A little while ago I published the 100th blog on this site, and celebrated two years since I started blogging. It got me thinking about why I do this whole thing, and why I started in the first place. I…
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In this culture of whinging about work and hating on everything, I came to a realisation that I actually really like my job and my school. As my husband said, you just need to choose which bulls*** you’re happy to…
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In a job that is so complex and sometimes difficult, it is nice to have colleagues who make the days that little bit brighter.
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Teaching as a profession is in desperate need of an overhaul, but for the sake of the teachers, not the students.
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Teaching truly is a job like no other – being responsible for the education of young people, interacting on a meaningful level with up to 200 individual people a day, planning engaging lessons, meeting deadlines from a variety of stakeholders,…
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I’ve recently made the jump from the public sector to the private sector and have noticed many changes. One was so completely unexpected that it actually made me stop dead in my tracks while walking around my classroom.
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Today is World Teacher’s Day, so I want to put out an appreciation post to all of the wonderful teachers out there.
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While out for dinner tonight, there was a lady sitting at a table close to ours. I could hear parts of their conversation, and one phrase struck me to the core. “I’m just a teacher.”
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