Ruth Perry

Books, literacy, education, learning disability, prison, the links between all of these, & other random stuff. Observer of life.

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@catrionamoore13 Oh Catriona, I’m so sorry. I can’t imagine the pain of that loss. Sending you and your family so much love. X

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@MichaelRosenYes @JohnBaldLangLit I wish there was time and space for pupils to explore their own genuine response to a text. Instead they are told, for example, ‘the alliteration makes the reader feel uneasy’ and then expected to regurgitate that in an exam.

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@RMTunion @AvantiWestCoast I thought you had to give two weeks’ notice?

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@savoy_girl @BBalderdash44UK @KirstieMAllsopp You’re right the first version excluded non-maintained special schools but independent special schools and colleges were always in scope. What a mess!

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@savoy_girl @BBalderdash44UK @KirstieMAllsopp The specialist colleges are not exempt. They must charge the extra 20% which the LAs funding the place must then claim back. No revenue raised - just increased admin for colleges and LAs.

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@guardian I remove the Outlook app from my phone so I can’t see any work emails. On trips out, I turn off data roaming so it’s essentially little more than a camera or emergency contact device.

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@imelda6128 @j_mcconnachie O’er the season vernal, time may cast a shade. Sunshine if eternal makes the roses fade.
Don’t think we really knew what we were singing about at the time but 40+ years on, I still know all the words!
For he is a judge - and a good judge too!

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@AbbyManzella Eligible by @csittenfeld. Pride and Prejudice in contemporary Cincinnati.

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@JollyAlice Reads like an AI-generated piece to me. The facts are all there but there’s no appreciation, admiration or respect in the writing. It certainly doesn’t feel like the writer has ever read any of LTB’s work.

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@Andr6wMale Miss Otis Regrets

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Congratulations all @GatewayQuals, especially CEO, Carol Snape. 👏🥂

[Gateway Quals @GatewayQuals]

We're pleased to have won three awards at last night's @AwardingBodies FAB Awards 🎉🎉🎉.

Our work with @CalderdaleCol, our Living and Working in the UK qual and our CEO, Carol Snape, all received awards.

Read more here 👉 https://t.co/qd30ku7e8g

#FABAwards2023 #LoveFE

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@PieCorbett @frankcottrell_b Today it’s a meaningless naming of parts.

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@Philippa_Perry @RevRichardColes Quite a lot of bromance in there too - between golfer and caddy - if you like that kind of thing.

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If you’re looking for a new subtitled utterly bingeable thriller, it’s got to be Dear Child on Netflix. @adelegeras

https://t.co/9JrGbmwFlE

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So it turns out adult education might reduce your risk of dementia. Yet another good reason for govt to give it the funding it deserves.

[John Field 🌻 @John__Field]

Is Adult Education A Brain Shield Against Dementia? - Neuroscience News https://t.co/QVk83OEtNY

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@RoseUnwin And value their achievements which are often monumental when considered in context.

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Colombia win at anthem-singing!
#ENGCOL

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@frankcottrell_b @BBCr4today As a child, I loved Mrs Pepperpot by Norwegian author, Alf Prøysen. The diminutive protagonist is known as Teskjekjerringa in Norwegian - the teaspoon lady.

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@natallman The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath

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@Joseph_Fasano_ if you came to lay

your sleeping head
against my arm or sleeve,

and if my arm went dead,
or if I had to take my leave

at midnight, I should rather
cleave it from the joint or seam

than make a scene
or bring you round.

Simon Armitage