‘Scuse the lighting. I’m end of term tired. But also, want to appreciate these last couple of weeks with our class and colleagues who are leaving. A difficult balancing out.
‘Scuse the lighting. I’m end of term tired. But also, want to appreciate these last couple of weeks with our class and colleagues who are leaving. A difficult balancing out.
I think like the job of being a teacher is just this incredible sense of responsibility. You’re constantly putting yourself under this microscope of going, am I good enough? Do I deserve to be in charge of making decisions that will impact young lives for a long time, even if I didn’t intend it to? And so I think the least we can do is provide educators with a space where they feel trusted and cared for.
I keep wanting to write about this podcast episode because it’s stuck in my head.
The teacher asking “Am I good enough to shape these young lives?” is exactly the teacher we want in our schools.
It’s a discussion we have a lot, that we’re forever too busy to find the time to consider if what we’re doing is good enough. And it feels like schools are often saying that that what they want but, teacher’s don’t feel it.
And it’s not going to change. So we are forced to choose.
It’s “funny” how the talk of footballers and tennis players always being ask to do (play) more resonates as a teacher. That they consider it too much. Similar eh?
Do not like how similar the Coke bottles are now.
Mental health involves having feelings that are appropriate to a situation and having the coping skills to be able to manage those feelings. And the way kids develop coping skills is through practice. They need to feel sad, frustrated, and uncomfortable in order to learn to recognize and understand those feelings and to figure out what kinds of coping skills work for them.
This is me recognising that our team is pretty on top of things. This is also me acknowledging that I don’t need to keep trying to find things to do in order to feel I’m enough.
screens aren’t inherently harmful, but they can displace habits that matter — like sleep, exercise, and real conversations. And maybe that’s the takeaway: screens aren’t the problem. What they replace might be.
Are screens really that bad for children? – From experience to meaning…
Currently framing parenting as preparing for the apocalypse. Yesterday archery and shooting (air rifle at balloons). Today swimming. I think I need to stop thinking about The Last Of Us.
Huh. Like this idea
What a Principal Learned from Shadowing His Students (Alex Shultz)
No Self
“I tell myself there is
no self- I am just
a place where the
universe happens to be happening
telling itself through me.”
– John Brehm
When you deliberately put a book down, because the sooner you finish it, the sooner it’ll be over… But can’t stop picking it up.
Also, books where the story is kind of secondary to the world the author has created.
Really enjoyed this and stayed up past my bedtime to finish it. Finished reading: Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway 📚
Fitness tracker says I slept for 59 minutes of my 70 minute massage. Relaxed!
Today’s exercise: Trying to be patient while driving.
Japanese version of the game didn’t have English until I changed the PS5s system language to English (US)…
There are mornings when I wake and forget, for a moment, everything I’m supposed to carry.
Link to a poem titled, “In the morning, before anything bad happens”
Photo E took out of bedroom window tonight because she liked the clouds.
Would I like being a student in my own classroom? A reflection tool – Pernille Ripp
One of my favourite blogs about education, simple (in a good way), thoughtful and helpful.
My kids enjoyed this one about a cat with a busy day.
Finished reading: FLOOF by MCKINNON HEIDI 📚
Went in knowing nothing - always the best way and enjoyed the ride a whole lot. Rereading descriptions now I feel spoiled things that surprised me when they came up, but also, you need a reason to choose a book right?
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh 📚
Got a massage yesterday while the grandparents watched the kids for a couple of hours. I fell asleep apparently.
Pizza and a couple of beers after the gym. This morning, wide awake at 4:30 and feeling off. Alcohol and me clearly don’t agree anymore.
