i wonder if there is anything salient about the fact that it turns out i was already pregnant when i wrote my most recent entry, a rant about abortion. (if this is the first you’re hearing about all this, guess what? i’m pregnant.) and you know, if anything, being pregnant has made me even more pro-choice. (if anything. probably not anything ( Read more... )

one night last year when i was in australia, i was talking with an american girl and, on a whim of speculation about my political leanings, she mentioned to me that she, by contrast, considered herself pro-life. i barely even started to say "really? even in cases of … ?" before she responded "oh no, of course in certain cases it should be allowed ( Read more... )

due to the combined effect of several bank holidays, the two-week easter break, and the fact that this time of year is generally slow for supply teaching, i have only had about 6 more days of work since last we spoke. well, since last i spoke and you listened ( Read more... )

is anyone else starting to get spam that borders on abusive ( Read more... )

so, i am supply teaching. so far i have taught at five different schools, and they have ranged from crumbling-inner-city-poorly-resourced-and-strangely-isolating-with-children-from-hell, to sprawling-stone-manor-horses-prancing-in-the-distance-and-gleaming-ponds-of-swans-with-children-from-the-1950s. it has been interesting ( Read more... )

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i've decided to write this entry the way i taught my kindergarten prac class to write journal entries. the format is meant to help kids recount things in the order they happened. an example of a child's journal entry in this format might be ( Read more... )

well, the job hunt is looking a little less bleak: last week i interviewed with two agencies that seem totally capable of finding me supply work in oxford. i was starting to think teachers here just never got sick, or something. thankfully (?), they do. i also had an interview at a sketchy inner-city-style school for a 'nursery nurse' position ( Read more... )

to anyone i told to check my livejournal for updates about my life. i have obviously not been putting anything here. but that is largely because there hasn't been much to update you on, and i suppose i don't have to apologise for that, so ... i retract my earlier apology ( Read more... )

i'm watching the duggars' "17 kids and counting", that crazy religious family who now have 18 kids, one of whom is getting married after a traditional, purity-obsessed 'courtship'.

a commercial comes on: "sponsored by plan b, emergency contraception."

this has made my day.