An ex-student asked me about the pros and cons of being an English teacher, as they are considering it as a career path. Basically, this: Pro: books and DVDs are tax deductible. Con: You will never have enough time to read/watch them all. Pro: HOLIDAYS. Con: Term time. Pro: HOLIDAYS. Con: MARKING. Death. Destruction. DIE, […]
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My last day of work is tomorrow, and I’m vacillating between outright denial and abject sadness. My last day of students was Friday last week, and subsequently I spent the entire weekend as a hermit. Literally. I read three books on Sunday. All of which is to say, I am thinking about the blog, and
Just a quick note to, er, note (sorry :D) that I am using my LiveJournal again. This blog is more for actual posts about actual topics, linkage, book reviews, etc. The LiveJournal, she is for the nitty-gritty of writing like daily wordcounts. Don’t expect insight or usefulness over there; however, if you happen to want
I’m procrastinating from marking and reports and more marking by twiddling with my Goodreads author profile – and I need a test post. So here it is. Rah! *o/* If I even REMOTELY had some spare brain right now, I’d post something worth reading. Alack. Read more:The Most Beautiful Book Boxes How To
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Family friend’s 18th party on Sunday, and it was the family team at work in all our usual roles: Mum on food, Jess on decorations, me on cake, and Em on stand-by/gofer/jack-of-all. Friend wanted a picnic in the park–less clean up, good choice!–and the weather held out, which is not usual for this time of
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A recent post from Liana prompted me to sit down and figure it out. I work full time, run Creative Writing Club, meet weekly for the school Antipodeans trip to Laos, have lunch and recess duties, clean a house, cook home-cooked meals more nights than not, have a 1-year-old child whom I am still breastfeeding,
Also, in other (much more exciting) news, I am now making sugar-free chocolate by the block, and you can have some, if you’d like. Check it out at http://cobbettandpaws.wordpress.com 🙂 In fact, because I am excited about my chocolate, how about I offer you a block? Comment below with your name and some way to
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