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Wilt and the #1976Club

Together with a whole lot of other readers in the UK in 1976, I read Wilt - the first in…

3 years ago

The Shadorma – Definition and Origin with Examples.

What is this Poetic form called Shadorma? Invention So some say. Spanish it is Alleged. Not so fast. Shadorma? Dictionary…

4 years ago

Want to be a New Woman?

You too! can be a New Woman. Who knew it was this easy? And just think of the savings on…

5 years ago

Angela Brazil – Rhymes With Dazzle – at Dunkirk

When intelligence officer Arthur Marshall was on the beach at Dunkirk in 1940 he turned to the work of Angela…

5 years ago

The Gossips

She never!            She did! Well blow me            A right carry-on What a palaver  …

5 years ago

Buzzwords in Education: Thought Leader takes a Deep Dive into Learner Agency and Direct Instruction

Education thought leader takes a deep dive into learner agency and direct instruction. Image: Banker by Jason de Caires Taylor

7 years ago

Holiday Greetings from 1917

Time for some seasonal greetings from the front. The traditional Christmas message of charity, reconciliation, and peace on earth now ensured…

7 years ago

Life in School: A New Year

New teacher orientation; playground supervision; transfixed with horror; a hard time unplugging; curriculum mapping. More Life in School Cartoons Life…

7 years ago

More Life in School

No one was surprised. The kindergarten discovered. Quite electrifying. The end of the year party.

7 years ago

Life in School 1-6

The English Department was in uproar. The head of school found it helpful. The faculty was concerned. An experiment in…

7 years ago

Mud Soup

Some culinary disasters can be repurposed. Here is Glen Baxter on polenta: And then there are times when you just…

7 years ago

The Frog Wars Have Begun #ImWithKer

And then of course there's #FeelTheKerm Kermit and Joey Say the Alphabet

8 years ago

Can you read?

Here's a story from the end of last year that I forgot to post. What does this say? And because…

10 years ago