My first at-work-and-blogging post!

so... its not that exciting actually...

BUT I AM fully stoked that I have a VERY light teaching load this next 2 weeks as all the 11s and 12s have exams and worklink! woo
I wish all the 8s, 9s and 10s were gone instead though!

Fun things to do at work when I have a spare moment

• eat lollies from my second drawer (so excited to have my own set of drawers to put lolliles in)
• hassle tim (aka timberly) in the desk next to me
• make business calls to baz
• go visit the girls in the palace (ie. some other newby teachers whose offices are up in the new part of school affectionately referred to as 'the palace')
• today is the first time i've had much time at all and i went down to art and played, that was fun!

i wish more days were like this

dis·en·chant·ed

To be freed from illusion or false belief.

So I believed that I was going to be a good teacher and that the students would obey me because they didn't want to disappoint me because they liked me, and that I would have such amazing lessons that they would develop such a passion for learning that they wouldn't have time in class to focus on anything other than the subject at hand...

...I have now become disenchanted.

Sydney May 24th

clearly this is not a good spot to advertise stuff since nobody reads this... BUT just in case anyone from sydney or closely surrounding areas does:
My aunty, Malini Parker is exhibiting her work in a Gallery in Bondi, she lives here and cant make it to the opening so it would be GREAT if some of my WONDERFUL friends over east can go to the opening night (or anytime really) at the gallery and "ooh and ahh" at her paintings (please feel free also to buy some- they're great!)

Here's the link to the website, the exhibition is called "what is an art moment?"

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year 9 camp

i'm about to spend 3 days with a bunch of dirty boys... wish me luck!!

7 wonders of illinois

The Baha'i Temple in Wilmette, Illinois is one of them! Actually its not surprising though- its IS amazing!

check out Chicagoland