http://thebrokenchair.edublogs.org it's just another annoying teaching assistant Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:52:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Being such a small and cosy school, we don't have the luxury of employing an ICT teacher.  We have many ICT-competent folk, and even a teacher with a degree in things computery-wizardry.  As well as having no ICT teacher we're also lacking an ICT-Bod who is capable of doing the ... http://thebrokenchair.edublogs.org/2008/06/10/the-it-girl/ I am a 'slag'.  As such I deserve to have a[n empty] cardboard box shoved onto my toes.  I also deserve to be treated with contempt and ignored. I am worthless, obviously. Thank you, Student Who Is Normally Nice.    http://thebrokenchair.edublogs.org/2008/04/29/oh-how-we-laugh/ Although there are occasions when I would love to get back into the classroom and actually teach,  I do enjoy being a Teaching Assistant. My Level 3 position involves me wearing a variety of Hats on any one day.  Photocopier Hat; Filing Hat; Teaching Hat; Supportive Hat; Duty Hat; Register Hat; ... http://thebrokenchair.edublogs.org/2008/04/12/in-search-of-the-lesser-known-respect/ She stared at me. You've lost weight.  It was a statement, not a question.  Hey Betty, you sexy beast! laughed the Tired Boy. Later the Tired Boy was stroppy, lolling around on the floor in the manner of a five year old, rather than the fifteen year old he is.  How old are ... http://thebrokenchair.edublogs.org/2008/03/17/how-old-are-you/ They come from dysfunctional homes, where the norm is to hit and swear and shout.  They live for the present, not for the future.  They see their future as being devoid of choice, mapped out already, full of more dysfunction - where the norm is to hit and swear and ... http://thebrokenchair.edublogs.org/2008/03/13/hello-world/