Calder got lost again while travelling on his own. It happened last Tuesday. I saw on Find Hub that he was travelling towards Outram Park so didn't track him closely thereafter. But then I saw that he was in Bishan. I looked at his visual tracker and saw that he was walking around the station. He seemed to be taking the circle line when he should be on the brown line. I video-called him and asked him to take the purple line. No words from him as usual. Near 1.30pm which is when his work shift starts, he was back at Bishan. His Dad sent him a WhatsApp to come home, then "play sound" on Find Hub to alert him to the message. I informed his job coach that he's unlikely to go to work that day. But I had a class of 22 to teach at SIT that afternoon. By the time I set up my laptop in the classroom, I saw that I could not access data to track Calder anymore. Calder's visual tracker had also run out of battery. I sent a text to Calder's Dad and told him: Over to you. And tried to concentrate on teaching. Knowing I could only do treasure hunting after my lesson had ended, I prayed: Lord, please take care of Calder. When the lesson ended and I was able to check my handphone again, I saw the update that Calder had returned home. Piecing his journey together through Find Hub and the visual tracker, we surmised that he missed the Outram stop and alighted at HarbourFront. Perhaps thinking the brown line was just a walk away like in Outram, he walked to the other side and got on the train. But the train never brought him to Siglap. He was on the Circle line to and back until he somehow made his way home in Hougang. He had travelled for 3 hours.
That evening, I downloaded a soft copy of the mrt map to show Calder the journey he should have taken.
Me: (Pointing to Outram on the map) Calder, which lines does Outram have?
Calder: Green line. Purple line. Brown line.
Me: (Pointing to HarbourFront) Which lines does HarbourFront have?
Calder: Yellow line. Purple line.
Me: What line goes to Siglap?
Calder: Brown line
Me: Can you take the brown line at HarbourFront?
Calder: No!
Wondering if there is an mrt map worksheet where Calder can fill in station names. That should be useful and interesting for not just Calder.
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