Expectations of a Male Primary School Teacher- From Classroom to Headship and back again!
Teaching was never the plan. I wanted to be a writer or a musician. I wanted to be famous. It makes me laugh to think of this now, because I have been a primary school teacher for 20 years now and I love my job.
Volunteering on a Construction Site in Central America
I have just landed back in the UK after living in Guatemala for a month. I volunteered on a local project for three weeks and left some time at the end to explore the country. Despite my best efforts on a popular language learning app and four group lessons before departure, my Spanish was not […]
A Late Bloomer
I was a 20 year old virgin when I transferred to Seattle University for my junior year from a small state teachers college in Arkansas. Part of my financial assistance package was the opportunity to be a household assistant for a well-to-do Catholic family in Arizona.
London Tube Bombings July 2005
A large part of my 25 year career at London Underground was spent at Edgware Road. I was a Train Driver there, a Signalman there, and a Duty Manager there.
CITYFIBRE CHARITY DAY – IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT THE GARDENING!
Last week the PMO Internal Strategic Programme team spent our Charity Day at MK Snap, a Milton Keynes (MK) charity for adults with learning disabilities. I genuinely can’t say enough good things about the experience: the fact that we get paid to go and support a charity of our choice; the teams approach to it; […]
From Being the Fat Girl of the Office to Being the Big-Hearted Girl Online
I’m not used to sharing my experience like this because I have always been afraid of my own shadow. I recently turned down a handful of interviews and photoshoots because I’m still in this moment in my journey where I cannot believe even one person believes my experience enough to encourage me to keep talking.
Becoming an Educator
I always had a propensity for numbers, coupled with a deep connection to the imagination. I joke that I practically emerged from the womb fluent in mathematics, despite the fact that I could barely put together a coherent sentence in English.
Launching a startup whilst at university
During my first year at university, there was a recurring problem that students across the city were facing. A few friends and I set out to attempt to solve the problem faced by so many of our peers.
First Year Retirement
To retire or not to retire, spent my life shaped and made by my job, invested years of education, training and commitment to working with others, leading and managing, educating and inspiring after the earlier years as a soldier.
NHS Staff Apply for Universal Credit during COVID-19 Pandemic
I work for a trust hospital in the South West as an Assistant Practitioner (nearly a Nurse!), and a Healthcare Assistant (HCA). I am currently working at night supporting the on-call junior doctors with tasks such as cannulation and taking bloods.