the joys of playtime

My kids love playtime. They will do anything to get playtime. Sit perfectly still, do all their work, whatever. But you know what, I think I love playtime more. It gives me a chance to talk to some of my kids one on one, and those are the interactions that I think are truly meaningful.…

The fortnight slump

So, it has been a while, and I keep meaning to write. In fact, I have 2 blog posts saved as drafts. But I never get around to finishing them. Mostly because I'm lazy, and partly because I keep getting distracted. But coming back to the blog is useful. I've been feeling pretty bad about…

Sometimes easier isn’t actually

(I wrote this a week ago, and failed to post- apologies for the double bill.) My kids don't beat the living daylights out of each other, they don't just pay attention a lot of the time. Or if they do pay attention, they don't do what I ask. And because they are quite well behaved,…

Invisible impact

I realised that I would have to shift from Jafari within a week of starting there. And from that time onwards, I made a concerted effort not to connect with my students. I did not want them to like me, I did not want them to have any attachment to me. I chose not to…

One month…

So, it has been just over a month since I first set foot in Jafari English High School. And it feels like one of the longest months of my life. But not in a bad way, to be fair. It's just that a lot has happened, some things have changed, and some things haven't. My…