Sunday, November 29, 2009

Have pen will tick

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With the resentment that is becoming second nature to me I continued my marking of the 3ESO’s examination papers. With the help of numerous ...
Saturday, November 28, 2009

Ths Day Will Live in Infamy

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Arising from a night of troubled sleep, I found that I had, during the night been transformed into a creature filled with cold fury. I heard...
Thursday, November 26, 2009

The torture begins!

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My first Spanish lesson for a long time was conducted on a one-to-one basis in the director’s room in a local school of languages in Castell...
Wednesday, November 25, 2009

It's all too much!

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As if to compound the dread associated with the lurking horror of having to go into school on a Saturday (which I may have mentioned before)...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Tedium!

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I am sure that the kids think that there is nothing they would like to do more than sit out the front of the class and type while everyone i...
Monday, November 23, 2009

Put not thy trust in computers!

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The examination I have written (or cobbled together) has been a bit of a nightmare. A copy went into the dark electronic beyond and my remad...
Sunday, November 22, 2009

Welcome the new

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The luxury of a lie in was not fully appreciated because it was not accompanied by a feeling that I was recharging the batteries. I felt som...
Saturday, November 21, 2009

Tell it not in Garth!

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I have now been given a quiet Word of advice after my tentative voicing of my objections to come to school on a Saturday. In the nicest poss...
Friday, November 20, 2009

All things stay the same!

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Our English departmental meeting was the usual relaxed affair in which small points of departmental business were discussed. The whole tenor...
Thursday, November 19, 2009

Is nothing safe!

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It’s the bare faced audacity that gets me. After being warned off by the police yesterday the Long Stick Pine Cone Thieving Gang returned to...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Tree thieves!

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Who would have thought that there is an illicit market in pine cones? Yesterday Toni phoned the police about a suspicious gang of disreputab...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Memories of Times Past

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It was my own fault. I should have changed the contact lens when I felt a slight discomfort. But I merely adopted the hardened contact lens ...
Monday, November 16, 2009

Meals and distant thoughts

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Yet another restaurant to cross off the list of acceptable places to eat in Castelldefels! Considering our humble location is basically a to...
Sunday, November 15, 2009

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I have always found that a stern look can quell the incipient hysteria that usually greets my attempts to illustrate points I am making with...
Saturday, November 14, 2009

Eating and Reading

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Another tapa surprise when we went out into Castelldefels town: an exquisite concoction of scallops and prawns on a savoury slice of potato....
Thursday, November 12, 2009

What does the future hold?

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I am now wearing a jacket; but still in short sleeved shirts. I refuse to give in to the growing realization that comes with colder nights t...
Wednesday, November 11, 2009

It's magic!

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There are some things that you do that, having done them, you wonder how you managed before you had done them. Sometimes they are fairly sm...
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Slowly! Slowly!

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My little poisoned seeds of discontent are beginning to sprout. The shoots are tentative; shyly seeking the light – but they are there. Our ...
Monday, November 09, 2009

The burdens of education

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As usual the weekend was at least one day too short and I start a new week feeling jaded and resentful. I am seriously looking at my finance...