annanotbob2's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birdie Highlight of my day was getting a 'follow' on twitter from Dick King-Smith. Though now I'm writing this and check it out, he died in 2011 and the page is "a tribute by the K-S family," so I've deflated a fair amount but not entirely. He's the guy who wrote the kids' novel they turned into the film 'Babe' amongst others, including 'Martin's Mice' which I used in the first scheme of work I ever taught, to a Year 7 class (age 11). We all loved the book, it was better than any of us had dared hope. The kids all gave their enthusiasm so openly - they didn't want to stop working with it when we'd finished the s.o.w., so I had them re-write it as a play, which they then performed to their regular teacher, who fell asleep during the performance and snored and we all giggled and that was that - I fell in love with them and with teaching. Which was obviously my first mistake. (Not really - I'd made shitloads by then, I was 39, for fuck's sake.) So, looking to find what had prompted this unlikely event, of being followed by DK-S, I found that my most recent post, on the day of all the bollocks about Corbyn not singing the National Anthem, had been a retweet of this: "Janey Godley @JaneyGodley [Glaswegian] Sep 15 I didn't make the video as planned because when you look at it through a lens you can see what a fucking mess this place is and I couldn't be arsed to start tidying up but couldn't quite bring myself to film it either. Soz. I am grateful for: a sit in the sunshine after yoga, very mellow; a tax rebate - didn't know I'd been paying tax so that was a bonus; friends; free prescriptions for the over 60s, though I do believe they're still free in Scotland, Wales and N Ireland, just in England most people have to pay; art group tomorrow (yay!) xxxx 1:38 a.m. - 18.09.15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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