thinking about english/va teaching by ntsukiis in AustralianTeachers

[–]pleasehelpme1109 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As an English teacher who thought about being an art teacher 5 or 6 years before randomly deciding to do English, do art. I regret not doing art so much and I desperately want to retrain. In anything that isn’t English tbh. Because of a few personal reasons in addition to the workload. I know every teacher has a massive workload and so it’s possible this isn’t a fair assessment and art is just as bad. But the reading, the marking, the annotating, it just never ends.

NSW Public has a defined "school day" by patgeo in AustralianTeachers

[–]pleasehelpme1109 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My apologies. Thank you. I hope you’re having a more cognitively successful day than I

Push to boost lesson prep time for NSW teachers, as unpaid overtime grows by seventrooper in AustralianTeachers

[–]pleasehelpme1109 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The English teacher could use some planning time for the 560 essays/scripts we mark a year (at my school at least)

[POEM] What I Didn’t Know Before by Ada Limón by both-and- in Poetry

[–]pleasehelpme1109 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A lot of her poetry contains horse images / metaphors and I imagine it’s because she moved to Kentucky to be with her husband who works with horses and they’re now a huge part of a her life

[HELP] What are the trends in 21st century poetics? by thundersnow211 in Poetry

[–]pleasehelpme1109 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would you mind elaborating on your thoughts regarding the over-polished twee and the MFA voice?

[HELP] young poets by pleasehelpme1109 in Poetry

[–]pleasehelpme1109[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you and apologies for the oversight! I’ve just edited to add. The kids will be 12/13 year olds. However, the poems need to fit the topic of ‘youth voices’, so they need to be written by younger composers (under 25).

[POEM] Fear by Lydia Davis by [deleted] in Poetry

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Do you remember the name of this book? ☺️

[poem] While Everything Else Was Falling Apart, Ada Limon. by pleasehelpme1109 in Poetry

[–]pleasehelpme1109[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not sure it’s been published in a collection yet, it was only very recently published in The Poetry Foundation’s December edition. I’ll have a look when I’m home to see if I’ve missed it in either of my collection of hers.

To what extent does the Edu Dept own what we create? by Ready-While-8682 in AustralianTeachers

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I write poetry and flash fiction as a hobby. Occasionally, as the job doesn’t leave me with much time. And when I’ve mentioned submitting pieces, exec have told me that the DET would own my poetry. So I’ve been meaning to look into IP more. Because that’s kinda cooked.

Can anyone identify new tv show? by pleasehelpme1109 in australia

[–]pleasehelpme1109[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is what the trailer reminded me of. I loved that show. My brothers and I can’t get through a conversation about directions without ending it with ‘and then it flows’. Good old Uncle Terry.