When Punks Rule The Earth …

I have returned to secondary teaching for a fixed term gig at the same school my daughter attends. The library maker space work was getting pretty sad and we simply weren’t busy enough for it to stay interesting. I struggle with employment that doesn’t actively move forward and work towards being productive and useful. I simply don’t like being comfortable and static in my work so have moved on. It looks like I am still moving towards having a number of different avenues of work and income and I still enjoy working with a wide range of people.

Secondary teaching is really odd now. Schools have taken on a lot more than educating young people and the classrooms are incredibly complex places now. I’m not convinced it’s a good thing and I certainly find teaching more tiring than it used to be … although I may be getting older I guess. Still, they have a laser cutter and the 3D printer I bought way back when I worked in the previous version of the school so I am having fun getting things back up and running. I have found myself taking junior food technology classes which is new and I am constantly feeling like a beginning teacher again. Probably good for my general levels of hubris but it’s a hard call. Digital Tech and the workshop/makerspace work is excellent though.

Looking forward to a bit of a break soon and maybe an extended lie down at the end of the year.