Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Nintendo, not nursing homes

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Mum opens her birthday present - Nintendo DS Lite Originally uploaded by Edublogger . I had a day off yesterday - visiting Edublogg...
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Sunday, October 22, 2006

Transformation

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Light transformed Originally uploaded by goforchris . Just returned from the Singing Workshop in the Cathedral of The Isles, with t...
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Thursday, October 19, 2006

Not blogging but singing

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Every teacher knows the sinking feeling when they have a great idea or - if you're an English teacher - a super text and it falls like l...
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Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Is there anyone out there?

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Dunoon Community Radio Originally uploaded by goforchris . A strange morning, that - a sense of recording stuff that may never be h...
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Monday, October 16, 2006

Ego again

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The ego stepped smartly in today to prevent me from saying "no" to another job - and as a result I find myself preparing to appear...
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Sunday, October 15, 2006

Sailing in Fidelio

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Flying again! Originally uploaded by goforchris . I suppose it was inevitable that I would end up all at sea. After all, when your ...
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Saturday, October 14, 2006

Life before death

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I was involved in a street collection this morning, not something I do very often but much less awful in reality than in the imagination. Th...
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Friday, October 13, 2006

Compromise and an offer I could refuse ...

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It would seem that the Scottish Episcopal church- or at least the bishops thereof - have been slowing down to a walk over the matter of prie...
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Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Discipline and despair

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Classroom 404 Originally uploaded by raymond_kram . I’m going to drift away from specifically English teaching comment today to tak...
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Tuesday, October 10, 2006

There she blows....

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Another first for me today - I saw a whale blowing at the entrance to Loch Long. (No - I didn't take the photo; it took me enough time t...
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Monday, October 09, 2006

Re-entry

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The Oratory, St Mary's Originally uploaded by goforchris . Having (more or less) recovered from working on team at a Cursillo w...
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Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Drawing a veil ...

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I'm going to be missing from the blogosphere for a few days as I vanish into a monastery in Perth with, among others, my pal Di . We...
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Monday, October 02, 2006

On the shoulders of the past

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I was asked the other day what I would suggest to prevent the situation where probationers and less experienced teachers seem to have to re-...
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Saturday, September 30, 2006

Birthday!

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Car Deck Originally uploaded by goforchris . A quick thank-you to all who sent me cards, presents and texts to wish me a happy birt...
Friday, September 29, 2006

Teacher training – some questions

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What, exactly, do they teach young teachers in teacher training colleges? That isn’t a rhetorical question, however Victor Meldrewish it may...
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Thursday, September 28, 2006

A special place

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Glen Sannox from the start of the walk Originally uploaded by goforchris . A break from thinking about education today. Instead we ...
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Class blogs: the flies in the ointment

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I’ve done a good deal of thinking recently about the practical uses of blogs as a teaching tool in the English classroom, and a summary of ...
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Monday, September 25, 2006

Brambles in the blogosphere?

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Brambles Originally uploaded by goforchris . I've just had the interesting experience of being interviewed for an embryonic loc...
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Sunday, September 24, 2006

Blast-off

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In response to the encouragement from my comments page, a brief report on last night's gig. What do I recall today? Two things stick in ...
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Saturday, September 23, 2006

Fly me to the Moon .... please

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Find today completely hijacked by the fact that I'm taking part in a charity concert in the Queens' Hall tonight. It's not as if...
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