I tried an experiment with the current crop of Year 11 students ( Read more... )

With the combining of two households, there are several items that are looking for a new home.  Since the only other option is dragging things to revolve, all are free if you come and take them away (although I am more than happy to help with the transporting).

So, would anyone like:
*An oval dining table, dark wood with a glass top, six chairs and ( Read more... )

Tomorrow and I fly out to the UK. We'll spend all up just over a week in England, Scotland and Wales, and just under three weeks in Eire. We're backpacking and looking at staying in Youth Hostels and the odd B&B ( Read more... )

Had an interesting (but probably not unique) insight today about how reporting time at my particular school is very much like a flood ( Read more... )

It is a very interesting feeling knowing you are exactly one more straw away from going postal.

Three little words, when uttered by a student to a teacher at this point in the reporting week of semester that will guarantee a barely restrained violent response. The following are all direct quotes from different students and myself over this last week ( Read more... )

From the Front Page of the newspaper "Variety", June 5, 1921 ( Read more... )

"Mummy! The sky is breaking!"

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Arrived at work at 8:30am. Senior classes in seminars today, so decided to clear backlog of admin paperwork ( Read more... )