Earlier this week, in my Year 12 class I was chatting with a couple of girls who were talking about all the places they would one day visit: "Paris," one of the girls said, "I'd really love to go to Paris." "No," the other replied, "no. They don't like people like us there." By people… Continue reading thoughts from Christchurch
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thoughts from the first year
Though there is still a bit over a week left in 2018, the teaching year is officially done and dusted. This year has been a wild ride made up of deep troughs and steep peaks and I think I am becoming more deft in navigating both. While I know that I have much still to… Continue reading thoughts from the first year
thoughts from the chiro’s office
Yes I am ill / Yes, I cannot get my balance / Yes I get carried away in the breeze like a feather / It doesn't matter / Let it go / Give me love / Give me vertigo- Kate Miller-Heidke, Vertigo It's nearly the end of the school year, nearly time for the six… Continue reading thoughts from the chiro’s office
thoughts from magic mountain*
there are two kinds of people in this world: people who have no idea what they're doing and liars
thoughts from the tops of hills I’m willing to die on
I felt like I'd gone too hard to back down. So I didn't. And as soon it was over, I felt really stupid, but I didn't regret it. The kids knew this much: this is something I cared about, it was something that I wanted them to care about...
thoughts from the first year 