Son of a Teacher Man » humour http://sonofateacherman.com The real life tales of a second generation secondary teacher Fri, 12 Aug 2011 02:26:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Bit sillier but… http://sonofateacherman.com/2009/12/bit-sillier-but/ http://sonofateacherman.com/2009/12/bit-sillier-but/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:50:37 +0000 geoff http://sonofateacherman.com/?p=86 …thought I should share some thought’s from our “Awe Wall”. We have a piece of butcher’s paper set up in one of the rooms here at college as our Awe Wall, where we can post things that hold us in awe. In typical spirit, it hasn’t been taken too seriously, leaving us with some cracking quips. The things currently holding TfA associates in awe include:

  • Unidentified coagulated desserts
  • Person X‘s very suave “jumper shoulder” look
  • We clap a lot (this is pretty accurate)
  • Pumpkin and potato with a side of pumpkin and potato (vegetarian options not always as diverse as might be hoped)
  • Person Y did 500 pushups
  • Downward facing dog and nipple to knee (hopefully a description of the early-morning yoga classes, else I’m not so sure…)

OK – in hindsight I’m pretty sure these are probably funnier to me than they are to you. But anyway – something a little bit lighter from the Big Brother house TFA Academy.

]]> http://sonofateacherman.com/2009/12/bit-sillier-but/feed/ 0 Door problems at Teach for Australia http://sonofateacherman.com/2009/11/door-problems-at-teach-for-australia/ http://sonofateacherman.com/2009/11/door-problems-at-teach-for-australia/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:34:32 +0000 geoff http://sonofateacherman.com/?p=68 Julia Gillard was once more promoting Teach for Australia in the media, this time on Lateline raising a concerning problem.

“They were literally having their doors beaten down by high-performing graduates who wanted to get on the program, and they had to turn people away.”

via Lateline – 11/11/2009: Gillard discusses education changes. (emphasis mine)

I must admit that in the visits I’ve made to the Teach for Australia offices I hadn’t noticed any damage to their doors: but I suppose it is the sort of thing you fix fairly quickly.

(I can’t stand the misuse of the word “literally” – maybe I should be shilling for an English class…. )

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