In which there is a mathmatical reason why today was crap...
Today is apparently Blue Monday, Wikipedia tells me that... according to a press release by a mental health charity, the formula is:
where weather=W, debt=d, time since Christmas=T, time since failing our new year’s resolutions=Q, low motivational levels=M and the feeling of a need to take action=Na.
This date allegedly falls on the third Monday of January which is the 18 January in 2010.
So I got up, went to work, taught Year 13, but they were apathetic as there exam is in about a week now. Met my new student teachers at break, quick coffee, free lesson where I attempted to sort out everything, all was going well until a fight broke out with Year 8 and I was the only one free to deal with it and take statements. Met the student teachers for lunch, but failed to complete their timetables in my free because of the fighting! Bad first impression of me then! Afternoon was Year 7 paper mache'ing the solar system, followed by new sets of Year 10... oh, and the fire alarm went off! Then a meeting as we have twilight training tomorrow, Dept meeting was rearranged, we missed the last one due to snow, so it went on extra long... like to 5pm. Took me until 5.45 to get home, and now I have to scoff my tea, so I can leave at 6.30, for two hours of tutoring (and a one hour round trip drive) before collapsing into my bed and trying not to worry about a marking scrutiny and Year 11 reports that are due on Weds!
Oh and next door's delivered my parcel today... They took it in last Tuesday!!!! Tuesday people! and only brought it round today... so now I have two copies of everything!
where weather=W, debt=d, time since Christmas=T, time since failing our new year’s resolutions=Q, low motivational levels=M and the feeling of a need to take action=Na.
This date allegedly falls on the third Monday of January which is the 18 January in 2010.
So I got up, went to work, taught Year 13, but they were apathetic as there exam is in about a week now. Met my new student teachers at break, quick coffee, free lesson where I attempted to sort out everything, all was going well until a fight broke out with Year 8 and I was the only one free to deal with it and take statements. Met the student teachers for lunch, but failed to complete their timetables in my free because of the fighting! Bad first impression of me then! Afternoon was Year 7 paper mache'ing the solar system, followed by new sets of Year 10... oh, and the fire alarm went off! Then a meeting as we have twilight training tomorrow, Dept meeting was rearranged, we missed the last one due to snow, so it went on extra long... like to 5pm. Took me until 5.45 to get home, and now I have to scoff my tea, so I can leave at 6.30, for two hours of tutoring (and a one hour round trip drive) before collapsing into my bed and trying not to worry about a marking scrutiny and Year 11 reports that are due on Weds!
Oh and next door's delivered my parcel today... They took it in last Tuesday!!!! Tuesday people! and only brought it round today... so now I have two copies of everything!