Twelve
Today I bought 12 mousemats all of the same design, tomorrow they will be posted, all to one address.
They are dotty, much as I am dotty.
Strange.
‘Shh quiet, she’s in a bad mood’
‘Yes I am in a bad mood, but I’m trying to get over it, now come in quietly’
Poor things, it’s hardly their fault they follow a particularly frustrating bunch of people, but I did my best to be my usual jovial* self. Anyway, by the end of that lesson I had only issued a couple [...]
Broadband
I have been in the process of getting broadband for a number of months, if not years. Tonight we put some time aside to investigate the different options. There are lots. My brain is now numb from looking at different deals, with different restrictions and cancellations fees and how fast and how much and how [...]
A weird thing
making judgements about a colleagues teaching. I had to observe a lesson today. I was warned they are a difficult group and they were pretty horrible. I was there more for constructive advice rather than just a judgement actually. I hope I will be able to help, there are things I would do differently but [...]
My Mantra
I love teaching, children are great.
I love teaching, children are great.
I love teaching, children are great.
I love teaching, children are great.
I love teaching, children are great.
I love teaching, children are great.
I love teaching, children are great.
I love teaching, children are great.
I love teaching, children are great.
I love teaching, children are great.
I love teaching, children are [...]
Graffiti*
“OK, look Sam, it’s still wet, you’re the only one who can reach it, it happened during the lesson, it’s still wet, but look, it’s still wet, no one else had access to it, it’s still wet.”
Granted there were other arguments in between but ultimately, when I was called to a member of the departments [...]
Washing my car
Last Saturday I had a message on my answerphone from my Dad. He was at work but was suddenly overcome with concern for the cleanliness of my car. He left a message telling me to go to the carwash (but remove the aerial first). I deduced from this that Dad doesn’t have enough work to [...]
Chile and Antarctica
A friend of mine has just come back from a holiday which I am just so jealous of! She went to Chile, they cruised down the coast making stops, went to the Antarctic which was just amazing (apparently penguins really, really, really smell) and then up to Argentina. The seas were calm throughout and they [...]
Bear farms
The highlight of my week has been learning that there are ‘Bear Farms’ round here.
I have seen cattle and sheep, perhaps there are some pigs, there are certainly crops but I’ve not seen the bear farms yet. I imagine milking them is a challenging job.
PS ‘bear’ in local dialet means ‘lots of’