It's been a bit quiet around here, hasn't it?
Sorry about that. If here is anyone out there still reading, be reassured that I'm not actually dead, just terminally boring. (Or at least this blog is, according to Jo. Thanks, mate!)
Actually, I was even boring myself, which is one of the reasons that I've taken a little bit of an unplanned break from this blogging lark. When I started I still had the time and energy to do things like go out in public and watch what was going on around me, but since I have committed myself to the foolish mission of trying to be do absolutely everything within my job spec and a bit more (and falling short on many counts) I do feel like I've got nothing interesting to say. I don't even bother showing you my knitting now, because I've got Ravelry - by the time I've uploaded pictures to Flickr and then into Ravelry I really can't be bothered to fight with Blogger - so I've just shut up.
Some would say that was a good thing.
But a couple of events this week have made me reflect a bit and I thought maybe it was time to put my toe in the water again. That and the fact that Maniac Mum tagged me for a meme and I so seldom get tagged I got very excited. How sad is that? The meme will wait for a couple more day as I am reflecting on it.
But I will leave you with this.
As I was driving to work, I think I heard that Boris Johnson wants children to learn Latin and Greek as it will reduce street crime. I nearly crashed the car, because all I could see in my head was this...
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I wouldn't call your blog boring. Where else would I find out that Boris Johnson believes in teaching Latin and Greek to school students as a way of reducing street crime? (!) It's interesting to hear a view on the teacher strike, too. I used to be a teacher (25 years) of English and History in N.S.W. high schools. But I was going to ask if I could make a suggestion for your reading list? "Outcasts Of Skagaray" might appeal if you enjoyed "His Dark Material" and if you feel deeply about the issue of cruelty and child abandonment, about elitist societies and the evil they can cause. For a free preview, go to www.threeswans.com.au and see the sample chapters. My blog, if you feel like visiting, is http://threeswans.blogspot.com I would love it if you read and enjoyed my book, but whatever happens, best wishes.
Hooray!!
I was starting to worry about you! I don't find your blog boring at all. It makes me feel like I am not truly out of the teaching picture.
Remember that you must get a balance. I know how draining and hard work teaching can be but you have to come up and smell the roses every once in a while too!! Otherwise, you become burnt out before your time.
I was beginning to wonder whether you'd been involved in either the Teachers' Strike, or exams, or some end of year show production. Or if life had just taken over for a while, as it does at times.
Roll on End of Term, eh?
Bronchitkat - who can't be bothered to fight with Blogger to get 'in' either!
Oh harsh words girl! We all need a creative break from time to time, and as soon as something becomes a chore, its not creating. BTW I'll be joining you again on those workload/homeload balancing scales come September!!!
Thank you all for your encouraging thoughts!
Andrew - hello! Reading suggestions always welcome, although that goes in fits and starts, too...
Lou - balance...hmmm...
Bronchitkat - no need to worry, I wasn not held hostage by a picket of striking teachers, it's the assessments that snow you under...
Scarletti - ooo, exciting! Surely September is too early for Littlest Small to be going to school?
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