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When I first read this title, suggested to our ‘Blogging Buddies’ group, I laughed inwardly – and wryly – as I considered the perpetual challenge for anyone working in a classroom to finish anything to their satisfaction, let alone it be perfect. A WOMAN’S WORK AND A TEACHER’S JOB A very recent article in […]
When I started my teaching career, I was working in an inner city school populated by an eclectic mix of children from ethnically and socially diverse backgrounds. Most of them were from the lower end of the economic spectrum and, with all the enthusiasm and energy of a new teacher, I attempted to provide them […]
The title of this post comes from Douglas Adams’ 1988 novel, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul. Regardless of the book’s plot and Adams’ intentions on writing the line, it has a resonance about it that, for me, at least, rings true on several counts. UNPLANNED BUT UNFORGETTABLE Some years ago, whilst on […]
Validity is a curious thing. As human beings we crave validity – whether we want to call it worth, value, acceptance or recognition. We desperately want to belong, to be wanted, to be valued for who we are and what we have to offer. Most of us have probably experienced what it is not to […]
It is often said, ‘Actions speak louder than words’ when we are talking about integrity between our actions and our words. However, when the title of this post appeared in my Twitter feed, what struck me was that it could be interpreted in a number of ways and that it speaks a compelling message […]
As I write this on New Year’s Day, 2014, people everywhere are thinking about the future and about the coming year in particular – dreaming, planning, hoping, expecting. If truth be told, we all want change. We want change because we are dissatisfied with the way things are, because we know things can be better, because […]
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