August for a teacher really means one thing: Summer Holidays. Although it didn't feel so much like that for me for several reasons. I didn't go away anywhere on holiday (combined with being in and out of school) and I managed to sprain my ankle quite badly doing Urban Krav Maga. I suppose it comesContinue reading "JDS Insights: August 2011"
JDS Insights: July 2011
Truthfully...the stuff that comes out as insights arrives in fits and starts. Some of what I've written for July relates to events that happened in August. You might pick up on it. Otherwise, school ended and July saw me take a dive into the mess and melee that is my cultural community: the Goan Diaspora.Continue reading "JDS Insights: July 2011"
JDS Insights: June 2011
So...June... The last few weeks before the end of the year at school are always interesting. Everyone is in the winding-down mode - even though they sometimes give the pretence of not thinking like this. I had the joys of being invited for Jury Service earlier in the year...I was asked to defer it...and wellContinue reading "JDS Insights: June 2011"
Class of 2011: Onwards and Upwards
The staff room floor... Teachers always approach the last day of school for a group of Year 13 students with a certain amount of trepidation. Traditionally, it’s viewed as the Annual Day of Practical Jokes. This year, their last day coincided with the day of the Leavers’ Boat Party where the Leavers of Our SchoolContinue reading "Class of 2011: Onwards and Upwards"
JDS Insights: May 2011
May...I remember that month. People moving away...the weather brightening up a little...and me discovering my anger doesn't have to run me...nope - my worry does! Worrying about all the things I have to get done. I think everyone worries about this. Aside from being wholly unproductive, the effect is to take us away from theContinue reading "JDS Insights: May 2011"
JDS Insights: April 2011
April was a while ago. Things were changing...and we were settling in. It was the final push before the exam season at school. Easter Holidays were the turning point. I also started to discover stuff about my neighbourhood. Community is important and can exist. But that was then. -------------- 01 Apr: Knowing doesn't make aContinue reading "JDS Insights: April 2011"
Out Through The In Door: 2010/ 2011
Ah yes. This post is loooooooooong overdue. We're already part way through the second quarter of 2010! Anyways another year has passed into the ether and I might as well compete my musing and reflecting. This is becoming a running theme. I think it's part of of the reflective process; taking stock and thinking allowsContinue reading "Out Through The In Door: 2010/ 2011"
JDS Insights: March 2011
OK we are in to the second quarter of 2011 and I *still* haven't let go of 2010 yet...the post is still being planned. Pretty much events of March have been momentous. I mean it's not every day one moves house. I think that's the big thing about March. A whole new space, a wholeContinue reading "JDS Insights: March 2011"
JDS Insights: February 2011
I've done it again...two posts in one day...it's because I'm on a roll and expecting a lot of people to be checking my blog...hahahahaha! I'll be posting more on the reasons for that... Well February...such a lot happened. Organising. Negotiating. Discussing. Inspiring. Creating. Travelling. Skiing. Things like: organising a home-move, whilst negotiating with estate agentsContinue reading "JDS Insights: February 2011"
JDS Insights: January 2011
Time definitely flies when you're having fun. We're now almost a quarter of the way through the year...and I haven't even picked my themes for this year and reviewed last year! Ah well...it's in the works. Back to January...and it was a month of recovery and action. I've been engaged in something I had turnedContinue reading "JDS Insights: January 2011"
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