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Jack’s Mum (my podcast)- Episode 12: Getting a toddler ready for Christmas
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- Making plans after a couple of uncertain years
- One of many posts about The Beastie Boys
- Do I Really Have a Book Inside of Me?
- On losing our last Golden Girl
- Don’t Look Up – a dark comedy with so much more
- How to start 2022 with writing goals
- 2021 Year in Review
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Tag Archives: English teaching
Remember the semicolons!
If you want to be humiliated, and told you’re not as good at the one thing you know you’re good at, then come to England and take one of their assessment tests. You’ll feel lower than dirt by the time … Continue reading
Posted in All About Me, Employment, School, Teaching, Writing
Tagged England, English teaching, exams, Teaching Assistant, tests
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Teaching and books are the stuff I’m made of
Tuesday morning, and I woke up early, as usual, but this time it was 5:30 instead of 5, and I got out of bed at 6. (I woke up once at 4:30 as well.) I know it’s the lack of … Continue reading
Posted in All About Me, Books, Employment, Gaming, Library, School, Teaching, Television, Writing
Tagged English teaching, Teaching Assistant, Tough Young Teachers
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My first and last day at college
I’m spoiled. When I think of college, I think of this. I attended and taught at Brevard Community College the year before I moved to England. I didn’t have any problems with students accept plagiarism and attendance. I had an … Continue reading
Posted in All About Me, Employment, School, Teaching
Tagged college, English teaching, further education, students
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Being a good teacher: Part 2
Continued from my previous post – Being a good teacher: Part 1 I want to work on my books. I want to save myself the humiliation and frustration of being a crappy teacher for high school/Secondary school. I keep applying … Continue reading
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Tagged English teaching, public school, substitute teaching, supply teaching, teaching agencies
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Being a good teacher: Part 1
Before I started working at the school last November, I wrote a post about accepting my fate as a self-employed person. I have always had the worst time trying to get a steady job; I’ve had temporary jobs, crappy jobs, … Continue reading
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Tagged English teaching, public school, substitute teaching, supply teaching, teaching agencies
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The Tales of Missus P. 