reading Hail Mary. great book, def recommend!

Told my father we, teachers in Oz, had striked recently. He told me that people in Switzerland never strike. Well.

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Grève à l’école et dans le secondaire : 10 % des enseignants mobilisés, selon le ministère, entre 25 % et 30 %, selon les syndicats

Odd thing happened tonight. Received a call from an elderly lady, Dorothy who misdialed, who would not take it that I was NOT Annette. She was confused and asked me 20 times what my name was. On one occasion she misheard me saying Ollie, heard Molly.

My son delivered me a smothered check mate, a forced combination after I thought I had a winning attack. In a swoop, he sacrificed a rook, and I almost fell off my chair when I saw it

I started play chess because it was a way to spend time with my grandfather. Today I lost in 9 moves to a player ranked lower than me, and my ranking on chess.com is already low. I have to remind myself why I started playing because that makes me want to give up. I’m just terrible at this game.

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Obviously the US doesn’t have a gun problem. 🤦‍♂️

Lucky today! Wordle 1,541 2/6 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Tennis competition in Thursdays is equally about the game as it is about the after game spread. My teammate treated us to a wine from his collection, lifting the standard from here on I hope! 😂😂

Tonight I had the realisation that I would never beat my son again in chess. I told him so, and felt a surge of pride and affection for him. I remember when I beat my own dad at tennis, and realised I would never lose to him again. He was confused and furious. Still love him though.

Kill joys 😂😂😂

Binged on Mo, a series about a Palestinian refugee in US over long weekend. Both light and serious, def worth a watch.

A former student dropped by at work today as part of an alumni thing and told me he has a part in Henry V because his French was so good! He joked he was going to credit me. Told him it was the LEAST he could do 😂😂😂

Fantasising about selling house, buying a caravan and hit the road for next 20 years.

Athletics day today. I was manning the javelin. Next to me, high jump. Y10 boy jumps, missed the mattress and dislocated his shoulder. lot of pain. I went to him, ‘Seb, you ok?!!!!!?’ ‘Sir, argh aaaaahrgh. You had a hair cut this weekend’ I kid you not. Through the pain, that’s what he told me.

Interested in learning more about TPRS for foreign language classes. Could you recommend resources and references?

🎙️ A look back at Ep. #100 of The Motivated Classroom podcast with Dr. Richard Ryan, co-founder of Self-Determination Theory! Discover Dr. Ryan's practical insights behind one of the most influential motivational theories. 🎧 Listen back in full here: www.liamprinter.com/podcast youtu.be/LcgpezYXUVA

Dr. Liam Printer and Dr. Richard Ryan, of Self Determination Theory, on The Motivated Classroom pod

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Here’s today cryptic clue from cluedle Single copy missing header (4) I find those more difficult than minute cryptic. I got the answer for this clue but kind of mistakenly so…

Failed at connection today but cryptic crosswords going well :) check out this one cluedle.theoutlier.co.za?utm_campaign...

Cluedle: The Outlier

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Back in the dark side there is a conversation around content knowledge and general teaching practice, affirming that general teaching practice is inferior to content knowledge in secondary schools. I think the message is that teachers are the specialists of their subjects, which is true, but

Minute Cryptic - 14 April 2025 "500th out-take from funny Brad Pitt cameo" (3,4) I scored: 2 under par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s... Thanks to my colleague who introduced me to cryptic clues a few weeks ago I’m getting better at these :)

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Wordle 1,392 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Minute Cryptic - 11 April 2025 "One silver piercing belonging to me. Fancy!" (7) I scored: 2 under par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Connections Puzzle #670 🟩🟪🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Found this one tricky

Couple of interesting things about Stoker’s Dracula. A page about Dracula’s thoughts on the importance of learning a foreign language and aiming to a level of command of English language that would get ppl to not see him as a foreigner. I know that feeling only too well!

Just started reading Stoker’s Dracula, I had never imagined him with a moustache before. Pretty fun read

Love watching chess vids. noticed that players drink from water bottle when they just just played a strong move triggering an end game or mate in a few moves. Next time I play against my work place coach I’ll try to put him off his game by drinking when I play a blunder 😂 I’ll be totally hydrated.

My links to subscription sites for French teachers . I just updated info on WeTeachMFL. www.frenchteacher.net/links/subscr...

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Checked April 2025 Here are some good subscription sites for French teachers and adult learners. Prices were accurate in January 2023. Let me know of any I have missed. Frenchteacher.net is my own…

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Watching Adolescence at the moment, after my year 11 students had a passionate argument in my class about it (nothing to do with the content of my class mind you, but I let that conversation happen - I thought it was important). The series is gruelling but excellent.