Flash, bang, wallop

Well that's Halloween over and Bonfire Night this Wednesday to come. After that Christmas and my birthday. I'll have to find that countdown thing again to jolly me up. This year my age matches the year I was born. Is that significant? 2008 has certainly been a year of landmarks all over the place. Let's hope it's a landmark year in American politics too.

Finally did some marking today and re-discovered that I am a good teacher. The Year 7 has two top sets. I was teaching both but that was too time consuming so I have one and a share. The one I teach has done significantly better in the half-term assessment than the one I have once a week. I think that proves something. And no, I didn't cheat!

This weekend's word is moak which means foggy. Normally that would be a good word for November. but not this year. So far it has been mostly wet, worse than mizzle but not as bad as dreech.

Flash, bang, wallop

Well that's Halloween over and Bonfire Night this Wednesday to come. After that Christmas and my birthday. I'll have to find that countdown thing again to jolly me up. This year my age matches the year I was born. Is that significant? 2008 has certainly been a year of landmarks all over the place. Let's hope it's a landmark year in American politics too.

Finally did some marking today and re-discovered that I am a good teacher. The Year 7 has two top sets. I was teaching both but that was too time consuming so I have one and a share. The one I teach has done significantly better in the half-term assessment than the one I have once a week. I think that proves something. And no, I didn't cheat!

This weekend's word is moak which means foggy. Normally that would be a good word for November. but not this year. So far it has been mostly wet, worse than mizzle but not as bad as dreech.