It's a non-uniform day at school, kids are encouraged to show their culture. Lots of national flags on display. A colleague asks me which countries would I like to visit. This question reduces me to tears ( Read more... )

What's the point of people like me? Useless, unattractive people who're are a burden on other people, and who has wasted their life

With 5 minutes to go until parents evening I am sitting in my classroom weeping at my desk. I don't understand how I am supposed to function like this, it feels inevitable that the fact that I Am Very Sad A Lot Of The Time will cause me to lose my job

Meetings with colleagues where we talk about school, talk about this is what we’re going to do differently, or this is what we should be doing. Information that should come in as neutral gets transformed into criticism. Currently the person who berates myself about my job the most is myself. My self confidence is low ( Read more... )

"They are disadvantaged by the assumptions that we make... that he had missed some vital knowledge they even the teacher seemed to know about him." (pp92-93 ( Read more... )

From work to Eynsham lock to Cowley road petrol station is 19.3 miles on bike

There are always thoughts, the thing is when you’re really emotionally riled up, we’re less aware of these thoughts ( Read more... )

Thoughts and emotions mirror each other ( Read more... )

24 November 2023, 1745 I'm sitting in my classroom weeping over a set of Y11 mocks again, trying to fight through my emotional state to mark them. I've been doing this for 10 years now, it's time to admit I'm not good enough to do it ( Read more... )

I saw a child squirt milk over a bench today, and it was enough to activate my gag reflex. I was glad I hadn't eaten anything today