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I have moved - come and find me ...

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8/ experienced teachers to leave the classroom because they are not being trusted to use their skills and experience.

@bphillipsonMP needs to think about this. A recruitment crisis makes headlines, but the elephant in the room is retention ...

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🧵1/ On teacher autonomy, and why it might be better for parents to hire tutors.

This is actually really important - many experienced teachers are leaving the classroom because of behaviour, but

... /2

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7/ homogenisation simply doesn't do that.

It's going to deliver an average (dare I say mundane) experience to youngsters who need and DESERVE inspiration, and because there is no such thing as average, it won't actually meet anyone's needs, as well as causing more /8

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4/ when all you have to do is rock up and read from a prepared script, what's the point in being a subject specialist? And, indeed, as a school, why have expensive experienced teachers on your payroll when you can save money ... ?

Let's go back to the main thing ... /5

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I remember audibly gasping, then laughing at loud, when I first read Jonathan Swift's essay, 'A Modest Proposal'.

On his birthday, treat yourself to a masterclass in irony. https://t.co/YNC160JrNg - just 3,500 words, but ... wow!

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UNPOPULAR OPINION: do we need another adaptation of 'Little Women'?

4 BBC Serials; 7 films!

I mean, it's not exactly #shakespeare, is it?! 🤪

(erm, Happy Birthday, Louisa May Alcott!)

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Ooooooh, I've lost about 25% of my followers this week!
As I'm leaving X tomorrow, that's not a worry ... as long as y'all are coming over to say hi at the other place ... 🤪

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You've got 'Hotel California' on loop because you are trying to focus on something, and you miss the beginning of the guitar solo every time ...

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William Blake's artistic and poetic talents are still popular over 250 years after he was born: especially impressive when you consider he left school at 10!

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@Joseph_Fasano_ Really sorry to hear that. If it's any good to you, I've just followed, and will too if I can find you at the other place ... so, how about simply that one new person wants to hear what you have to say ... ?

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Happy birthday to Sarah Perry!

The Essex Serpent is a great read, riffing not just on conflicts between religion, superstition and science, but between the head and the heart, too.

I hope a tutee chooses it for coursework at some stage!

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@lhallwriter Putin and Trump (L-R) ?

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@bmerer I haven't seen the film but have been teaching the book for years (to 17/18 year olds). It's a devastating read, and the students love it.

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How DO you write about sex in your #AlevelEnglishLiterature?

How can you sound like an academic, not a pervert?

A 5-minute read on the blog, with examples using Philip Larkin and Ian McEwan. Please share with anyone doing the qualification!

https://t.co/JZlTSDRz8F

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@eileenfinnegan1 @BookTasters I teach 'On Chesil Beach', and that's broadly the same - McEwan REALLY knows how to get under my skin!

Have you read it?