I had nightmares about work: vivid movies wherein my students told me how much they hated me.
Tag: teacher
funemployment: on being unemployed
It was never that I wasn’t able to pick up the pieces while I was struggling, but I did already have my hands quite full and that made for slow work.
thoughts from macquarie street
We painted our posters and took to the streets, chanting loudly and passionately, thinking (naively perhaps) that things might change.
thoughts from the liminal spaces
Not feeling sick I've convinced myself that I must be faking it - something which sends me spiraling each time I think about it.
thoughts from the home office (2.0)
My classroom became virtual overnight; my student's faces replaced with their unrelenting avatars staring back at me while I 'teach' at a screen.
thoughts from the teacher’s boyfriend
I can be a bit of a nightmare to live with; I'm excitable, work in short bursts of energy, have a short fuse, and worst of all, I'm an introvert that masquerades as an extrovert at my job...
thoughts from the all the dumb things
While I have always felt old, this year has made me feel grown up. I'm more confident in my own abilities, more self-assured, I adapt with relative ease, and you know what? It's really bloody nice.
thoughts from the home office
What ScoMo doesn't see is what is happening inside my home 'office' (which is actually one of two rooms - the dining room, or the bedroom which once belonged to my older brother).
thoughts from cyclone Tracy
I don't care what you think unless it is about me. Kurt Cobain Hands up those in the room who feel responsible for things they're not responsible for. I'm one of those people that always feels a little on edge when things are going wrong as if, in some weird way, shit's hit the fan… Continue reading thoughts from cyclone Tracy
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 first year 