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THOUGHTS WORDS ACTION
I was recently interviewed by Djordje over at Thoughts Words Action about ‘Anarchist Atheist Punk Rock Teacher’….
An error of punishment defences in the context of schooling
My latest philosophy paper is out in the Journal of Philosophy of Education…
The Left Fist Interview
Check out this new interview with me about anarchism, teaching, and all things wrestling…
The Independent Teacher Podcast
I was interviewed recently for The Independent Teacher podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1839343/12377041 …
The Function of a Crisis in the Time of School
Trying to do academic work outside of academia is difficult for a variety of reasons, but a significant one is the lack of feedback and critique from others…
Obligatory 2020 Year In Review Post
“despite 2020 being the obvious poster child for an awful year, I don’t look back on it as the worst year ever. 2010 already wins that honour for me. The year my dad died unexpectedly and I became a teacher at the price of all my freedom. Or maybe 2012, the year my mom got her terminal cancer diagnosis? Or 2013, the year that she finally died? There have been worse years on a personal level and even on a global level”
COVID 19 - What I Didn’t Want for Christmas
“We are a cowardly profession that hides behind a misplaced sense of duty and, as a result, normalised dangerous behaviours across the country which have led us into this mess. “Just following orders” is never a good enough excuse. The government should be held accountable, yes, but more so the school leaders and unions who let them get away with it.”
A Shocking Loss: Remembering My Boss
“On Sunday we got an email telling us that our boss - the Head Teacher of our school - was dead. Heart attack. Unexpected and devastating. A total shock.”
Forced Alienation: On Being Swept Under The Rug
“I was asked by a colleague on Friday if everything was alright? They hadn’t seen me much around the school, and when they did, I didn’t seem my usual self. They said I seemed to be on my own a lot. Quiet. Not talkative. I looked like something was wrong.”
To Bury Me Alive Again
“I am not merely returning to work tomorrow, I and all other teachers across the country are returning to be pawns in a political stunt that will put much of the country at great risk under the propagandist illusion of a moral imperative to get children back in school.”
The Fading Illusions of a Former World
“these last five months has allowed some of those illusions to fall apart when juxtaposed against the big new question: but is it worth risking Covid for?”
Getting a Tattoo in the Time of Covid
“So why the tattoo? Why go to a place in close quarters with other people (albeit masked and visored) and let them cut you open, giving yourself an open wound and adding the possibility of other infection to the list of pre-existing risks in your life and risk Covid in the process? Honestly, the answer is a fuck it sense of fatalism brought about by the disregard to my, and all other teacher and students’, health and safety shown by the government.“
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