.
8:00 - They try to learn to play the board game. She doesn't want to hurt Troy, so she plays to lose. Troy's clever so he picks up on it. It affects his enjoyment of the game.
9:00 Troy goes to sleep. She cleans up.
10:00 - Goes to bed.

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