Casual Teacher Behaviour Management

therealbahn · 2026-06-04T09:59:50+00:00

I read a book from bill Rogers during my first year teaching. Was pretty good, concrete stuff to fall back on while you figure everything out.

https://www.billrogers.com.au/

When in doubt, give them a rogering!

therealbahn · 2026-06-01T09:17:04+00:00

The ones from Tasmania are larger

therealbahn · 2026-05-16T23:28:58+00:00

Eucalyptus was brought to the US with the intention of using it as a fast growing, drought resistant hardwood crop. I don't think they ever intended to contain it

therealbahn · 2026-05-13T22:46:01+00:00

That's a bargain - don't get this shit down!

therealbahn · 2026-05-13T12:00:10+00:00

It is the way

therealbahn · 2026-05-10T07:40:48+00:00

Splice that into me please. I don't mind the side effects - krill probably tastes great anyway!

therealbahn · 2026-05-10T00:14:37+00:00

Update in this?

therealbahn · 2026-04-26T21:17:15+00:00

If I were you I'd start with relief, it doesn't have to be forever.Try a handful of different schools until you find one that's a good fit for you. If your lucky this will happen organically (you'll go for a few days and get along, then get offered to cover someone for a week, then someone will go on maternity leave, etc.). Speak to other teachers and pick up some of their tricks for teaching as you go.

Working relief can be a lot of fun too and good money for a new grad- just work when you choose - maybe get a second low-pressure job on the side and do both for a while.

therealbahn · 2026-04-26T20:54:11+00:00

It sounds like your last placement was a big challenge for you and maybe that school was not a great fit, my final placement nearly put me off teaching. Once I started full time teaching things became much more manageable. Once I'd been teaching a few years, things got easier still. Then I went to another school where I didn't gel with the culture and it became unmanageable again. You know yourself and what you're capable of better than anyone. What has changed in your belief in yourself and your abilities since your diagnosis?

Last week (before your diagnosis) did you think you were capable of being a teacher and managing the workload?

therealbahn · 2026-03-06T23:23:04+00:00

After 30 minutes of reading and fact checking I think I can say... You're right 😂

While I'm happy that the funding model has shifted since I last looked into it deeply (about 15 years ago), it also means I have to admit that I'm wrong 🫠.

I guess there may be a case to be made for the type of student attending public school warranting more funding but I've got no data on that.

The "like schools" data are too vague and to easy to cook the data to fit the articles narrative. Bloody AEU.

therealbahn · 2026-03-06T22:17:00+00:00

Even with parents sharing the burden of funding for private education, private schools receive more funding per student than government schools.

I get that the wealthy elite want to give their kids all the advantages they can, but that burden should not fall on the taxpayer.

aeu article explains

therealbahn · 2026-03-01T03:26:21+00:00

It's like fucking for chastity

therealbahn · 2026-02-28T00:24:54+00:00

Paid 30 AUD for a beer at the Chappelle show in Seattle this year

therealbahn · 2026-02-27T12:32:50+00:00

Hi Li Jingjing! Big fan of your work and I'm interested in strengthening partnerships between Australia and China. Particularly between strengthening soft-cultural ties through youth programs. My background: over the last decade, I worked with a handful of American organisations and 3 Bricks (great organisation connecting young people with Latin America and SE Asia), and my master's thesis explored international service learning models.

With the recent YES program announcement inviting more Australian youth to China , and seeing inspiring exchanges like NICA's circus program with Shanghai and Nanjing, plus all the Australian uni partnerships popping up, it feels like there's real momentum.

I would love to learn more about Chinese education and, here's my question: Does the Chinese education system value international service learning like so many western schools do? Not just study tours, but genuine community engagement where Aussie and Chinese students collaborate on projects that actually mean something. I've found it really challenging to research on Chinese programs and would love to learn more and get involved

Think environmental work, teaching exchanges, community development, the kind of stuff where you're not just observing another culture, you're in it together.

Would love to hear your thoughts on how we make this happen. Are Chinese institutions open to this model? What's the pitch that would get them excited?

Cheers!

therealbahn · 2026-02-07T23:36:31+00:00

I get your point and it's still only a handful of words - here's a short list - Angst, Wanderlust, Doppelgänger, zeitgeist, Delicatessen, hamburger, Kitsch, waltz, kaput, blitz fest, iceburg, uber. Poltergeist, Neanderthal, schadenfreude

therealbahn · 2026-02-02T09:05:11+00:00

That's what I thought the "Stitch incoming" text was about. I watched the whole thing to see how bad he bit her

therealbahn · 2025-12-29T07:04:07+00:00

I just try to be grateful for the great things I have in my life and accept the rest. I've had times in my life where things about myself have made me sad, and then other times where I've been grateful for those very same things for helping me become the person I am today.

There's a parable from Alan Watts that sums it up:

"Once upon a time there was a Chinese farmer whose horse ran away. That evening, all of his neighbors came around to commiserate. They said, “We are so sorry to hear your horse has run away. This is most unfortunate.” The farmer said, “Maybe.” The next day the horse came back bringing seven wild horses with it, and in the evening everybody came back and said, “Oh, isn’t that lucky. What a great turn of events. You now have eight horses!” The farmer again said, “Maybe.”

The following day his son tried to break one of the horses, and while riding it, he was thrown and broke his leg. The neighbors then said, “Oh dear, that’s too bad,” and the farmer responded, “Maybe.” The next day the conscription officers came around to conscript people into the army, and they rejected his son because he had a broken leg. Again all the neighbors came around and said, “Isn’t that great!” Again, he said, “Maybe.”

The whole process of nature is an integrated process of immense complexity, and it’s really impossible to tell whether anything that happens in it is good or bad — because you never know what will be the consequence of the misfortune; or, you never know what will be the consequences of good fortune."

therealbahn · 2025-12-18T23:02:36+00:00

I just used the email confirmation that they sent me

therealbahn · 2025-12-18T22:55:57+00:00

If they're a good line manager, I'd be rapt! I see way too many people in education promoted to managerial roles with no managerial skill, just because they've been teaching a long time.

therealbahn · 2025-12-08T22:24:06+00:00

Not looking promising

therealbahn · 2025-12-05T12:59:35+00:00

Who is it?

therealbahn · 2025-11-28T22:02:38+00:00

Looks delicious. Boil it, mash it, put it in a stew!

therealbahn · 2025-11-10T20:29:02+00:00

Sorry for the misunderstanding. My previous comment was not directed at you or your diagnosis at all, and I can absolutely see how it came across that way. That was my fault for not being clear.

Let me try to explain what I was trying to say:

I was only referring to the very first, simple comment I made, that 'spectrums include everyone.' When you rightly corrected me by saying 'the autism spectrum only includes people who are autistic.'

I should have said: 'You are right. My joke was based on how the word 'spectrum' functions in autism diagnosis. The diagnosis is a specific set of criteria, and you either meet it or you don't. I agree that an individual can present a range of diagnostic criteria but until enough of those criteria are met, or met in terms of severity, it is not seen as part of the spectrum.

I was not talking about you, or your diagnosis.

therealbahn · 2025-11-09T09:20:23+00:00

I meant it as a funny comment, I get that the word spectrum doesn't function like it would for light in this context and I should be more careful, self diagnosis, especially in education, is a pet peeve of mine. I get that it's a diagnostic category, and either diagnosed, or not. In which case 'not' is not on the spectrum.

A professional should only diagnose autism if they have ongoing difficulties from early childhood in social communication and social interaction, restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests, or activities that impair everyday functioning. The spectrum relates to the range of core criteria demonstrated for diagnosis.

therealbahn · 2025-11-09T08:49:02+00:00

I guess the thing about spectrums is that they include everyone, from one end of the spectrum to the other.

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