Jo Cornish

Daughter1 had a tough day today. She said “I’d still rather be a nice person who keeps getting hurt, than a horrible person who keeps hurting others.” Think I’ve done an ok job.

@dcallen12375092 @Real_Ames And why would you prioritise going into school over being with your child: comforting and reassuring…school can wait

@Real_Ames why would you further his humiliation by posting this on tic tok.

@ABitofBadCrafts @MadelaineLucyH And at some point Mark I will be able to give you a time…

@MeetTheNeeds @MadelaineLucyH "Yo, mark. Might not be able to make it on time for tennis tonight. Do you still wanna meet up if its later than 730?"

This meme annoys the fuck out of me because it misunderstands invisible labour as stupidity. Women don’t ask “roughly when will you be home?” because we think you can predict the future. We ask because someone has to organise dinner, childcare, and the rest of the household around your absence.

@Badtripcomic @MadelaineLucyH @MichelleTamkin Definitely don’t do that.

@MadelaineLucyH @MichelleTamkin That's work time... I do that during work time. Not family time. Defenitly won't stress about things I already know much about.

@ABitofBadCrafts @MadelaineLucyH The point being made is that the time is necessary to know whether or not the tennis needs to be cancelled

@MadelaineLucyH A) There is nothing invisible about the labor. B) The only actual conflict is going to play tennis in this example. Work (presumably the primary income of the household) ranks higher in importance than recreational tennis.

@pdcornish76 @pennywpennyw @EduMsfb 7

@pennywpennyw @EduMsfb A mediocre 6 for me today

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@meljbeale @pennywpennyw @DJMacftAd I only got 7!

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@MrAllington @fidsta77 Congratulations!

I can’t quite believe that I’m saying these words, but this is the face of a very tired, slightly delirious, but utterly elated, Deputy Headteacher who had just been appointed the substantive Headteacher of my lovely, lovely school. 1/7

@hell_line0 What a beautiful person

My brother is an employer. One of his crew recently lost an 8 months old child. He told her to stay home and then they would talk about coming back to work on a flexibel schedule. He also took the whole crew out for lunch in a quiet place to mourn together and talk about the best way to support the beraved mother as a team. He's only 32, I think my parents raised him well ❤️‍🩹

@SamJ_Reynolds Wait until someone you taught becomes a grandparent!! 😂

Yesterday, when in town, I bumped into a former pupil whom I had taught when they were 7. They were telling me all about their plans for their graduation and 21st birthday. I don't think I've ever felt older #teacherlife

@Samstricko181 I’m not suggesting any labels. My feeling is that “normal child misbehaviours” will be random and not consistent. Persistent inability to conform / meet expectations would suggest something additional requires time to be unpicked.

@MeetTheNeeds Some but we really risk making normal child misbehaviours abnormal in a pursuit of labels.

Just because a pupil… Tells a lie Misbehaves Refuses to engage Won’t listen Isn’t bothered / interested Doesn’t mean that they instantly need a label or a diagnosis. These are not unusual human behaviours that some seek to turn into disorders to justify the behaviour.

@Samstricko181 Apologies for not wording it well. I was asking an additional question. My first was general, but not answered, so I made it more specific and about your school.

@MeetTheNeeds You didn’t ask about my school at all

@Samstricko181 That may be the core purpose, but some students are not emotionally in a place to do that each time it is expected of them.

@MeetTheNeeds If you then consider pastoral leaders in secondary they often teach and have an entire year group to deal with. SLT have multiple roles & often hundreds of pupils per leader. The core purpose of going to school is to be in lessons, learning.

@Samstricko181 That’s not what I asked. When students behave in the ways you describe, what happens to them in your school?

@MeetTheNeeds How so? There’s a huge teacher shortage nationally and any given teacher has 30 pupils to deal with every lesson (or in a primary all day every day). There isn’t a magic money tree to whisk up an army of people to spend endless time talking to children.

@Samstricko181 Are we not finding the adults to deal with these behaviours in other ways?

@MeetTheNeeds I don’t disagree about having adults to talk to. Where are all these spare people? Where’s the time for them to do this?

@georgiabcornish @therisina @tessia_6 @WilfredsGang Weirdly, I can now see it. I also notice how all the comments throwing vitriol at me and my parenting are hiding behind anonymous accounts.

@therisina @MeetTheNeeds @tessia_6 @WilfredsGang She can’t see this because of blocking other users. I can, one of the “brainwashed” children you’ve referenced. I actually educated my mum on a lot of gender identity matters, so if anything, it’s my fault!

@go_geography @WilfredsGang I am aware, thank you though. I have used one to go to the toilet privately when I couldn’t wait for the queue in to the women’s.

@MeetTheNeeds @WilfredsGang Cubicles in mens toilets too

@Tracey591179423 @WilfredsGang No shame is required, but thank you.

@MeetTheNeeds @WilfredsGang That's blatantly obvious. And why you're an absolute menace to women. SHAME ON YOU 😡

@BarryNSmith79 @OpiningTeacher My daughter would choose not to go to the toilet at break, mostly because the toilets were full of students vaping and her finding the environment intimidating and overwhelming. It wasn’t even really a choice, she just wasn’t able to manage that situation, so would avoid it

@OpiningTeacher I think it’s deliberate work avoidance in main. Glugging water in lessons similar. Not going to the toilet at break also a deliberate choice.

Similarly, kids didn’t used to claim a NEED to go to the toilet repeatedly in lesson time. Often whilst choosing not to go at breaks/lunch. Very often deliberate work avoidance. Need to be honest.

@culturalisms2 @WilfredsGang Your understanding of the English language needs some work.

@MeetTheNeeds @WilfredsGang ....and with the self-awareness of a brick wall, the little Myra Hindly, reiterates her support for the predatory and perverted men.