Please don’t run a mile. I know, I really do. I know that your dad / granddad / grandfather / creepy uncle has about seventy rotting National Geographic magazines stashed in his toilet, but the magazine has come a long way since its humble beginnings. No longer is N.G. the prime reading material of bearded reclusive dorks everywhere, it is now as modern as not saying thankyou when someone opens the door for you and as widespread as cadaver faced Read the rest of this entry »

You know sometimes you just have to stand up for what you believe in, don’t you diary? Even at the risk of a knuckle sandwich!

These occasions are always the same. My friends and I are sitting in a pub minding our own tank-top wearing, bowls and polo conversing business, and then I hear someone say something which needs to be put right, and I find myself asking my chums if they are going to come with me or if Read the rest of this entry »

A good friend of mine is currently looking for secondary education jobs and has realized that, well over half of all newly qualified teachers are unprepared when it comes to dealing with aggressive pupils. This is obviously a bit of a concern, because violence erupts so frequently in many of today’s classrooms. But I think we should be concentrating more on why it is now such a huge issue. After all, it never used to be like this.

There has Read the rest of this entry »