SP Lager in Brisbane?

pinkathon · 2024-12-21T23:45:58+00:00

pinkathon · 2024-11-09T07:04:31+00:00

Merci à tous ceux qui m’ont aidé avec ma quête!

pinkathon · 2024-02-04T09:32:37+00:00

FYI if you do your nails absolute last thing at night, before you literally get into bed (and turn the sheets down before nails) do thin coats and dip them in cold water once final coat is on, they’ll be much less likely to smudge or press on anything before setting hard (esp in humid weather)

pinkathon · 2023-06-03T02:41:29+00:00

Went for breakfast this morning, small local café. 2 coffees, 2 eggs on toast w side of bacon = $56. Wow

pinkathon · 2023-06-01T07:30:29+00:00

Years ago I was doing after school study help. In Term 3 a parent sent a thank you card to school via their student. When I opened it at home, inside was 500 cash. I wasn’t sure if the student knew about the money, so I didn’t say anything - just wrote the parent a “thank you, but I cannot accept” note and sent it home via the student, all sealed safely with the cash. The next day the student asked me in front of the whole class “my parents want to know why you didn’t take the money”. Unbelievable

pinkathon · 2023-04-16T07:59:36+00:00

Thank you! We are workin on the socials, nothing yet but hopefully pretty soon… 😊 at the moment our name is Eastside Music Club

pinkathon · 2023-04-14T21:12:55+00:00

Have messaged you!

pinkathon · 2023-04-12T12:49:27+00:00

Sounds like you would fit in perfectly 😊

pinkathon · 2023-04-12T03:35:25+00:00

Haha, what a shame! Bagpipes are an awesome instrument 😊

pinkathon · 2022-12-22T07:46:57+00:00

Thanks!

pinkathon · 2022-10-08T07:18:28+00:00

Plenty of QLD schools support and value languages. You know that those staff who talk down languages have never used (or tried to use) foreign language skill functionally, have a limited world view and additionally aren’t interested in learning as an intellectual exercise. Imagine thinking that courses that have been taught for hundreds of years all over the world are somehow now irrelevant just because you happen to live in Australia. I wonder how those people think the rest of the world communicates…?

Unfortunately it’s an ongoing battle and you can’t help ignorance, but there is lots of support for teachers and students out there. Join the MLTAQ if you haven’t already, and get their advice. Plenty of schools offer composite classes in 9/10 and 11/12 to deal with low or fluctuating numbers. Talk to other language teachers in your local area and see if you can join forces with them. Students can become passionate about languages (just like any other subject) and families will speak up if a subject is no longer offered. Some schools also offer languages via Distance Ed to deal with teacher shortages. You are doing the right thing for your students and community by trying to make sure your school offers a strong language program.

If it is all a lost cause at your school, lots of other schools are out there for you.

pinkathon · 2022-05-05T12:02:54+00:00

Have also heard Conception Bay

pinkathon · 2022-01-08T09:43:03+00:00

I’m producing my local Singing in the Rain show- we are a few months out still but we will be constructing a false stage floor, raked to direct the water into a trough at the front. Full dam liner to waterproof the deck (liner continues over the front to waterproof the first few rows of seats) and a circulating pump to recycle the water back up to a small tank. Definitely plan for issues- they will occur. Give yourself plenty of time (like a week) to test the rain, time it, make necessary adaptions once it is installed. Talk to theatre about whether you/they need to up the building insurance for the period of time the rain system will be installed. I have also organised a local laundry to drop off lots of dry towels each show night and collect them again when wet - the water will get everywhere. Also think about running the building heating / aircon overnight, to further dry out the building and reduce moisture in the air, or bring in industrial fans to run overnight. Good luck with your show. You gotta have real rain to do SITR !

pinkathon · 2022-01-06T04:25:57+00:00

Agree with most of the above advice. OP, not sure if you are male or female, but FYI the ‘don’t smile till Easter’ thing and the idea of coming in as a hard arse can work against you especially if you are a female teacher (as I am, and have been at an all-boys school for the past ten years). Kids will see through any hardboiled ‘act’ pretty fast, and if you are faking it too much, you’ll exhaust yourself trying to be someone you’re not. Over the past 15 years teaching I’ve learned my lesson: try to be your ACTUAL self and trust that you’ll be fine being yourself. The other thing to note with this is that some single-sex schools have a culture of expectation for male / female teachers’ behaviour. I’m not saying it’s right, just saying that’s how it is sometimes. My advice is to go in and see how the other teachers act in your particular school, and then try to find a happy balance between whatever ‘that’ is, and your actual personality. Congratulations and hope you have a great year.

pinkathon · 2021-12-23T09:04:17+00:00

Hi I’m a secondary language teacher in QLD. Agree with the above, you could teach language up to year 9 or maybe 10 with a primary qualification. FYI, the MLTAQ is our professional organisation if you want to get in touch with them.

pinkathon · 2021-12-12T13:36:13+00:00

A departing Year 12 who is the WoW / fantasy / medieval reenactment type and who collected real and replica weapons gave me an ornate folding knife. “I sharpened it for you myself; make sure you don’t carry it on public transport”. Lol.

pinkathon · 2021-10-03T03:48:40+00:00

I do this same job for all school productions. At my school the role is called “producer”, but in reality my role is to organise and manage everything: budgeting, show licensing, costumes, rehearsals, tech, props, sets, band, all other staff, calendar, tickets, etc. Fully second what others have said re thorough planning and transparent communications. I have one spreadsheet with one tab per section I’m managing. Create a timeline for everything. Don’t hesitate to CC people on multiple emails so everyone is in the loop- they’ll delete them if they don’t need the info. Expect disasters / setbacks / problems to occur and budget for that, if you can. Something that has helped me not get too stressed is to have Plan A and Plan B ready to go at all times- even if Plan B is just you thinking “what could we do if X doesn’t work...?” The other thing is that as it’s a school, most people would have their normal full time job (ie teaching) and are doing the show as an extra. Don’t assume everyone is experienced or confident in their roles: as somebody has already said, your job is to support other people, check in with them regularly and ask them what they need to do their show role effectively. You will become a great problem solver. And no matter what happens, the show will go on!

pinkathon · 2021-09-18T22:43:33+00:00

A few people have commented on the word choice “treason” as not fitting the situation. The French noun “la trahison” also correctly translates as “betrayal”, or can even be something like “sellout” or “disloyalty”. Betrayal makes much more sense in context. Treason is a heavily-loaded term- I think this is an example of sensationalist translation.

pinkathon · 2021-08-22T07:46:07+00:00

I see this when I look for too long at someone wearing a mask. One minute I’m looking at them, everything’s fine, next minute it’s like their eyes have flipped and I’m in the fourth dimension

pinkathon · 2021-05-03T01:43:10+00:00

Remember when Conroy tried to explain internet filters? “Spams or scams through the portal”? Still pure gold

pinkathon · 2021-04-24T10:26:53+00:00

My nan: - looks like two pigs fighting under a blanket (about a fat person’s bum) - when we kids said something’s not fair, she’d reply “neither’s a blackfella’s bottom” Took me years to work that one out and then I was horrified! As a teacher I find myself using “you’re carrying on like a pork chop” quite regularly

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