Peter Mannion

History nerd. Overanalyst. Teacher. Head of History. Views liberally stolen from Marx, Herodotus or Sima Qian. he/him

[Peter Mannion @PeterCMannion]

The overly-simplistic division of history into heroes and villains to be lauded or lampooned is poison for any reasoned debate.

[Doug Lemov @Doug_Lemov]

View of Winston Churchill from outside the UK: 3/x So the question is: do you think it's more important to reject his flaws or learn from his wisdom? In which you might ask, Can you do both? Learn from someone's wisdom and reject their flaws?

[Rachel Reeves @RachelReevesMP]

I will accept Nigel Farage’s request to be appointed Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead.

It is a farce and a desperate distraction, and the people of Clacton deserve better.

But if he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I won't stop him.

[Count Binface @CountBinface]

@DPJHodges @benjaminbutter One way to find out.

[Peter Mannion @PeterCMannion]

@SPBeale Torsedillas II: New World Boogaloo tonight.

[Peter Mannion @PeterCMannion]

@tombennett71 Admittedly, the "buffet" nature of the National Curriculum for History means that not every school teaches it to the same depth or standard. There are places (and I've worked at a couple) that have done it rather poorly. Others (that I currently work at) try to do better.

[Peter Mannion @PeterCMannion]

@daisycutterzine I shall not stand for this Freaky Foot erasure.

[Thiago ✱ @thiagovscoelho]

“glaswegian” and “norwegian” imply the possibility of “glasway” and “norgow”

[Peter Mannion @PeterCMannion]

@s8mb Miniature railway in Brockwell Park in the summer.

[Peter Mannion @PeterCMannion]

@TeacherTapp the heck is an attendance robot?

[Peter Mannion @PeterCMannion]

@Carousel_Learn Please apologise to all attendees and explain yourselves.

[Peter Mannion @PeterCMannion]

@E_III_R This is why 12th-century popes all use Office Online.

[lamine yamal 🇪🇸🇪🇸 @gibbon_macquart]

l'existence de google doc implique l'existence de google d'oïl

[Peter Mannion @PeterCMannion]

@thomasforth There's a pub in Peckham called the Prince Albert. It's near the end of Bellenden Road.

[Gyll King Post Skip Diplomacy @GyllKing]

Even with the VAT added it's still £25,000 cheaper to send your son to Eton for a year than it is to put your dad in a care home in London.

[Peter Mannion @PeterCMannion]

@Birdyword The equivalent French cheese reserve is either

a) many orders of magnitude more in worth but an order of magnitude less in weight
b) nonexistent because seriously who's going to not eat it

[Peter Mannion @PeterCMannion]

Hahahaha.

No. No I absolutely do not. Feel free to call me not a good teacher but my own family is more important.

[Katharine Birbalsingh @Miss_Snuffy]

2/14 Firstly all good teachers already work from home in the evenings, weekends and holidays.

The Ed Sec gives the impression she thinks teachers clock in and out of the job as if working in a factory.

Good schools succeed thanks to the goodwill of staff who GIVE of themselves

[Peter Mannion @PeterCMannion]

@C_Hendrick @adamboxer1 @tombennett71 Every student has a corridor in their bags and kind Mr Boxer is instructing them to get this vital piece of equipment out as they will need it for today's lesson.

[Peter Mannion @PeterCMannion]

@oldandrewuk Muppet Christmas Carol.

[Peter Mannion @PeterCMannion]

@oldandrewuk Lie? No. Vastly oversimplify? Yes. I'd never get through a lesson if I had to be completely truthful with history.

[Peter Mannion @PeterCMannion]

@Miss_Snuffy @Trivium21c @stickyphysics @GoodwinMJ It's almost like the gestalt culture of a nation of 70 million is harder to curate than the specific culture of a school.

And less desirable to curate, in my opinion. But hey, I'm just a history teacher, never seen any examples of that working out poorly in the world. /s