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Timetable...
It strikes me that people have mentioned that they rarely hear from these days. There is a reason for that, and the reason is thus:
Monday - Start at 7.30, work by eight. Prep room, eat tiny packet of biscuits. Register form group of 30 11 year old boys. Teach all day. Break duty. 45 minute lunchbreak. Home by 5pm. Spend an hour or so with trad_faerie, ( Read more... ) -
Ridiculous new GCSE...
Stupid new Science GCSE ( Read more... ) -
Soooo...
Been a while...
Nothing too momentous to say really.
'Cept I proposed and trad_faerie* said yes.
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Gacked from the Maddest of Cat Ladies
Soon I shall try to do a post that is relevant and update as to such shenanigans as have befallen me recently. In the meantime:
Respond to this post and I shall tell you what your totem animal is, and why. (Unlike madcatlady I do have vast and powerful psychic poworz and can ask a variety of long dead native americans for the odd spot of advice. I can also ( Read more... ) -
'Cos I haven't mememememed in ages and it's my last day tomorrow...
They say that brevity is the soul of wit. Time to test that.
Respond to this post and I will give you the three words that I think MOST accurately describe you.
The cost? You have to return the favor by posting this in your own journal. -
So what does it actually mean?
"Dear Ben,
RE: FINAL ASSESSMENTFollowing your recent assessment, we have the pleasure in informing you that we have recommended you to the General Teaching Council for the award of Qualified Teacher Status ( Read more... ) -
Course
It is done.
Now we wait.
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No Fate...
"No seed of hope, nor ray of light, scant succour in the blighted epoch. Rise like Socrates and fight, take hate's chalice laced with hemlock."
Amen to that Socrates. Before he drank poison in front of the people who let him down, Socrates told them off. He gave a bollocking to the people who had effectively condemned him to death for telling the ( Read more... ) -
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Today was 'Prison Day'. Basically, Prison Wardens meet the kids off the buses, lock them up in classrooms and tell them horror stories about prison all day - as well as shouting at them and making their lives hell to encourage them not to commit crime. I was a good tutor and tracked two of my form group all day to make sure they were ok.
( In other news... )