tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post2646750205681057828..comments2024-03-24T09:13:28.758+00:00Comments on The Plashing Vole: Leave those kids aloneThe Plashing Volehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021407602157515927noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-81195774928711248402012-01-26T22:13:58.956+00:002012-01-26T22:13:58.956+00:00Well said Vole. It is a massive struggle when you ...Well said Vole. It is a massive struggle when you have essays to write and you have kids to feed, a home to run and your trying to support a husband who has redudancy looming over him. To be treated as a blank slate is OK if your slate is smooth and untarnished, but if like mine its almost been shattered many times a kind word or that little nod in the right direction makes all the difference. Not just to the student, or pupil but to a whole family, if I can get through uni (and i'm the first one in my family to try) then I'm hoping my children and my brothers children will have the courage to at least try . Several times I have nearly thrown the towel in but kind words from supportive lecturers have encouraged me to carry on, one said "It will make such a massive difference to your life, and to your children's futures" I hope she got it right because it is that comment said quite passingly that has given me the drive to carry on with putting to one side the death of my first husband has been the most challenging and life changing experience I have ever encountered. Long may people like you and some of your colleagues fight to give a chance to those of us who actually thought we simply were not good enough. I applaud you all.Nasherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08492446817731102913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-34010770055870349112012-01-24T11:10:34.937+00:002012-01-24T11:10:34.937+00:00A good head would never be loved by his or her sta...A good head would never be loved by his or her staff, he added: "If anyone says to you that 'staff morale is at an all-time low' you know you are doing something right."<br /><br />I've read that quote six times now and I still can't fathom how exactly he can justify that opinion. True, a headmaster doesn't have to be LOVED, but "you know you're doing something right" when staff morale is low, good teachers are leaving, others go off with stress? I'm sorry?<br /><br />One other thing - I'm glad you feel the same about The Apprentice as I do. I try to stop my friends watching it but no-one ever listens :(Ewarwoowarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01188994060142858403noreply@blogger.com