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How self-indulgent can I be on the internet?

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So….how self indulgent can I be on the internet? Well I suspect I’m about to find out!

I’ve learned nothing much about teaching and learning this week due to being on interview (unsuccessfully, but possibly lucky escape!) on Monday, off sick on Tuesday and Wednesday, and only in school for one day on Thursday…so since it’s Holy Week, although I’m not a practicing Christian, it feels like a good week to push a few links to their limit….(I am an RE teacher after all!)

I’ve had the most exciting term of my life. It’s been dreadful! Seriously, if you’re a teacher feeling bored, I urge you to start by cherishing that feeling and being very sure whether you want to change anything…change is scary! Leaving your kids is heartbreaking! Of course, if you don’t think that, then by all means go somewhere else, children deserve to be taught by people who care!

Today is Maundy Thursday, the one when the Last Supper took place, and when the Pope (and many other clergy) wash feet as a mark of service. ‘Maundy’ comes from ‘mandatum’ which means ‘command’ – this is the day that people were commanded to remember Jesus with bread and wine. I think teachers are good with the concept of service and following orders! I love the next part of the story though, Judas has gone and betrayed Jesus (although, that needed to happen for the prophecy to unfold…was Judas all bad?) and Jesus went to pray.

Jesus starts by railing against God for the burden placed on him, and then, eventually, accepts the ‘cup of suffering’ that is his. I find it significant that nothing moves forward in this story until Jesus accepts this. In my recent life, I feel that I’ve had to accept what has been given me before I can move on – soooo many people have congratulated me on how ‘well’ I’ve handled the situation I’ve been in over the last few months…I don’t think they realise that there was no other choice, if I wanted to move forward with the story of my life!

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I’ve accepted the challenge to move on to new things, and I’m excited about it, but daunted too if I’m honest…whilst I know that students are students, and kids are kids, and the things that work in one place will work in another….I’m still daunted…

So maybe this is the crucifixion bit…the part where everything is lost…and hope is all that is left…

The best interpretation I’ve ever heard of the post crucifixion time is that Christ spends that day in hell arguing for the souls of humanity. I do sort of feel that I’m claiming back my sense of self as a good teacher at the moment, so perhaps there are some links here too?

The ultimate hope, of course, is that I will have a resurrection! I’ll be redeemed, and will officially be a good teacher again, in a school where I get to care about the kids and see them grow through their time in school.

I might not be a practicing Christian, but I’m pinning my hopes on a resurrection!

Jo



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