Let us always show respect -
and expect respect.
Saturday 12 October 2019
Thursday 10 October 2019
A mantra for our everyday lives
May we be who we are and give what we have
and not mither
about what we do not have and what we cannot give.
and not mither
about what we do not have and what we cannot give.
Wednesday 9 October 2019
About our 'legacy' to our working lives
I finally went back to my last school to be present at a gathering for the teachers who were leaving, 18 months after an abrupt ending to my career!
Having forgotten to go to a parents evening for my year 11 (ie GCSE maths class!) - even though I had arranged the timings for meeting parents - I realised that my school-working life had come to an end and I finished work before work finished me, on the grounds of ill-health.
I had written a few notes on a small scrap of note-paper as a farewell 'speech ' of sorts. The previous person had spoken at quite some length so my words were mercifully short, to everyone's great relief.
My main point was that, for us as teachers, long after our pupils had forgotten most of what we had tried to impart to them they would remember us; they would have 'learned' us as people, as points on the landscape of their lives, with our funny ways, the clothes we wore maybe or any of our little (or large) idiosyncrasies, as I'm sure is the case for all of us, no matter where we are in life or what we do.
Thus so with these writings of mine; you do not know me but by something of me in what I write, you will have 'learned me', another human being. I would love to think that I might become a small point on the landscape of the lives of anyone who might read my posts.
PS My friend said that my words had brought tears to her eyes; so that was nice.
Having forgotten to go to a parents evening for my year 11 (ie GCSE maths class!) - even though I had arranged the timings for meeting parents - I realised that my school-working life had come to an end and I finished work before work finished me, on the grounds of ill-health.
I had written a few notes on a small scrap of note-paper as a farewell 'speech ' of sorts. The previous person had spoken at quite some length so my words were mercifully short, to everyone's great relief.
My main point was that, for us as teachers, long after our pupils had forgotten most of what we had tried to impart to them they would remember us; they would have 'learned' us as people, as points on the landscape of their lives, with our funny ways, the clothes we wore maybe or any of our little (or large) idiosyncrasies, as I'm sure is the case for all of us, no matter where we are in life or what we do.
Thus so with these writings of mine; you do not know me but by something of me in what I write, you will have 'learned me', another human being. I would love to think that I might become a small point on the landscape of the lives of anyone who might read my posts.
PS My friend said that my words had brought tears to her eyes; so that was nice.
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