Tag: Shakespeare

Teacher’s Lament – 31st January 2023

~ shaun tenzenmen ~ Leave a comment

Don’t be angry with me
I know you don’t see it
But I’m trying to steer you
In the right direction
I know you’re upset
Your fun was curtailed
But I’m trying to guide you
Towards self-correction

You’ll see it one day
Long after I’m gone
It will be you
With wise words to pass on

22nd Oct 2024 – Shared with Word of the Day Challenge – correct

Today I’m feeling:

A little frustrated at first but ok now. Happy.

Today I’m grateful for:

Dr Arnon for giving me medicine and cleaning spray for Tigger’s skin problem without me having to take him in. Putting the spray on today though I can see one of the wounds on his head is big and deep, with the scab coming away. I just hope the antibiotics stop him from getting infected and it can heal quickly, otherwise, it will be another trip back for Tig.

The best thing about today was:

The very cold reception I got from my class of truants from yesterday and then as they slowly understood the work they needed to do and then have to read for me and as they did it, sometimes laughing at their mistakes and finally showing some pride at their ability to do it. They are smart kids just choosing not to be.

What was out of your control today and how did you handle it?

This morning the students were kept late at assembly and straggled into class with many things on their minds except studying. This class (1/6) has broken up into little groups that distract themselves constantly so that today no one was listening. Frustrated, I just let them leave, considering other ways or things I can teach them. Speaking with their head student though she said it’s like that in every other class too. I have a plan for tomorrow but after that… I don’t know. I do hope we get better levels of students next year or I will have to continue dumbing things down even further.

And, on top of that, the reason they were kept late was that they were being told about next week which, I just found out, is scout week! Another whole week of no classes! Any possible momentum to get going after sports week, lost again!

Something I learned today?

Luckily the thing I was trying to remember yesterday was brought back to mind today as it was whilst I was listening to the End On End podcast talking about the Autoclave record and the track Hotspur. One of the hosts mentioned that Hotspur was the name of a character in a Shakespeare play (I forget which) and just word Hotspur reminds me of one of Rik Mayall’s outrageous characters in the Black Adder. I hope to find some books of Shakespeares’ plays with cliff notes to help me understand it all. I have one on the shelf already but it’s not really at the top of the pile yet.

What is something I want to do for myself in the coming year?
Lose fat.

I took this picture because it’s not often that Tigger is close to Cap or Kim.

html – 21st February 1999

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Email with TLJ:

S: Hey – what editor are you viewing it in – is it a problem with all editors or just some?

TLJ: i’m not sure – i guess all. I can’t tell if it works or not because you can’t preview the template file until it’s actually on the server – I’m not sure why this is though. I know that in macromedia Dreamweaver, it displayed one of the #include statements as a comment (it’s inside comment brackets), but not the other statement which was in the same file.

S: So – it’s behaviour is unpredictable? Sounds a little bit odd.

TLJ: Anyway, i have technet here, so i can look up more about it.

S: Good idea?

TLJ: Went for morning tea after all – instigated by me!

S: You’ll be manager soon then?

TLJ: What are your plans for this week? I guess you can’t really go out that much. Any good bands coming up?

S: No – not much. Don’t know of any bands but i still won’t have much cash for a while -but that will teach me to go a little easier on spending too. Maybe we could have some quiet film nights? what are your plans this week?

TLJ: J_ said shakespeare by the beach was on – one was on on the same night that symphony in the park was on, and they usually play more than once, so i think we’ve probably missed it. I haven’t read anything about it.

S: It would be real cool to go see it. We’ll have to keep our eyes peeled. You heard anymore about next weekend yet? I’m taking HJ to Chatswood during the day as there are some CNY celebrations going on.

TLJ: What a big coincidence. Was just looking at nine to five mag to see if there was anything at the beach. It had an article on shakespeare in love and a list of the shakespeare stuff happening in sydney. It says call balmoral beach’s Shakespeare by the Sea on 9557 3065, but i wouldn’t be surprised if it’s all over. What a shit if we’ve missed it. We haven’t payed enough attention. Can you check it out babes?? Thanks, tlj.

S: Friday – Merry Wives of Windsor
Saturday and Sunday – Merchant of Venice
8pm Balmoral Beach
these are the last shows of the year. – you wanna go? Donation – rec $10 minimum.

TLJ: M_, L_ and i will hopefully see it. And i’ve got this friends free in feb deal – pay for one ticket, and your friend gets in free for a ticket worth the same amount – so i want to see it sometime this week or next weekend. I’d better get in touch with them.

S: Yeah – I hope you go. What about some quiet nights in with me?