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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…
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…
A Plague So Nice I Caught It Twice!
Do you know how frustrating it is to be fully aware of a car crash coming which you have no capacity to stop…
Back To The Theatre
Other than an outdoor performance by the RSC last summer I haven’t been to a theatre and sat in an audience to see people perform since the pandemic started…
How Has Johnson Not Gone Yet?
As I sit reading Cold War Steve’s exceptional Journal of the Plague Year, the media continues to be full of people outraged that Boris Johnson’s government held numerous lockdown-flaunting work parties while the rest of us suffered in isolation, unable to see - or bury - our loved ones…
The Lakes and Being 40
We went away to the Lake District to celebrate my 40th birthday and I’m writing this now in the car on the way home while listening to David Bowie’s “The Next Day”…
Looking Back on 2021
Every year I feel the need to look back on the last twelve months and take stock. It’s a tradition I’ve upheld since long before digital journals were a thing…
Blogging via Playlists
“Every week of remote teaching I’ve done since January, while I may not have been blogging I have been recording my thoughts and feelings in a way because I’ve made a playlist each week”
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.”
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…”
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