A Fragile Facade

“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.” J M Barrie It's 00:32, and I'm starting to settle down for the night. And my phone buzzes. And I see that it is Aman. One of my most mischievous and outgoing students. I couldn't resist. I…

Disproportional response

I needed some way of putting off doing my lesson plan on Israel for tomorrow, so I decided to faff around with the blog a bit. And looking back, I realised that this has become more and more of a "stream of consciousness", and far less a record of the insanity that is class. I'm…

Independence

I almost lost 3 kids today. Err, what, I hear you say! So yes, school was over, as was MUN class. And I had Sana, Albaz and Albiya to drop onto the bus from Sion to Kurla where they live.  A short walk, a trip we do every day, led us to the bus stop.…

“The Writers of Dharavi Transit Camp”

“You can make anything by writing.” C.S. Lewis Introducing the Writers of Dharavi Transit Camp My kids don't like writing, and this blog is one way of making them do it. But it's only going to work if they feel like the world is reading their work. And so I'm going to ask you incredibly…

a couple more howlers

So my kids have just done their first unit tests for me, and whilst grading them, I have come across the following treasures: Q) What did Dr. King do to try and get the unfair laws changed? A) Dr. King try black people to become fair people. Q) Put the capitals in the right place:…