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Passive Aggressive Notes – have you ever sent or received one?
In my previous life, before Joe came along and the blogging started, I was a teacher for 12 years. And, in that time, I came across my fair share of passive aggressive behaviour in the form of notes. These occasionally came from parents who were using a liberal lacing of sarcasm in response to requests or letters about their children. But, more often than not, they were from supply teachers leaving comments about my class at the end of a cover period – advising me on what I needed to do to improve my class. Needless to say, most of these raised an odd giggle as I had absolutely no…
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Why Flexible working hours make perfect sense
My little boy celebrates his 6th birthday today, and so it is the perfect time to reflect on how much my life has changed in the days since he was born. At that time, I was an acting head teacher of a Primary School, working full time, and also bringing a lot of work home each evening. When Joe came along I wanted to reduce my hours to part time so I could enjoy being a mommy to this precious little bundle, a request that became even more important when I was diagnosed with post-natal depression. Unfortunately I did not meet the response I was expecting, and the reduced working…





