After setting this site up in March, life began to become, as those of you who have anything to do with Schools, Children, Study, somewhat in need of priority.
This particular exercise is very low down in priorities.
So also became my University work and between a ridiculous bureaucratic conspiracy and technological failures in first Semester and the requirements of work in the second, I am no further along than I was at the start of the year.
Never mind, I do know a lot more about Australian Folk Lore and Language and also literary theory and its practical applications. I just have no recogniseable credit for this. Roll o0n the 2009 academic year.
Once this apparent 'failure' would have bothered me greatly; but actually I don't really give a hoot, owing to the fact that I'm doing this stuff for me and no-one else. God Almighty knows that one doesn't need a Masters in English to head up a department, there are many other vital skills that are however paramount.
Clearly different people value what they do differently and also have different ideas on what is the best way to communicate in a work environment. It should be noted here that, whislt my classroom is not a democracy, I perceive myself as working with students, rather than them doing things for me.
I am capable of being the 'sage on the stage', but do try to engender, especially with the Senior Years levels, the role more of, 'guide by the side.'
This being said, then all people with whom I work, unless otherwise specified are 'colleagues' students and staff alike.
Read on for some enlightenment as how my colleagues and I have fared this year. Having come from a culture of effective use of Restorative Justice processes, where open dialogue was valued and actively, appropriately practised, the new political realm has been something of, at times, a curiosity. It does not always enjoy the same ability to engage in open robust and clear discussion, always focussing on the issue. I have often raised questions in terms of whether or not I have "... missed something culturally here?".
This particular exercise is very low down in priorities.
So also became my University work and between a ridiculous bureaucratic conspiracy and technological failures in first Semester and the requirements of work in the second, I am no further along than I was at the start of the year.
Never mind, I do know a lot more about Australian Folk Lore and Language and also literary theory and its practical applications. I just have no recogniseable credit for this. Roll o0n the 2009 academic year.
Once this apparent 'failure' would have bothered me greatly; but actually I don't really give a hoot, owing to the fact that I'm doing this stuff for me and no-one else. God Almighty knows that one doesn't need a Masters in English to head up a department, there are many other vital skills that are however paramount.
Clearly different people value what they do differently and also have different ideas on what is the best way to communicate in a work environment. It should be noted here that, whislt my classroom is not a democracy, I perceive myself as working with students, rather than them doing things for me.
I am capable of being the 'sage on the stage', but do try to engender, especially with the Senior Years levels, the role more of, 'guide by the side.'
This being said, then all people with whom I work, unless otherwise specified are 'colleagues' students and staff alike.
Read on for some enlightenment as how my colleagues and I have fared this year. Having come from a culture of effective use of Restorative Justice processes, where open dialogue was valued and actively, appropriately practised, the new political realm has been something of, at times, a curiosity. It does not always enjoy the same ability to engage in open robust and clear discussion, always focussing on the issue. I have often raised questions in terms of whether or not I have "... missed something culturally here?".
