Jonathan Stephens

Secondary teacher, reader, drummer, worrier, rejoiner, husband and father. Weekend commuter to Ambridge; now living close to the Sovereign Light Café.

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Downloading the last ever @DestinyTheGame update.
Yes - it had lost direction since The Final Shape but the greatest experiences I have had in 40 years of gaming have been within Destiny and Destiny 2.
Let’s hope we ultimately get D3. #Destiny #Bungie #Destiny2

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@scriptwren An amazing achievement. 🍾
Passing them both within a single academic year whilst working full time - teaching KS3 and GCSE is staggering.
Welcome to the profession! 🎓

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@ScarredForLife2 Both this, and the earlier BBC adaptation of The Phoenix and the Carpet both enchanted me and terrified me in equal measure. Wonderful!

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The school holiday has finally arrived in Sussex along with a majestic pink moon. Hopefully this augurs well for us down here and those going up there.

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Spring is here! After a week I’d sooner forget involving Ofsted and stresses galore - it’s beautiful here in St Leonards.

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@teacherhead Just been through two days of it. The amount of time it has taken away from planning, delivering extra one-to-ones, helping colleagues and marking NEAs is enormous. Oddly enough, students have had their teaching week (and beyond) impacted negatively by the timing 🤦‍♂️.

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@Stellabranch It’s always captivating- whatever the weather.

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View from M&S cafe today in Bexhill. Grim and grey - but the rain might just stop tomorrow.

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@voyagerschools Ha! Of course. Back tomorrow night for a gig but I hope you’ll have clocked off by then!

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Marking mock exams in Brighton today whilst my dear other half goes to the hair salon. IKEA next, then back to Bexhill to get the papers finished.

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@scriptwren I am on my way home from Gay Paris. See you a bit later for tea and sympathy - possibly something a bit stronger.

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@artdeco_fan There’s something about the deception and dishonesty that doesn’t sit well with me, despite it being performative. The idea of ‘murdering’ people too - it’s not great. I fully get the irony and camp, but I can’t enjoy it.

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I think I am nearly unique by being a bit disturbed by The Traitors. Can’t really watch it and don’t like it.
And yes - I am aware that it’s a televised parlour game writ large.
Still - no one died and it made people happy.

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@icod They all are.

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Safe to say I have had better days.

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At the BFI for the excellent Student Media Conference. Delighted to see my previous lecturer Jenny Graham here too.

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Enjoying one of my Christmas presents. One of my very favourites - from 1971, like me!

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Here we go!

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Happy Christmas from the seaside!

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Happy Christmas everyone!