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Hiya Master B

You know you can come talk to me...I lost my nan on 28th February of this year and now how you feel. You have my e-mail addy.




Can I try to cheer you up? If so, please scroll down....


"But there's no escaping the fact that, in three and a half years of hootooing, no-one has even come close to getting me this annoyed."



Awwww....Not even me?!

B - that's a rougfh one mate, and you have my sympathies.

But one thing I will say, and it's something I've had to confront since my fathers death, is that when they put you in the wooden box/fire/firework (or whatever other method you have choosen) the one thing you will NOT be thinking is 'Gee, I wish I'd spent more time in my classroom'.

Though I do understand your problem in our present education system that is essentially blame led, where every parent blames the teacher for the (mis)behaviour of their little sh*t, and where I very much suspect that your tenure is graded by the exam results of your little darlings. (Personally speaking, the continual drift towards such a system was what put me off teaching for good when I last thought about a change of career.) I'll leave it there as that is a point for another thread.

As for LW, well, he's humourless and he's rude, and I'd judge his Big Brother thread to be one of the most aggravetd cases of spamming this site has seen in a while. But one of the other things that I realised not long ago is that I don't want to be on my death bed thinking 'Bloody hell, why did I spend all that time and energy on a website?' or to put it another way - just ignore him.

>>when they put you in the wooden box/fire/firework (or whatever other method you have choosen) the one thing you will NOT be thinking is 'Gee, I wish I'd spent more time in my classroom'

I'd take the opposite view, BluesShark. When I go, I'd like to feel that my greatest achievement was passing on my knowledge to a new generation.

I think that the living should take precedence over the dead, having lost two family members in the past 6 months.

In Master B's case, his worry is obviously his mum. But as I said earlier, she'll be grieving for a long time, so being there for her at a later date when everyone else might have packed up and gone home could be incredibly helpful.

'classroom' in this instance was a synonym for 'job'. I apologize if that was not obvious.

It was obvious, BS. But a job isn't just something you do, it should also be something you feel is worthwhile. Particularly teaching.

Now, I would have said that was a vocation. Though I'm probably applying more meaning to the word than is necessary.


Geggs

A vocation for teaching is a thing that B most certainly has.

I feel my job is worthwhile (though I don't particualrly enjoy it at the present).

That doesn't alter the fact that when my mother needed me (and more particularly i needed the time to grieve), I dropped it like a hot brick for a week and a half.

And your job lets you look at disgusting German pornography if I remember rightly. Can't get much more satisfaction that that.

The odd thing is that I haven't really reacted emotionally to the news yet. I - completely honestly - was more upset by Richard Whiteley's death.

I suppose the emotion will come at the funeral.

B

Just remember that there is no correct way in which to grieve.

I didn't cry until I saw Nanna at the viewing...then I cried at the funeral...and at the inturning of her ashes.

Since then I've not cried. It's as if I'm all cried out.

Have you been to see your Nanna? Said your goodbyes? It may help.

Thinking of you.

VV

I didn't actually cry until U2 played 'One' at Twickenham last week.

I am merely wary of falling into a trap that you 'owe' anything to your students. It is not your fault if management are unable to provide adequate cover. It is not your fault, as McKay said, if they can't be trusted to do it witrhout you.

At this time, you need to do what is right for you, and you alone.

It's kind of awkward trying to discuss these two subjects in the same thread... but still...

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"Well I used to be on www.startrek.com some of the posters their hated me"

Quelle surprise.

Bad luck old man. Personally I fall down on the 'sod the school, your mother is rather more important' side of the debate, but really it's a decision for you to make.

for B. Must be a very difficult time for you and your family.



Does anyone else have the urge to start calling LW "foxie" ?

That passed through my mind too. I'm slightly worried that it might date me a little, though.


Geggs

Thank goodness it's not just me!

*has an image of Garth out of Wayne's World doing the dance to "Foxy"*

This is a bad trend to be getting into.

I'm quite annoyed at the antics of completely different Researchers now, for completely different reasons. This, I really really cannot explain on site.

B