Monday, March 09, 2009

I want . . .

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Gadget lust has descended on me like a red mist. After my abortive attempt to buy a new mini computer which resulted in my having to take th...
Sunday, March 08, 2009

Like minds!

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Today a meeting with two more of the walking wounded of The School That Sacked Me. Over a couple of hours I heard again the familiar story ...
Saturday, March 07, 2009

White stone day!

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If you want to know what my day has been like then I would refer you to my lunch. Lunch was in the restaurant of the Fundación “La Caixa” in...
Friday, March 06, 2009

And so it goes on!

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Having started at the crack of dawn on two days of this week I am entitled to an early departure on a day of my choice. Friday seemed the ob...
Thursday, March 05, 2009

Teachers' Liberation!

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It is rapidly becoming apparent that there is sort of fraternity which is composed of those hapless souls who have had dealings with The Sch...
Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Letters with meaning

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Sometimes opening your emails is a real pleasure. Stewart’s emails are masterpieces of contained quizzicality. And it is very good for me to...
Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Always look on the bright side

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We had calçots for lunch. May as well get the positive out of the way as soon as possible! I was able to dine in some degree of spaciousness...
Monday, March 02, 2009

No joke!

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If you think that your working conditions are poor then I suggest you take a short (or maybe very long) detour to visit The School That Sack...
Sunday, March 01, 2009

Read the sunshine!

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A sullen St David’s Day with a grudging attempt at forced sunshine late in the afternoon. The day was also enlivened by a visit to the super...
Saturday, February 28, 2009

I know my rights!

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The sun is not shining! As is almost written in ‘The Diary of a Nobody,’ “I am not a rich man, but I would willingly give a half a crown to ...
Friday, February 27, 2009

Dreams are fragile!

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The Welsh Rugby Dream is over for another year. Ah well, and I even wore an artificial daffodil (supplied by Dianne) in school today. This o...
Thursday, February 26, 2009

You are all too, too kind!

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Every teacher should have his “Mr Chips” moment. And now, after my first day back in the ‘new’ school, I have had mine. Greeted warmly by al...
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

And the next one please!

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My I-Spy Book of Catalan Schools now has an extra tick in it as I wave goodbye to my last and start preparing for my next! A fairly quick ch...
Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Roll up that man!

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The staff have now been told that I am leaving tomorrow and there is that strange attitude which is composed of what I hope is sincere regre...
Monday, February 23, 2009

Boys Denied Toys

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Although prepared by inbred cynicism, the anti-climax of my court visit was frustrating. My court appointed translator had learned her Engli...
Sunday, February 22, 2009

Never quite right!

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As Babbage might have said if he had realized what he was inventing when he almost unleashed his mechanical mathematical machine on an unsus...
Saturday, February 21, 2009

Flying home!

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Ceri and Dianne have gone back. It is a strange feeling to see people who were an intimate and geographically close part of one’s life fly o...
Friday, February 20, 2009

Time ticks on

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¡Carnival! is over in our school and the parade and judging are closed for another year. The range of costumes was wide with the Challenger ...
Thursday, February 19, 2009

To put an antic disposition on!

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Tomorrow staff are expected to don a costume of some sort and enter into the spirit of Carnival. For the week so far the primary section of ...
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Paper cuts

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Let us take our success where we can find it. I have, at last mastered the paper towel machine in the toilets in my new school. One has, of ...