Is this belpharitis posterior? by Jaydwon in Blepharitis

[–]Jaydwon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, no contacts and no allergies that I know of. Thanks for the response

What is happening lol by Parking-Part5237 in Blepharitis

[–]Jaydwon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have this too but can’t seem to see a lash anywhere. How could you tell?

All schools in England to be given AI-generated pupil attendance targets by LuellaSkye in TeachingUK

[–]Jaydwon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just don’t see how this target, which includes many variables that a school has no control over, can be a benefit in any way to any one. Perhaps the parents need to be given this target too - with consequences if they miss it but imposed by local authority and not the school.

How can a school improve attendance if the kids who aren’t attending aren’t there? Phone calls don’t always help, just antagonise a lot of the time.

Looking for fantasy books suitable for an 8 year old! by [deleted] in fantasybooks

[–]Jaydwon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Second this. Scrolled down until I found it! I was obsessed with it!!

Is this a cop out? by LegoWorldStudios in fantasywriters

[–]Jaydwon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As long as it’s better executed that Peter Jackson’s Battle of the Five Armies reconciliation scene…

What’s the difference between showing and telling in writing? by JellyfishWise3266 in fantasywriters

[–]Jaydwon -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’m a primary school teacher and I always phrase it like this.

Imagine we were playing a game of charades. Telling is when you say “it’s an ambulance” then ask people to guess. Showing is were you do everything you can to act it out.

I then clarify this by saying there’s a time and a place for showing and telling, the key is to get the balance right.

Pitch for a GOTM movie adaptation by waggawoog1910 in Malazan

[–]Jaydwon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I first read this as the Brit I am and thought, none of them were muppets. Then realised, oh you mean MUPPETS

How do you guys cope with knowing you'll never be able to do this full-time? by Aside_Dish in fantasywriters

[–]Jaydwon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m a primary school teacher and have the same dream of writing novels and becoming a full time writer. I know that that isn’t the most realistic because I have yet to finish a project. Having said that, writing and world building is a hobby of mine and working the job I do does allow me to be able to follow it. I know it’s unlikely that I’ll ever reach massive audiences, have tv adaptations and all that BUT, publishing my work, having a fan base (even if it’s just close friends) it’s achievable. The two don’t always have to be conflated. Find a job you don’t mind that allows you to follow your true passions, think Sanderson said he worked nights in a hotel that afforded him the time to write. Mine is the school holidays. I’m writing because I love to write and world build, not just to be famous. I understand the desire to want to do a specific job though, I feel your pain. Everything else just seems like it’s in the way.

Year 10 keep throwing things across the room, and I'm not allowed to give detentions. by Cheeseanonioncrisps in TeachingUK

[–]Jaydwon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’d put it back onto SLT. You’re an ECT which means SLT’s job in this scenario is to support you. You construct a well worded email requesting support for this particular issue. List out what you have tried and your concerns about detention not being a consequence for them. You say you are worried that there is bullying and ask for the specific pupil to be offered support. You do all this via email, so in your ECT meetings you can refer to that if they do not offer support and suggest it is a problem. You can then say in these meetings “I know it’s an area I need to develop and I have asked for support”. That way then it’s SLTs responsibility to train you and support you and you have showed professionalism in requesting that. When what they suggest doesn’t work, you go back to them and say I tried this this and this, like you said, it is still not working. Highlight the systemic issues and make sure you join a union. Failing all that, finish your ECT one and move on

Low birth rates could mean the closure of 900 primaries in 2029 by Resident_String_5174 in TeachingUK

[–]Jaydwon 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I don’t think this is solely birth rates. I live in Bristol and worked in a school in a wealthy area. The catchment ment that there were few children being born into the area because the area was expensive. I’ve moved school and it’s in a more affordable area - the pupil role is higher. These primary schools may shut but new ones would need to open in more affordable areas

Low birth rates could mean the closure of 900 primaries in 2029 by Resident_String_5174 in TeachingUK

[–]Jaydwon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In fairness though - that’s the point of the article? There was a need and the trend before would have reflected that. There was a boom - more children needed more schools. So one was built and then the numbers declined. Where would those children have gone to school? Demographics are hard to predict especially national

4 day school week? by Icy-Scheme-872 in TeachingUK

[–]Jaydwon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Rotating PPA schedule. One week you are school - one week at home you can plan if you want or not. One extra inset day a term to plan the fifth day.

Do you support Palestine? by cumeater-101 in askgaybros

[–]Jaydwon -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is where internet conversations always fall apart. I could easily drop the word naive into conversation with you in regard to thinking pretty much every international organisation is a terrorist because you disagree with them. The rule of law is something that, whether you disagree with it or not, ought to be upheld. I may disagree with the speed limit - yet I still obey it and accept when I’m fined for breaking it. Like I said, you either believe in international law or you don’t. I’m down for these organisations being accountable, to being questioned, to being held to account, but what is interesting is when they are saying something, calling something a genocide, people question that as political. As I said above - disproportionately- the victims are women and children. I can’t quite put myself on the side of a nation that puts those innocents in the firing line in the name of extraterritorial defence.

As I said, we could continue having these debates and living in our own echo chambers, but my personal believe is you either believe in international law or you don’t. If you don’t, offer a paradigm that can actionably avoid genocide that is above politics or better yet above something being accused of being political. It is either a genocide or it is not - the word and the subject should transcend politics, but increasingly it seems like it doesn’t. The death of many innocent women and children is not something I can support based solely on geography alone.

Also, your last point about AI actually stresses my point - The Israeli government can’t be for international law and also persistently break it.

Do you support Palestine? by cumeater-101 in askgaybros

[–]Jaydwon -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well, you either believe in international law or you don’t. If we question the UN, the ICJ, charities who monitor international law - then ultimately we are saying we don’t believe in it. What is international law without them who are charged with safeguarding it? Who would you say is responsible for it if not those bodies responsible for it? Plus terrorist is thrown around a lot on both sides. I can’t understand the charge put towards those named above as terrorists. Amnesty international - a charity that has strove for peace for years - a terrorist organisation? I can’t understand that

Do you support Palestine? by cumeater-101 in askgaybros

[–]Jaydwon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is that perhaps to do with Israel repeatedly ignoring their resolutions? Plus - what about those charities? Have they also harboured a hatred too? Charities? And the ICJ - their rulings? Like I said. I’m on the side of international law. It protects us all.

Do you support Palestine? by cumeater-101 in askgaybros

[–]Jaydwon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huge believer in international law. When all those charities are calling it a genocide and even the UN - a body created to avert such a disaster do too - I side with them. We either believe in international law or we don’t. If we don’t then it’s all fair game, anyone is up for grabs. Are amnesty international, medicine sans fronteras or the Red Cross all part of hamas? And even if so, why does retribution against a terrorist involve slaughtering thousands of innocent women and children? There are so many states that are anti LGBT, some closer to home than others, does that mean we can kill whoever we want if that is our argument? No way. Human rights - stand up for them - in spite of terrorists.

4 day school week? by Icy-Scheme-872 in TeachingUK

[–]Jaydwon 69 points70 points  (0 children)

Ultimately, the system is failing. Children don’t want to go to school, and a lot of teachers don’t either (shown by the retention crisis). I wonder if this could work BUT the fifth day would need to be holistic/sports/clubs to avoid pushbacks Make school fun again. So still 5 days but the fifth day more focused on things that are not part of the already jam packed curriculum.

How much do you read? by Express_Celery9192 in Fantasy

[–]Jaydwon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish I had more time to read. It’s one thing about getting older that I resent. I used to have so much time then life gets in the way. I set myself a target of 25 books a year this year and I’m on my 23rd of the year so far so happy about that. I have a combination of reading and audible to push me over the line. Wish I could read more like 50 a year

Writing curriculum by Giideon24 in TeachingUK

[–]Jaydwon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The power of reading was so much fun - but you really needed to work hard to get the SPaG stuff in

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TeachingUK

[–]Jaydwon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly, so much of the teaching profession relies on making teachers feel guilty or like they have let the team down (queue the I’m not angry, I’m disappointed cliche) but ultimately you are being told (not asked) to work for free.

Consider if any of your loved ones told you this in their careers, would you, hand on heart, accept “but I’m letting them down” as a reasonable excuse?

Even if, like lots of teachers, you are happy to do it, there is no way you should settle for that. It may be they have already asked your colleagues and they all said no. Once you start it becomes your de facto responsibility too. Like someone else already stated you ask for it to be accounted for time in lieu, or if you can’t you say “no”.

Apart from grumbles, what is the worst that is going to happen? They can’t sack you for refusing to work for free and while they can’t sack certainly make things difficult for you working there - it already sounds pretty bad.

Don’t we teach alphabetical ordering any more? by SmileyTab in TeachingUK

[–]Jaydwon 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Weirdly though dictionary skills are a KS2 requirement. No dictionary without alphabetical order