4G 2023 06 29

 It is very unlikely that there will be any more posts in June this year! Tomorrow I fly, drive, eat, sleep, not necessarily in that order.

There is a story about a man who went to the wilderness.

He was excited to meet the solitude, he welcomed and shook its hand.

After greeting the solitude he spoke at length with it. He told it about many things and asked questions.

Questions to which he thought he wanted the answers.

Months later a degree of wisdom entered into the man's thinking. No longer did he listen so closely to what solitude did not reply.

Long walks with one set of footsteps and one-sided discussions were what the man needed.

When his time in the wilderness ended the man took solitude back to his house. They lived happily ever after.

4G 2023 06 25

 . . . and now the time is near, to make this year's exit.

I think I may have taught my final lesson of the academic year.

Paperwork and odd jobs to complete and then the packing to travel.

I used to throw things into a bag an hour before leaving for the airport. Gosh it is different now! I must be growing up, I actually plan the things I am going to take and I even plan how I am going to pack them!

Last week I spent days out on trips with year eights and year sixes when the one trip I wanted was the older students in year ten and eleven for their Duke of Edinburgh which has failed this year. Ask the boss about that one!

We have had staff meetings and trainings and I feel ready to rule the world now, inspired by the boss (not Springsteen – ask Adam [happy birthday Adam :-)] or your mom.

In Karonga we have had a staff change and now another one who does not seem to want to continue with us. Crops that have vanished, land that is no more. Hopefully, I will have six weeks of work to do and put right some errors. Any help gratefully received.

How has your summer term been? Are you finished nearly too? Exams, trips, anything exciting happening, or happened?