So I haven't been on here for a few days;but let me tell tou I have expereiences every emotion possible....
Yay a holiday!
Omg people are dying...
Stress - how am I supposed to work from home?
Anxiety...
Hair faling out
Wow! I get to spend so much time withmy family...
It's like the different stages of grief!
I think I made it up to 7 kids send me work - out of around 90 odd I teach!
I have tried desperately hard to keep the news off, but we have now hit over 1300 deaths; I've registered as a vulnerable person and contacted the consultant l... but nothing... don't know what I am to do about work.
I also, ashamedly binge watched a whole Netflix series in a day...! Thw Tiger King... bonkers, but that killed 6 hours in a day. Also started jigsaw numero 2...
Will update again soon - this is day 14 of not seeing the world...
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Saturday, March 28, 2020
The end of the first week in lockdown
This article is one to be told in the future... this event has now become part of our country's history.
Time flies when you're having fun - it jas actually gone quite quickly. I don't know if that's because I have tried to keep busy, tried to do lota of different activities with Harry, or if it's because I just don't know what day of the week it is!
Had another good, useful moderating session with the faculty via Microsoft Teams, but 2 1/4 hours in front of the screen gave me a headache!
I have tried to keep the news off as it just gives me terrible anxiety... the thought of Birmingham airport becoming a temporary morgue is particularly scary... but the irony of Prince Charles, Boris Johnson, Matt Jancock, the Health Secretary and Prof Chris Witty, the Chief Medical Officer all testing positive did make me slightly chuckle, but also made me realise, in the words of Michael Gove who stepped up to the press conference lectern, "this virus does not discriminate".
Time flies when you're having fun - it jas actually gone quite quickly. I don't know if that's because I have tried to keep busy, tried to do lota of different activities with Harry, or if it's because I just don't know what day of the week it is!
Had another good, useful moderating session with the faculty via Microsoft Teams, but 2 1/4 hours in front of the screen gave me a headache!
I have tried to keep the news off as it just gives me terrible anxiety... the thought of Birmingham airport becoming a temporary morgue is particularly scary... but the irony of Prince Charles, Boris Johnson, Matt Jancock, the Health Secretary and Prof Chris Witty, the Chief Medical Officer all testing positive did make me slightly chuckle, but also made me realise, in the words of Michael Gove who stepped up to the press conference lectern, "this virus does not discriminate".
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Still no easier...
So the prospect of a new hospital, NHS Nightingale in the Excel centre that will hold 4000 beds.... is very scary to say the least. The death toll has also risen to over 400 now - I fear this is some sort of calm before the storm...
Work... so 1 student sent me some work to mark! Out of a class of 19! Can't say I blame the kids, but if I were them, I would would be bored!
Had a moment with mum yesterday - we just want to have a hug 😔 a virtual one just won't do.
So here's to another day of madness, boredom, killing time and keeping a small person occupied and giving him a sense of normality...
Work... so 1 student sent me some work to mark! Out of a class of 19! Can't say I blame the kids, but if I were them, I would would be bored!
Had a moment with mum yesterday - we just want to have a hug 😔 a virtual one just won't do.
So here's to another day of madness, boredom, killing time and keeping a small person occupied and giving him a sense of normality...
Monday, March 23, 2020
A few days in...
I have been contemplating on documenting my experience of this pandemic for a few days... so I write this on the 24th March 2020.
Over 350 people have died, I've been instructed to work from home, I'm awaiting a letter from the NHS to say I cannot leave the house for 12 weeks, and last night, in can what only be described as a a "declaring war on something" speech by Boris Johnson, the UK has been put on lockdown for at least 3 weeks.
Working from home as a teacher, who only teaches exam classes - GCSE, A Level and BTEC, years 11 -13 - seems very difficult, but also pointless...! We still don't actually know how these exams will be marked, judged, or how students will get their grades.... it is all still up in the air. I receive the odd nice email from students thanking me... but also receive bargaining and negotiating from students who want a higher grade. I get they are worried about yet care for their future, but in the midst of a deadly national crisis and emergency, this should not be their priority... typical selfish middle class...
Trying to work from home, with your husband also, and a 2 year old provides it's own challenges and is enough to test any relationship. We just have to give each other breaks, share the load but still try and enjoy our little boy growing up.
Being a media teacher, I am always sceptical of how the media presents the news, but I can honestly say that theire scaremongering techniques have now got to me. At the same time, it doesn't help the amount of selfish people put there who still decide to congregate, enjoy the sunshine, go shopping at Sports Direct after they have announced that they aren't closing as they provide essentials - WTAF?! Or the greedy people who are buying copious amounts of food because the apocalypse has struck.... I couldn't buy my little boy any nappies last week... but what about those poor front line key workers who are in the middle of this battle? Luckily there are some sensivle people in the world right now - volunteers looking after the vulnerable, supermarkets allowing the elderly and NHS workers priority to shop for instance.
People are dying - that's the reality, and I am VERY scared. I am trying to adopt the Keep Calm and Carry On attitude, but I am a natural worrier, and always think worst case scenario. Not seeing friends, family, colleagues, cadets will be - is, difficult, but we are in this together and we have to do what is right for us, our resources and our country.
This is now day 6 of self-isolation... it is looking like I won't leave the house til mid June....
Over 350 people have died, I've been instructed to work from home, I'm awaiting a letter from the NHS to say I cannot leave the house for 12 weeks, and last night, in can what only be described as a a "declaring war on something" speech by Boris Johnson, the UK has been put on lockdown for at least 3 weeks.
Working from home as a teacher, who only teaches exam classes - GCSE, A Level and BTEC, years 11 -13 - seems very difficult, but also pointless...! We still don't actually know how these exams will be marked, judged, or how students will get their grades.... it is all still up in the air. I receive the odd nice email from students thanking me... but also receive bargaining and negotiating from students who want a higher grade. I get they are worried about yet care for their future, but in the midst of a deadly national crisis and emergency, this should not be their priority... typical selfish middle class...
Trying to work from home, with your husband also, and a 2 year old provides it's own challenges and is enough to test any relationship. We just have to give each other breaks, share the load but still try and enjoy our little boy growing up.
Being a media teacher, I am always sceptical of how the media presents the news, but I can honestly say that theire scaremongering techniques have now got to me. At the same time, it doesn't help the amount of selfish people put there who still decide to congregate, enjoy the sunshine, go shopping at Sports Direct after they have announced that they aren't closing as they provide essentials - WTAF?! Or the greedy people who are buying copious amounts of food because the apocalypse has struck.... I couldn't buy my little boy any nappies last week... but what about those poor front line key workers who are in the middle of this battle? Luckily there are some sensivle people in the world right now - volunteers looking after the vulnerable, supermarkets allowing the elderly and NHS workers priority to shop for instance.
People are dying - that's the reality, and I am VERY scared. I am trying to adopt the Keep Calm and Carry On attitude, but I am a natural worrier, and always think worst case scenario. Not seeing friends, family, colleagues, cadets will be - is, difficult, but we are in this together and we have to do what is right for us, our resources and our country.
This is now day 6 of self-isolation... it is looking like I won't leave the house til mid June....
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