All’s quiet with HT,NI and SL
Hmmmm…. things have been quiet on the Head Teacher front - I am awaiting the crunch. Most of the staff have been very supportive. One teacher said she, “felt uncomfortable” with how the meeting went. I was actually greeted on my way in to school by a member of the support staff who had overheard everything saying, “Well done”
Anyway - I’m orf to Norn Irn tomorrow. I’m going for nearly a week - the boy and I. Wifey is studying - her Med finals are coming up, so we will be able to give her the space she needs. I’m looking forward to Ireland - I feel I will be able to breath again. I find Glasgow schools so stressful - and it isn’t the kids that make it so. I wish more teachers would get the confidence to speak out about the pressure each diktat places them under - the Authority and the executive have got to review their policies towards teachers and nurses next year - apparently more nurses and teachers are off work for stress than any other job/profession - and that was from a Psychiatrist friend.
I can’t wait to walk in the Mournes - or even down Banbridge High Street. It isn’t Glasgow or Scotland that is oppressive - just the constant pressure of responsibility which is magnified by little hitlers.
I welcome my “second life” world - a lot. I have made some great friends there - and it is a great outlet (sorry Higs - but you do listen to some crap from me!) - a place to let off steam. Higs introduced me to a great sim (those who haven’t a clue what I am on about - get a second life! lol) - it was like a movie set. Someone had created a town - with a subway - in all it’s detail - and it looks as if they did it just for the hell of it. It is a work of art, really. There is nothing commercial on the sim - so the person did not make it to make money. If I can get the slurl (if u have Second life and log on - and then click a slurl - it will take you to the sim), I’ll place it here later.
