Q: What do you call a teacher who's happy on a Monday? A: Retired. The board on my last day and with my last class. It's a Monday and Teacher's Day and a special Teacher's day for me. Special because it's the first time I'll be spending this day as a teacher who's not actively … Continue reading Happy 1st Teacher’s Day to me!
Disclaimer: This is a parody of one of my favourite poems and I make my apologies to Walter de la Mare! “Is there anybody there?” said the Teacher Tapping on the silent screen And her cursor in the silence moved across The names of participants in the meeting And more participants joined the meeting But … Continue reading The Listeners (just another online class with secondary school students)
There comes a point in one's life when a new year is just another year. There's no thrill or excitement or anticipation of what the next twelve months may bring. It's more of a heigh-ho-it's home-to-work- we- go kind of a feeling and the calendar will have already been scanned for the holidays and the … Continue reading It’s All Write!
This is something I wrote during an exam season. The idea came to me while invigilating an exam and after that it was just a matter of going home and putting down some of those thoughts on (virtual!) paper. It’s that time of the year again. The testing time for students, parents and teachers alike. … Continue reading Exam blues and testing times!
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