My problem set and the helper

• I am very much relieved that I managed to come up with  answers to three of five remaining items in our problem set. There was a point early Thursday morning when I was in despair of being able to answer any of the problems at all. By the grace of God some ideas popped up in my head during the course of the day before our afternoon deadline. I believe I simply needed more time to pore over and understand the material, which is all new to me since I have not taken the equivalent undergrad course, to work out answers to the rest.
• I spent some time talking late this afternoon with the young fellow who helps carry my student with muscular dystrophy to and from his classes. I have to admire this helper for his dedication to his backbreaking work. It is a pity that he finds it boring to wait each time for my student's classes to be dismissed and eventually plans to leave and look elsewhere for a job.