One girl's battle with life
I recently have moved to the sunny south of England and am dealing with a new curriculum: "an ambitious curriculum" (read: harder than we realistically expect most children to achieve but we've found a way to pretend prove that they have so we can get an e-certificate from an online 'association', a tag for our… Continue reading Nobody is very good at anything.
Do you know what you need to be a primary school teacher in Britain? A 2:2 in any honors degree. Because most degree programs are cash cows for research facilities, you could get into one with quite a mediocre set of A levels. As long as you have a passion for looking after children, you're… Continue reading Primary teachers should be more educated
Networking is the bane of my career. I used to think I just didn't understand it. I thought maybe it was fear and anxiety and all sorts of things. Now I think differently. It might not apply to everyone, but this is how I see it. The premise is fine: keep in touch with people… Continue reading Networking and autism.
I like to help people. I always believed educating yourself is the best way forward. But teaching people and children to read, write and pass tests isn't going to cut it in the cesspool of reality that most of the strugglers inhabit. Gothboy was educated. He got good grades, could play various instruments, could understand… Continue reading Facilitation, not just education.
I never thought I'd be this employee. The person whose tardiness is becoming a pattern. The person who's time sheets are always late. The person who is bluntly cynical. But I also never expected to be homeless, living out of a tent. I never expected to be pitched pillar to post to wherever was most… Continue reading Privilege
You may have noticed my foray into poetry. I love poems. As a young person I enjoyed my poems performed through the choice of artists on my iPod. As an adult, I've mostly not stopped to think let alone explore poetry. Now I've slowed down a bit, it's something that is all coming back to… Continue reading Learning happens at any age.
I read this piece online suggesting a 4 say working week was the way forward and wanted to share my thoughts... I think it also needs to address cognitive load, which differs from person to person. And the reimbursement focus for the work being achieved. I.e the way salaries are paid. Yes we would all… Continue reading The 4 day working week.
Overheard on the playground..."why do we have to make good choices, though? Who decides they're good?" So schools are full of restorative conversations but they are very much supportive of the children figuring their own challenges out. Take emotion works or the five step program. Yes we teach children about their emotions. But we don't… Continue reading It’s good to explain
I'm beginning to see the problem. Kids are now smarter than their parents. kids won't blindly listen to you. They won't follow rules they don't understand. They won't let you get away with fobbing them off. They are treated with respect in school by teachers (as far as I can see, in the UK, teachers… Continue reading We don’t need to hold parents to account… the children are doing it for us… if only we would listen to the children.
New 'return to school' potential guidelines suggest that: due to social distancing and classroom sizes, classes will likely be no bigger than 8 children. Whilst part of me celebrating the fact that will mean the supply network will be roped into full time work for a good few months. The other part of me is… Continue reading What’s it taken…
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