Since the story is beginning to leak out in my school, I may as well go public on this one: “my school” will no longer be this one after the summer. I have accepted a similar teaching position in a new school, new city, new country. (Image courtesy of Creativesam)
I am at the same time excited about the new challenges and worried about the possible difficulties; it is also a time to reflect on what I am leaving behind, especially in terms of the people I have worked most closely with over the last seven years: my students.
However, we still have two months to enjoy - and plenty of exams to pass - so I will not allow myself to go into “melancholic mode” until it is the right time. I hope that this will be an excellent occasion to prove that we live in a connected world, and that physical distance does not have to imply losing touch.
This has already been good proof of connectivity, as one of the first people to find out did so after discovering me on twitter. Perhaps it is a lesson for us teachers that if we ”talk out loud” in a public world, anyone can listen to us.
Oh, and a final note on the title - no, this is not me stuttering… The elder members of my audience may have caught a reference to David Bowie’s song; younger ones might have heard a cover in the movies…
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It is time I showed my face up on the side... but I still won't! I hope you will join me on my multi-lingual, multi-subject discussion about my classes in Madrid. A teacher is a life-long learner.
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