Super Woman Adventures

I don’t understand the necessity for the number of meetings we have at work. Are people needing more work to do? I don’t think so!

I would love to have a meeting free month. Imagine the work that would get done!? I might actually be able to come home and relax in front of the TV (not that I watch it). Instead, I am stuck in a meeting until 5pm, come home to scoff down dinner and start work again! This is no life for a young teacher I tell you!

The Government have very kindly given us a wonderful pay rise…apparently making us the highest paid teachers in the country…so shut up and go to the meetings I hear you all cry. What they haven’t advertised is that that pay rise will go to graduate teachers (first year out) and those with 12 or more years experience (the oldies). As a specification of this pay rise, we need to forfeit our pupil free days that we use for professional development and come in on our holidays to receive that PD. So in summary…the bulk of teachers (between 2 and 12 years experience) have to work more for no more pay….what the hell??????

Ah Governments…don’t you love ‘em?

Vote 1 for no meetings! Isn’t that what emails are for?

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Why is it that when we are sick we go into catastrophe mode? Is it because we lie in bed without anything to do but plan our own funeral?

Perhaps it’s just me, I’m lying in bed really thinking that I might die. I have never felt so sick in my life…well at least not that I can remember. I was thinking about who might come to my funeral, where it would be held and what people might say about me (I didn’t dwell too long on that…too scary!).

The strange thing is…none of those thoughts really disturbed me (until now!). I seemed resigned to the fact that my life would be over. Then my thoughts would turn to the mundane…’when the bloody hell did I take that last Panadeine?’.

So Your Honour, I plead insanity…at least for the days of sickness endured. No comments and/or thoughts made during those days should be taken into evidence against me.

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Ok so I’m stuck in bed with the worst flu of my life…so what do I do? Start up my own blog! I’m not sure about the whole thing yet. Friends have asked me to create this so that they can keep up with my adventures overseas. Seems a little self-indulgent..perhaps it is…that might be a good thing!