Is It Finished Now?

August 14, 2018
I have three weeks left before school starts and I have not had a clear break yet – a few days here and there, but nothing where I can just relax and worry about, well … nothing at all. A few days ago I finished remarking another two Physics HL Paper 2 scripts and I...

Start as you mean to go on

October 4, 2017
The IB year is starting for most students. It is an exciting time because the courses you are doing are new and hopefully interesting. Also there is no left baggage from previous courses – it is a fresh start. A word of warning however – the IB is an educational...

Start as you mean to go on

September 22, 2017
Another year starts and the intentions are always good… then life gets in the way. This article is aimed at giving a brief idea of how I overcome the problems of a lack of time in the lessons and also, how to increase the amount of work and effort a student makes,...

A change is as good as a rest

August 2, 2017
One of the things that really irritates the students in my school is when the teachers keep going on about the fact that there is no such thing as ‘free time’, there is only ‘study time’. I think it seems like sometimes, the school just wants them to sleep or work …...

The work never ends

July 26, 2017
Just as the IB exams finally end, the GCSE and A-Level ones begin. Now it is all finished, I have one week before the IB results come out – there seems to be no end to the workload for a teacher – it is a hell of a life and I would not change 1 minute of it. Rather...