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Dan Thomas

@cleverswinery

Assistant Principal, T&L, Leicestershire

Hinckley, England Katılım Ekim 2010
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Dan Thomas
Dan Thomas@cleverswinery·
@nadhimzahawi @TheSun Here's what we teach young people: be kind; be respectful; admit when wrong; have humility; be truthful; respect others; respect the rules; obey the law; avoid hypocricy; do the right thing. Then we all watch in utter despair as those in power do exactly the opposite to this.
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Dan Thomas@cleverswinery·
@Baddiel Wait… is this the inspiration for Pulp’s Common People? It sounds uncanny in the verses and Common People has the lyric ‘She came from a Greece and had a thirst for knowledge…’
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David Baddiel@Baddiel·
I was unaware of this really first rate pun so thanks to ⁦@tompeck⁩ in ⁦@thetimes⁩ although feel the commentator should really be name checked.
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Mr G@DeputyGrocott·
Anyone got to do ‘the last few bits’ today?
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Paul Cornish@pdcornish76·
New ofsted inspection gradings in gifs...
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Oasis Mania@OasisMania·
What’s the MOST underrated Oasis song? 📸 Kevin Cummins
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Dan Thomas@cleverswinery·
@UnofficialOA Agreed. We absolutely must resist this as a profession; it’s harmful at best and destructive at worst.
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Teacher's Manual@UnofficialOA·
With all the new OFSTED ‘changes’ I can’t help but feel that lesson grading will make a come back. Get ready to have your teaching be judged by one high stake observation a year in which you pass (‘good’ or better) or are placed on a ‘support’ plan. That’s how it used to be.
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Dan Thomas@cleverswinery·
@TeacherBusy Agreed. In schools where consequences (Cs etc) work, you actually rarely have to use them as great behaviour is truly embedded in the main part. Takes time though. How many Cs would you prefer to have though before removing? Anything below 2cs seems very harsh imo!
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KP@TeacherBusy·
You’ve got a tricky class. 3 or 4 pupils behaving inappropriately, if you have to give each one 3 “consequences” before they’re removed from your lesson you’ve already stopped teaching between 9-12 times to deal with them. Unacceptable.
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Dan Thomas@cleverswinery·
@implausibleblog Excellent idea. We have a no emails policy after 6pm workdays and it’s worked brilliantly. The problem is, sending an email implies a response is needed, even if the person sending it does not require an immediate response, which puts pressure on the recipient. Def a welcome idea
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Farrukh@implausibleblog·
BBC News, "Are you sick of getting emails from your boss outside of work hours?" "Here in the UK the Labour government are introducing a new policy to address that. It is called the right to switch off" What do you think, a good idea or a bad idea?
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Paul Garvey.@PaulGarvey4·
I have a question which I simply can’t answer and maybe someone with a better knowledge of economics can. If the Tories saved us so much, by cutting every single public service to the bone, where has that enormous amount of saved money gone? Please RT to find the answer.
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Neil Jacobs@NeilJacobs·
How do you respond to people when they ask, ‘How many ₿itcoin do you have?’
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Dan Thomas@cleverswinery·
@virginmedia Hi. Internet installed and working. The technician has phoned head office to work out where our TV box is. When it is finally located / delivered, we’ve then got to get a technician out again to sort that bit out.
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Virgin Media ❤️@virginmedia·
@cleverswinery Hi Dan 👋. Apologies for the issues that you have had with connecting your services, can you please update us as to the status of this?
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Dan Thomas@cleverswinery·
@virginmedia - your service has been exceptionally poor so far. Virgin broadband box sent, but no Tv equipment at the same time. I’ve had to chase it twice, was told the broadband installer would bring it now. Guess what, they’ve arrived and don’t have it. On top of that…
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Dan Thomas@cleverswinery·
Connect to the broadband unit, so now, when the TV box eventually comes, we’ve got to get another installer out to fit wire half way around our living room in order to use the service. Absolutely brilliant, so glad I went with you guys.
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Dan Thomas@cleverswinery·
…you didn’t make it clear that the broadband needed a special fitting, so we’ve had to wait all week to have that fitted, today between 1pm and 6pm, which is a ridiculous window. Of course, the technician arrived at 5.55pm. Now, we’re being told that the TV box has to also
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Dan Thomas@cleverswinery·
@DrRLofthouse The problem with bursaries and focusing on teacher starting salaries, whilst understandable, is that unfortunately a large proportion of trainees go into the profession and then leave after two or three years, tops. Therefore, it ends up being a net loss or at best equilibrium.
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Dan Thomas@cleverswinery·
@DrRLofthouse I like the idea of rather than successive governments focusing on attracting new teachers into the profession (which we undoubtedly do need), they focused on retaining the vast pool of experience already there. Retainer pay / secondments etc would go a long way.
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Dan Thomas@cleverswinery·
@DrRLofthouse Sure. I’d be more interested in a bullet pointed list of suggestions than issues, though
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