This spiral turned out to be more furry than usual – this is a good thing.

Today’s Gratitude Item: Having time to think. Most teachers really don’t enjoy supervising exams mainly because the job involves watching kids write an exam. You can’t read while you do it, you can’t mark papers (even though you may have a depressingly large stack of them awaiting your attention) and you can’t plan lessons. All you get to do is pace up and down quietly and if you are really lucky, every so often someone asks for more paper. I use the time to think / plan images for upcoming Jewish holidays. So far, its worked well and I left today’s a session with a bunch of useful ideas.