Caolán McManus

Teacher of MFL (🇫🇷 & 🇪🇸) | Inclusive education & UDL | Digital media and AI as language learning tools | Whovian | il/lui/él

[Caolán McManus @c_mcmanus96]

#CreedonsAtlas mentioned a Cairn - I took this photo atop Corn Hill (or Cairn Hill) in Longford. The rough translation of the Gaeilge, Carn Clainne Aodha, means the "Cairn of Clann Aodha". Legend says Ferdia, Queen Maeve's best fighter and Cúchulainn's best friend is buried here.

[Caolán McManus @c_mcmanus96]

Fantastic discussion about language learning, proficiency, testing and the CEFR right now on @drivetimerte @RTERadio1

[Caolán McManus @c_mcmanus96]

@xudnwusna @BarbaraYetaxa Infelizmente, não — essa foi uma cena do episódio «Dalek». Existem algumas excelentes histórias em áudio da Big Finish em que o 9.º Doutor luta contra os Cybermen.

[Caolán McManus @c_mcmanus96]

That #traitorsIRL challenge had me like

[axel ☆ aziracrow pilled @th3nightingales]

Thought these were sonic screwdrivers

[Caolán McManus @c_mcmanus96]

All of my siblings have done or are doing a PLC course, including me! It surprises my students when I tell them that I did a PLC after school; PLCs provide such a solid foundation for both third level study and the world of work.

https://t.co/J9xzGTOCET

[Denise Ní Mhathúna @DeniseM67887845]

As results land across the country today, let's not forget our LCA students who sat exams too. They deserve just as big a cheer as those who did the Traditional Leaving Cert. #LeavingCertResults #edchatie

[Caolán McManus @c_mcmanus96]

Best of luck to all LC students opening results, including my brother!!

[Caolán McManus @c_mcmanus96]

@GI_Irland We can't allow any languages be outright deleted from the curriculum north or south of the border!

[Caolán McManus @c_mcmanus96]

Language colleagues!! CCEA, Northern Ireland's curriculum authority, plans to completely phase out German at GCSE and A-Level, owing to falling uptake. It is an outrageous way of thinking. Please take a moment to sign this petition. @GI_Irland

https://t.co/YtIqlgoMoG

[andrea @teachbk]

It's not that teachers are resistant to new ideas. It's that we can tell when you & your suggestions aren't grounded in the realities of our classrooms.

[Miss Ally @MissAlly_01]

So if Farage wins, he won against a bin, & if he loses, he lost against a bin.

It’s a bin bin situation.

[Brian Tolentino M.Ed @TolentinoTeach]

I face more ideological resistance from students today than I did 10 years ago.

Here's what I mean.

Yesterday, I had a group of 14-year-olds argue with me about capitalization.

Many of them rarely use capital letters correctly in their writing, and they genuinely believe capitalization is unnecessary, or even "dumb."

When I told them that I take points off for ignoring capitalization, they insisted it was unfair.

Ten years ago, I almost never had conversations like this.

Students might have forgotten the rules. They might have been careless. But they rarely argued that the rules themselves didn't matter.

[Denise Ní Mhathúna @DeniseM67887845]

Returned to the SNA role for school-based provision in Holy Rosary Primary School, Tallaght.
welcoming staff, every one of them fantastic.Reminded how demanding this job is, and how much SNAs deserve in pay & respect. They're the backbone of inclusive education in this country.

[Doinkadect Klomberbatch @Doinkadect]

Is this the first time the UK’s been looking for a new Prime Minister, James Bond and Doctor Who at the same time

[Michael Fry @BigDirtyFry]

That’s your man, what’s his name, superman

[🇵🇸💚 Jade #teamtdq @Jade_ODonell]

insane pull

[Joel @PoorlyAgedWho]

Dick Van Dyke has officially outlived Doctor Who TWICE!

[Joel @PoorlyAgedWho]

I’ve been watching Doctor Who since I was 5. I’m 25 years old now. Never in a million years did I think it’d all be over just like that.

[Om @betterrcallom]

i think we should bring back the concept of waking up on weekends and watching cartoons first thing in the morning.

[𝕭𝖊𝖓𝖓𝖎𝖊✨ @Bennieeexyz]

My high school math teacher Mr D was known for one thing.

He reused the same exam questions every year. Just changed the numbers. Everyone knew it. He also made a very big deal of collecting every paper back after we reviewed our scores so nobody could pass them to the next year's class.

Of course some of my classmates got their hands on a full set of tests from the previous year.

Within a week everyone had a copy.

Before every exam we'd sit together and work through every problem on the old test until we could solve them in our sleep. When the real exam landed the numbers were different but the logic was identical.

We thought we were geniuses.

Years later I became a teacher myself. Ran into Mr D at a funeral.

Me: I have to confess something.

Me: We had a copy of your old tests the whole time.

Me: Full set. Every exam.

Him: (smirked)

Him: Who do you think leaked them?

Me: (stared at him)

Him: Kids won't study if a teacher tells them to.

Him: But if they think they're getting away with something?

Him: (shrugged)

Him: They study all night.

Me: (stood there)

Me: (replayed four years of feeling clever)

Me: (we were never clever)

Me: (he played us perfectly)

Me: (I became a teacher and I still got played)

Me: (Mr D was built different)