I had nightmares about work: vivid movies wherein my students told me how much they hated me.
Tag: teaching
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 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 longest week
My ominous countdown to the exams did not have the desired effect of kicking their butts into gear, instead irritating them and inviting groans of "eugh, could you not?" (I could not, not)
thoughts from the back of the classroom
I'm going to let you guys in on a secret: sometimes I have no idea what I'm talking about.
thoughts from Christchurch
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
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 