incremental progress

Back on the blog again

I'm way out of practice, so you can expect this to have No Flow Whatsoever.

I'd not forgotten how to teach, but i had forgotten how to discipline third formers. By the seCd day it sounded like there was no teacher in the room. An absolute riot. So today, I threw them out of the room, told them off outside, and gave them another go, all before we did the roll call. Worked a treat. The next class I kept in at interval, half of them anyway. And I am going to threaten those whose books are not fixed up with the deans... I had forgotten how to be mean and nasty, or is firm and fair? Anyway we got much more work done, and I enjoyed the whole process more. And I don't care whether they enjoy it, you know?

Being at home with a baby and a thesis can be quite isolating. If you go out, you just know the baby will get sick. And when he is asleep, I have been doing thesis. So I've stayed home in the hope he will sleep. Having a school kid on the other hand gets you into the thick of the community straight away. The kid wants to play with the other kids on the block, meet the neighbours, join the soccer team. When you drop them off at school you meet other parents, and teachers, and the kids that you teach at high school. So a week after Cn started school, I felt like a genuine member of the community.

When you marry, if you are not a handy person, marry a handy person. You can save thousands. The same applies to casual relationships and civil unions. Its a great thing if one of you knows how to fix stuff round the house. Trust me, I know.

Posted by Toni at May 18, 2005 07:31 PM