#School

#brackenfellhigh THREAD 1/12My eldest, Nishad, is in Matric. It’s been a tough year. Their last year of fond memories of experiences, friends, teachers & farewells, has turned out to be
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one of the biggest problems with Americans who possess great privilege is their mysterious sense of powerlessness. Failure to take responsibility--to admit that one does indeed have responsibility--is the great
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Everyone I have talked to about this is emotionally unravelling the last several weeks. Me included. But I'm a sort of one-man diagnostic, because I love winter and find it
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I defended my dissertation 20 years ago todayThe first questioner began, “Well, Mr. Talisse.... I’m not persuaded by any of your arguments. Reading this spoiled my Thanksgiving”He paused, and I
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As a long time reader of le Carre, it's interesting how he is being characterised in death, everyone picking their favourite version of him and ignoring the rest. I think
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I don't believe in the "lift all boats" theory of achieving justice. It's why the current "progressive" agenda leaves me cold. Last month I did a thread looking at how
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CW: Christian Purity cultureGrowing up Christian/in purity culture, they really told us that “you wouldn’t buy an old dented used car at a new car price, but when you have
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Time for #realtalk, #miltwitterI was in horrible physical shape when I left BN XO. I'm in grad school now and am in phenomenal shape. I have a rigorous plan, a
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I could never be a high school teacher, let alone a high school teacher at Rhosnesni - the shit they had to put up with you couldn’t make up. Once
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I have adhd and am two seconds away from muting adhd. I'm two seconds away from gatekeeping this shit so lemme just make this easy for myself and mute adhd
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Phew - another hugely busy day for the education world. But the @tes team are with you every step of the way. Here's the main headlines from today (1/9)
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**I recall being at the Bill Tribute Gig in London a few years back and had the honour of sitting with his Mom, brother and sister. Someone in the crowd
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If you still call any sport “sportsball,” I hate you. this isn’t le 2012 Reddit if you can’t see the beauty and drama in sport, that’s on you. signed, an
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Well, we've made it to the end of another jam-packed day for schools. There's been no let up in the news, so there's a huge amount to digest. I've done
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capitalism gets thrown around like an epithet these days. my brother didn't go to college, didn't have any family money, didn't have any social capital and comes from a historically
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~ Gilbert's breakfasts ~In season 1 he is taking care of his father and no one is really taking care of him. Making his father's breakfast in a cold house,
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