tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post603012425678845965..comments2023-10-17T12:05:26.540+01:00Comments on Razor-blade of Life: It's not all Z's faultZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-64754491439800271592010-09-23T19:35:00.268+01:002010-09-23T19:35:00.268+01:00The number of advisors seems to have increased con...The number of advisors seems to have increased considerably over the past few years. In fact, it seems to have been a career move of choice for early-retiring headteachers. Some of them are excellent, but the huge cost has concerned me for a long time. And the amount of food served at training sessions and seminars has gone way up - a load of cakes the other evening, most of which were uneaten. Used to be a packet of biscuits. <br /><br />Actually, I'd love to know what's being said about us now. You wouldn't care to email and tell me, would you? ;)Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-79953263085443898722010-09-23T18:31:54.667+01:002010-09-23T18:31:54.667+01:00Actually, I'd heard about it on the EP Grapevi...Actually, I'd heard about it on the EP Grapevine (and later from someone who worked there) years before your association with it.<br /><br />But, if you think "They" dislike the school, I shouldn't worry... none of them will be around for much longer anyway...<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11398678<br /><br />I have undoubtedly picked exactly the right time to 'retire' :)Blue Witchhttp://blue-witch.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-78045908915358142032010-09-23T08:17:58.364+01:002010-09-23T08:17:58.364+01:00I daresay you've looked it up. And if you'...I daresay you've looked it up. And if you've asked around at the LA, you've probably found that they don't like us much.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-71372936763346518472010-09-23T07:22:19.632+01:002010-09-23T07:22:19.632+01:00Just a suggestion, not a criticism...
I think *al...Just a suggestion, not a criticism...<br /><br />I think *all* teachers would benefit from training in NVC. <br /><br />And I do know tings about your school ;)Blue Witchhttp://blue-witch.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-21458951064633884332010-09-22T21:32:03.904+01:002010-09-22T21:32:03.904+01:00It's not that easy when a man who is several d...It's not that easy when a man who is several decades older than you and with whom you've previously had an amicable conversation on the phone, suddenly accosts you, shouting and being abusive. I didn't mention how she reacted, I don't actually know. I expect it was with dignity. But I'd have been deeply upset, however well I'd hidden it and however well I'd dealt with the situation at the time.<br /><br />You're prepared for situations in school, but this was out of the blue. You don't know the teacher in question, or anything about our school. Please, love, I'm having the shittiest week. Hold back, hey?Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-31241657237292005212010-09-22T21:20:24.956+01:002010-09-22T21:20:24.956+01:00I can't help thinking that if a 'titled...I can't help thinking that if a 'titled'(non)-gentleman can have this effect on a teacher, what will a stroppy parent (or even stroppy puils!) do? What about assertiveness training for all staff? Or training in non-violent communication (Marshall Rosenberg suff). It's worked brilliantly in all schools I've worked with...Blue Witchhttp://blue-witch.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-8773284671720049542010-09-21T20:03:18.255+01:002010-09-21T20:03:18.255+01:00Someone who, however provoked, takes advantage of ...Someone who, however provoked, takes advantage of his authority to bully anyone, let alone a young woman, isn't as much of a gentleman as he thinks he is.<br /><br />My "How do you do? " alone would have stopped him in his tracks.<br /><br />(that's me being fruity, according to my children's definition, Mago)<br /><br />Simon - you're not getting a rise out of me, babycakesZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-45790624078126931192010-09-21T19:47:51.321+01:002010-09-21T19:47:51.321+01:00The toff in question does sound like a complete to...The toff in question does sound like a complete tosser. Most posh people though, like Z, are very comfortable with the hoi polloi, like me. We know our place, and they do too ;o)Eddie 2-Soxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14663438334446202114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-44832570266739510542010-09-21T17:44:22.571+01:002010-09-21T17:44:22.571+01:00Hear! Hear! Pat. You put the matter in a nutshell....Hear! Hear! Pat. You put the matter in a nutshell.<br /><br />P.s. I didn't mean phrase book in my previous comment - senior moment- I meant a book of quotations. Sorry.<br />Mike.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558857315748815249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-23906431712895792122010-09-21T11:33:52.678+01:002010-09-21T11:33:52.678+01:00There are people who know how to behave and peopl...There are people who know how to behave and people who don't. Class doesn't come into it.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-69258494973420244902010-09-21T07:57:29.939+01:002010-09-21T07:57:29.939+01:00I didn't get where I am today by being rude.
...I didn't get where I am today by being rude.<br /><br />Although I did spend several hours pointing yesterday.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-41771026365886326512010-09-21T07:53:02.284+01:002010-09-21T07:53:02.284+01:00I don't know whether it's a mark of good b...I don't know whether it's a mark of good breeding (as my mother would argue) or whether it's just good manners. But you see the true character of a person when you watch them interact with people who serve them.<br /><br />Good manners, I've always impressed upon my Boy, opens more doors than attitude. Attitude has it's place, but good manners are always relevant.Roseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469442580348062913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-54995601290286339002010-09-21T03:31:42.202+01:002010-09-21T03:31:42.202+01:00"Fruity" - a very different meaning I le..."Fruity" - a very different meaning I learn here :)<br /><br />The behaviour of some people, it is embarrassing, no second thought about the person vis-à-vis, no idea that one could be in this position, no empathy in the end. It was, it is and it will be and decorated and honoured Hornochsen are just bulls minus balls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-74576358903151486552010-09-20T21:43:52.967+01:002010-09-20T21:43:52.967+01:00sugar, you'd fit in perfectly around here! and...sugar, you'd fit in perfectly around here! and hat tip to the Head for responding <i>correctly</i>! xoxoxoxsavannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310843901371718758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-46076880187830626922010-09-20T21:41:15.276+01:002010-09-20T21:41:15.276+01:00Pity the 'gentleman' was never given your ...Pity the 'gentleman' was never given your great grandmother's piece of advice. My paternal grandmother once told me that the first principle of good manners is contained in the phrase 'Never demand as a right anything you can ask as a favour'. I always thought this was her own idea, then a year or two ago I came across it in a phrase book. Can't remember who said it but it was some Irish politician of the late eighteenth century.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558857315748815249noreply@blogger.com