Term is finally over and I get two weeks off away from the school. Two weeks of desperately needed rest ( Read more... )

So, my first week back after half-term has gone by. I was dreading going back, feeling very anxious again, like I always do when I have to go back there ( Read more... )

I've just survived my first week back at school after the half term. This weekend I needed to recover and regroup, but I have to get a fancy dress outfit together for World Book Day 2014 and I am seriously stressed about it. I hate fancy dress. I hate the idea of dressing up and being someone else because that's exactly what I had to do with the ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is back to school again. Sometimes I find myself panicking a bit beforehand, but not this time. I've had some time to prepare a few things beforehand and I'm feeling a lot better ( Read more... )

Meh, today really wasn't a good day. I got up before my alarm went off, but the cat came and started bugging me. Whether that was the trigger or not, I barely managed to make it in to work just over an hour late. I just couldn't motivate myself to go, much like I used to not be able to motivate myself when I was at University suffering from ( Read more... )

I downloaded and completed Portal 2. It's not a game I was sure I wanted to play. The original was fun but it had this really claustrophobic feel, with no human contact and the only machine talking to you a machine that appeared to have no compunction about whether you lived or died, or telling you anything like the truth. Although the puzzles ( Read more... )

Today was a horrible day at work. The kids were really acting up and not listening to me while the sixth form teachers have gone on the warpath. I feel the whole situation has spiraled somehow out of control and I'm not liking it. I think at least part of it is due to the fact that I'm not doing my job effectively. I think I'm not doing very ( Read more... )

Since I started working at the school, life is full speed ahead. No matter how much I try to slow it down, it doesn't seem to work. I've heard people say that this is what children are like. I don't know if that's true. Anyway, I'm starting to get used to it. Not every day sees me come home completely shattered any more, which is good ( Read more... )

I haven't really been coping at school and that means two sets of problems. The first one is the fact that I'm not coping and the second set are to do with the fact that I need to cover that up to give myself the space to solve the first set. The school working environment isn't the best place to have serious emotional issues ( Read more... )

Another week at school has gone by ( Read more... )