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DaN McKee 9/3/23 DaN McKee 9/3/23

Summer-y 2023

It’s the last day of the summer holidays…

DaN McKee 7/24/22 DaN McKee 7/24/22

Last Day

A lot of thoughts are floating around as I sit in my classroom for the last time on my last day at the school I have worked at for eleven years…

DaN McKee 7/23/22 DaN McKee 7/23/22

Eleven Years Later - plus bonus Easter Eggs

The following article was published in the last edition of the school I just left’s online e-zine…

DaN McKee 2/26/22 DaN McKee 2/26/22

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…

DaN McKee 2/14/22 DaN McKee 2/14/22

Quitting My Job - The Thought Behind Making A Change (from Philosophy Unleashed)

I wrote this about my decision to leave my job at the end of the year…

DaN McKee 12/29/20 DaN McKee 12/29/20

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”

DaN McKee 10/27/20 DaN McKee 10/27/20

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.”

DaN McKee 10/11/20 DaN McKee 10/11/20

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.”

DaN McKee 9/13/20 DaN McKee 9/13/20

Observations From The Front

“It has been a week now since being thrust back into a busy school full of nearly a thousand people after six months of living safely and solitarily in lockdown. Here are some observations from the frontline of Covid 19, in one of the UK’s worst areas for infection, Birmingham, just days before we return to a stricter, nationally imposed, lockdown…”