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Who I am, What I do.

Who I am, What I do.

May 31, 2014 | Anecdotes, Reflection, Sexuality

This piece was written as a contribution to Rory Gallagher's "Who I am, What I do" teachers' personal testimony blog. My path to the classroom started for me on the impossibly isolated South Island of New Zealand. It’s a story of how I was saved by literature and...

Grant More Freedom

Grant More Freedom

Jan 31, 2013 | Opinion, Pedagogy, Politics, Reflection

This journal entry was written as part of the first #blogsync, an initiative in the synchronisation of online journals by UK Educational professionals. The first shared topic was “The Universal Panacea? The number one shift in UK education I wish to see in my...

“Except when they don’t, because sometimes they won’t”

Sep 4, 2012 | Advice, Anecdotes, Students

Sometimes things just don’t go the way you’d hoped in a new school. Here is some advice for students and their parents about how to turn a bad situation around. It will not escape your notice that secondary schools run an elaborate scheme of rewards and...

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