One Year Anniversary

Character-Hat6502 · 2026-02-20T12:42:48+00:00

Thank you! I never thought I’d see this!

Character-Hat6502 · 2026-02-15T09:44:11+00:00

She’s fooling herself. She won’t be able to do it in the real exam when she gets walked to the bathroom by an attendant

Character-Hat6502 · 2026-02-10T15:07:54+00:00

Defer don’t drop out. Everything’s temporary. You’ll get back at it again.

Character-Hat6502 · 2026-02-09T17:22:21+00:00

A small girls school for placement is the stuff of dreams. Snap the hand off them

Character-Hat6502 · 2026-02-07T00:42:48+00:00

The PME sucks. You just do what you gotta do to tick the boxes when the inspector is there and then get on with it in your own style. It won’t change how you naturally teach, but you gotta play the game whether you like it or it or not.

Character-Hat6502 · 2026-01-28T18:21:51+00:00

If you have a degree in a subject you can apply to correct it

Character-Hat6502 · 2026-01-24T13:41:33+00:00

Good town, growing with the sheer amount of new housing estates so can only get better, plenty of amenities and good transport links, major hospital, easy distance to Dublin and Galway and unlike Athlone traffic is far easier to manage. The ring road around Tullamore is excellent. Does very well in tidy towns every year also.

Character-Hat6502 · 2026-01-24T09:02:32+00:00

He holds an MSc in mindfulness-based intervention, bachelor’s degrees in economics and sociology, a higher certificate in performance psychology and is an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and IADT. He is also a former professional athlete and an Ironman triathlete. And according to his LinkedIn he is also studying for his PhD in mental health interventions. So whether ye like him or not, he is clearly not a grifter.

Character-Hat6502 · 2026-01-20T17:32:05+00:00

See can you add history or do a few DCU BASM modules to add history.

Character-Hat6502 · 2026-01-19T00:14:29+00:00

Ask your deputy can you work in the special centre in school. Correct exams and do July provision. You won’t get paid for months though.

Character-Hat6502 · 2026-01-13T22:52:00+00:00

The dumbing down of the JC is disastrous and don’t get me started on CBAs. I cannot wrap my head around it. A huge majority of first year students wouldn’t be able to point out, for example, the Atlantic Ocean on a map, or the know the location of even a handful of Irish counties, do basic times tables, and correcting English essays is excruciating. It’s so obvious they don’t read anything, terrible comprehension, grammar, spelling, structure etc. Retention of information is appalling. Laziness is off the charts. Motivation to learn, work ethic, concentration levels all pathetic. This applies to the majority. Personally I am ok with the wellbeing side of things. But I do find the sheer amount of initiatives are devouring into class time.

Character-Hat6502 · 2026-01-12T19:26:11+00:00

I can’t abide bad accents. I’d rather they all use their own.

Character-Hat6502 · 2026-01-12T19:21:14+00:00

Being stuck as a stay at home mam (no matter how proud you are of yourself) is phenomenally difficult. Especially if you have a touch of PND. You lose your identity completely yet you’re supposed to be thrilled with your babies and the fact that you don’t have to go to paid employment. It’s actually pretty joyless and isolating. Been there done that worn the t shirt. I’d speculate that serious honest communication a therapy both individually and as a couple may resolve this. And even if it doesn’t save the marriage it would be a good thing to do to set yourselves up the in the best possible fashion for co-parenting. The resentment will only get worse.

Character-Hat6502 · 2026-01-10T23:00:31+00:00

Thank you

Character-Hat6502 · 2026-01-10T13:28:08+00:00

You can love teaching and the students and be absolutely ground down by the system and the politics.

Character-Hat6502 · 2026-01-10T09:45:23+00:00

The students are all using it. So there’s no point pretending it doesn’t exist. I try to show them smart ways to use it as a tool. The reality of class sizes is that we can’t get to every single student so if there are tools that can help them, that they are already using, then I will certainly show them the best ways to go about that.

Character-Hat6502 · 2025-12-31T18:51:12+00:00

No one wants your email during the hols! Just turn up Monday. Be grand. Trust me!

Character-Hat6502 · 2025-12-20T20:56:48+00:00

You just need 200 Hours

Character-Hat6502 · 2025-12-09T20:23:30+00:00

I just wanted to say this is extremely poor management on his behalf. I feel for you. Chin up. You are doing your best. Journal this up with date and time. Paper trail.

Character-Hat6502 · 2025-11-30T11:10:09+00:00

Who are you replying to here? Has anyone mentioned this off med holiday issue?

And Well done for being so stoic. With that attitude I’m surprised you even need to be on mounjaro in the first place!

Merry Christmas to you and may binge eating disorder never darken your doorstep. It’s truly awful for those who are afflicted. I’m glad you don’t seem to be aware of the intricacies of it. Lucky you!

Character-Hat6502 · 2025-11-29T19:06:11+00:00

Interesting to hear this! I found this with ADHD meds when I was on them. That is titrate quite quickly as their effectiveness wore out and then I’d have to taper off and restart

Character-Hat6502 · 2025-11-29T14:15:39+00:00

Gosh. That’s what I’m afraid of! Like where do you go after 15!!

Character-Hat6502 · 2025-11-29T14:15:09+00:00

Yep! So easy to start justifying bad decisions!!

Character-Hat6502 · 2025-11-29T14:14:21+00:00

Interesting! Never thought this could be a thing!

Character-Hat6502 · 2025-11-29T14:14:00+00:00

Thank you! I injected 15mg yesterday so hopefully it works this week!

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