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Posted in Creativity, Education, Humor, Humour, Language, Literature, Poems, Time Wasting on Jan 4th, 2010
Apologies for my absence. I’ve been pre-occupied over the ‘holidays’ with a couple of other writing tasks that I needed to complete. Having finished them today I found myself with a few idle hours before returning to work tomorrow and started amusing myself with dreadful similes to tweet.
For those of us who have forgotten, a simile [...]
Posted in Creativity, Humor, Humour, Language on Jun 22nd, 2009
I left teaching over 8 years ago, but the most abiding memories are the times when I was reduced to tears (on 3 occasions quite literally), by some of the devastatingly funny things that were said, or written.
I am grateful to Sarah Ebner at SchoolGate and Summersdale publishing for the following exam blunders:
Posted in Education, Human Rights, Humanity, Morality, Relationships, Religion, Society on Jan 23rd, 2009
Some time ago I wrote about the case of Anna Ciriani (What has sex got to do with it?) who lost her job as teacher in Italy because of her extra curricular activities as an internet porn star. I argued that provided that these activities didn’t interfere with her classroom professionalism and delivery, that she should [...]
Posted in Education, Law, Relationships, Uncategorized on Jan 18th, 2008
Would you do it today? I suspect you probably wouldn’t.
Around 25 years ago I left a small, sleepy village in mid-Norfolk, UK, just after midnight, with 45 young teenagers and two other colleagues, and headed for Gatwick airport. We tried to sleep on the journey, and failed miserably. At some point in [...]
Posted in Education, Human Rights, Morality on Nov 25th, 2007
Let me ask you some potentially painful questions. Think carefully before you answer.
Just suppose you had a bad tooth-ache that required skilful dental surgery. Question 1 - Would you entrust your mouth, your gums, your nerve endings to a dentist who had a reputation for being one of
Posted in Education, Government, Language, Philosophy on Sep 28th, 2007
I was reminded this week that there are certain words that tell us more about the speaker, than about the actual content of what is being said.
Stewart Dimmock, a school governor, truck driver,and father from Kent, is seeking a juidicial review of the UK government’s decision to send a copy of Al Gore’s documentary on [...]
Posted in Education, Government, Politics, Society on Aug 19th, 2007
I cannot describe to you the relief that I feel having left teaching. I did it about 7 years ago now, and although I sometimes miss the classroom interaction (my students got very good at rendering me incapable of delivery by reducing me to tears of laughter), I do not miss the administrative and management [...]
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