“My diet starts tomorrow and I’ve just seen an advert for a cheeseburger!” A friend posted this as their Facebook status earlier this week. I couldn’t help but feel that they were just writing down their seemingly endless predicament: misery in being unfit and overweight; joy in over-eating. Everything has a consequence: every action; every…
Read MoreWhat’s my role in this?
This is one of the hardest and most excellent questions I know. When things aren’t quite going to plan, or I’m feeling frustrated, this one usually sorts me out. It helps me to recognise what I can and could do to resolve things. Sometimes, I’m helpless and have to get on/put up with whatever it…
Read MoreI don’t want to be resilient
I want teaching to be less stressful. I want teachers to feel that working their contracted hours is more than enough to be a good-enough teacher. I want Ofsted to disband. I want league tables to be consigned to the dust-bin of bad ideas (along with Universal Credit, the expression “moving forwards” and bananas). Resilience…
Read MoreReflections on a theme
1st January is rather arbitrary for a beginning, isn’t it? It has no solar/seasonal significance and doesn’t even fit with any ancient religious stories. As far as I can tell, there’s no reason other than Julius Caesar decreed 1st January to be the start of the year on the introduction of his calendar (until c.…
Read MoreJust being myself
Frankly, it’s all any of us can be. Some will like us; some won’t. Either way, that’s ok!
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