After attending the Cybersafe training day on Thursday I have pruned my facebook of all current students. I was reluctant to do that because I felt that I was a responsible user of social networking, but the implications and lack of control over what others post, creates vulnerabilities for teachers. I like to be socially […]

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My parents Ric and Joan have been married for 45 years today. I don’t know many other couples who are as happy together. They have raised 6 children, been much loved grandparents to 4 grandchildren, made a home we can all return to, yet be independent from, retired and holidayed in their marriage and family but I think their relationship is […]

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On the weekend I attended briefly (well for a 3rd of the prescribed time) our 25th ‘10 till 10′. This annual event has been going on since we left school. The committed have reunited at a local pub for a session lasting all day. Even though I have lived in this town for most of my […]

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I tried to read this book years ago, but it made me angry. I decided to revisit it when people around me kept referring to it. I heard the title about five times in a week and felt it was a sign. I got it from the library during my long service leave. I’m not […]

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Last night I put all my friends on Facebook into different groups. I was inspired by having access to photos of someone I barely knew. Photos that were a touch revealing. I’m not sure I am that open.  There are levels of privacy I want to maintain.
I looked into it,  there are different levels of privacy in facebook but […]

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Today I had a professional development day. It was a course in Behaviour Management. I haven’t been on a Behaviour Management course since the first years I was teaching.  I have been more interested in things like technology or learning. It was productive and has given me some great things to think about, especially as a […]

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I bought this book a few years ago when I was feeling a lack of trust in my previous relationship. When I was bringing my books inside a few days ago I realised I never read it. It has been a really great guide to me for an interesting internal journey I’ve had over the […]

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Last night at our staff meeting we talked to the teachers about building positive relationships with students. I had gone over in my head what I wanted to say about it several times since I’d been asked to do it. I didn’t say half of it.  The other person speaking had recently done a great […]

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Mercury goes retrograde on Thursday. Mystic Medusa’s blog post: Mercurial Bats 2 the Max can tell you which area of your life could be influenced by the planet of communications going backwards in the sky. It also gives the exact dates and so forth. I have subscribed to her nightly scopes, so I am looking […]

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Co-habiting is often a rude shock in a relationship. I have no idea why I did it so quickly looking back on it all. Makes me feel like I was in a desperate, mad, rush or something. It was more like a perfect storm though. There were all these factors that made sense at the […]

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