I've been doing supply this last week, a long(ish) term contract doing Philosophy and Religion at a nice school, hopefully I'll be there 3-4 weeks which would be fantastic. Its a very good thing, its fairly stress-free, since I know what I'm doing, where I'm going and the subject I'm teaching. Makes a lovely change from all the uncertainty and ( Read more... )

Been ill, feeling a bit better now though, only snag is my throat feels rough so fingers crossed it'll get me through the week without loosing the ability to raise my voice. Its somewhat essential with 30 14 year olds that won't shut up ( Read more... )

Hello world.

I remember holding hands and stumbling over snowflakes, together.

Its a strange assortment of people, who read this. Or at least  who are displayed on my friends page ( Read more... )

So it turns out i'm going to be a teacher. I'm not sure what more to say, to be honest.

So in 30 minutes I go to my PGCE interview, armed with highly suspect subject knowledge and a long and painfull past when it comes to basic grammer and spelling. So its a little ironic i'm looking at a PGCE interview to teach RS, and questioning the way i've let my own religion (of sorts) slip so far ( Read more... )

I still function ( Read more... )

A Saudi-funded Islamic school says it is removing from text books controversial passages which allegedly brand other faiths as "worthless"

You might think this is a good thing, but I assure you its not. When you subscribe to a religion that clearly states the only way to eternal happiness is to denounce other religions and that all other sets of ( Read more... )

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" NEWS | Lack of Jo
I'm sure some of you have noticed the lack of Jo footage we seem to be getting from BB recently, which to be honest isn't good enough. Since 'The Goodys' have moved in, the show seems to be focusing on certain housemates much more than others, ( Read more... )