Colin Ward

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@EsotericCofe They also use "awesome" so much they have worn it out of meaning anything. And now social media has worn out "genius."

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@DanaPalubiak Wait, what? Someone had to STUDY that to work it out? Shiiiiiiiiiiit!

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@DanaPalubiak Now...let's see...what is one of the things kids struggle to do if hungry...?

How did people get to be so fucking STUPID?

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@amandakstroud @DanaPalubiak "Are you going to do that tomorrow?"
"No."
"Good. Lesson learnt. You stupid dumbass. Get y'ass out my way, I gotta teach some kids with REAL brains."

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@Headteacherchat PPA came in 2005.

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@JustEthanP America voted Trump in twice.
America is the joke of the entire world.

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@bitkinbiriisi Same reason we have 2 eyes and 2 ears. And due to the nasal cycles.

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@FixingEducation Unrestricted? 16.
Hopefully, by that age, they won't be interested.

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@NobodymrRobert @badboujeebabee @mcgmouton57 I was wincing all the way through it. There should be laws against that. Serious laws.

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@bannon1975 (2) silence, enter the room that way, get their books, sit down, and just read. I never said anything either. It was VERY peaceful!

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@bannon1975 I typically did that after Break or after lunch (depending on timetable). It helped to calm them down again, and give me and the TA a little more time to patch up pastoral issues if needs be. It took some training, but after a few weeks the class learned to line up in total (2)

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@japan_nobunaga (2) taking mutual responsibility, and so on, all greatly appealed to him. He told me how much he came to learn about the culture and the history, to respect it, and the value of "honour" which is deeply rooted can be seen in EVERYTHING the country does.

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@japan_nobunaga A friend of mine (in the UK) went to live in Japan for a couple of years. When he returned to the UK, after a couple of months he wanted to go back. He said Japanese culture is so utterly different. The pride of being a great host; being part of a society; (2)

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@Meli_Positive And when eh gets back from the small village he is feeding...

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@SamStrickers181 (2) But that was because despite my short journey, if I left home at 7.35ish, I could get there in less than 10 mins.
If I left at just 7.45am...traffic would have me done for well over 30mins. I liked a nice, quite hour at work pottering around instead.

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@SamStrickers181 Some staff prefer to leave ALL their work at work. Some teachers prefer to get offsite as quick as possible and take their marking home. Some teachers have practical set up for next day, and so on. I used to get to work by 7.45am every morning. (2)

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@bannon1975 (2) Story telling was central to the culture, and dramatists as well as performers were held in great accolade. It was from this era that dramatic structure was first really set down and understood, and even the concept of "acting" was foundered.

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@bannon1975 In Ancient Greece, the annual city Dionysia in Athens was the spring Drama festival of Drama. Playwrights would compete in either Tragedy or Comedy. Although it was a festival celebration of Dionysus, attendance was compulsory (for citizens) as it was considered educational. (2)

[Kevin McLeod @bannon1975]

There is no such thing as a child who doesn't like stories.
There are children who don't like the stories they've been given.
Children who don't like the format they've been handed.
Children who don't like the conditions they've been asked to read in.
Strip all of that away and you will almost always find a child who loves a good story.
We just haven't found their version of one yet.

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@bannon1975 I used to make a "library corner" in my classroom and encourage people I knew who were donating books to charity shops to come to me first! I'd also repurpose good condition ones for kids I knew had no books at home if they loved a book they could keep it.