I'll start with that rarest of things (at least for me), namely an apology. A number of people who read this blog have approached me and asked me how the new job is panning out. I know I should have followed the original posts with updates, but honestly, I came back so tired from work, that I didn't have the will to compose any reports. In short, I am really happy in my new school. The students line up outside the door to my classroom (yes, my classroom) quietly instead of rushing in like a pack of deranged beasts and then, to my utter delight, stand , yes STAND(!!) behind their chairs and wait until I tell them to be seated. These students are actually listening to my instructions. When I tell them to switch their monitors off, they do what I ask. I don't find myself having to wait for fifteen minutes until they can be bothered to be quiet, they do something that I've been longing to experience for two years - they show an interest, in fact, a very keen interest, in w...
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He said that 20 years ago he did a road test in the same car and said the suspension was so good that he could light a cigarette on a bumpy road at 40mph. However he was no longer able to repeat the experiment because its now illegal for him to smoke in the car whilst working. He laughed about it - but it makes a good point about how locked down our society has become (and I'm not a smoker)!
We used to be shocked at how locked down the communists were, but look at ourselves now (and I'm not a communist either!)