Work...!

Goodness, I've been so busy I forgot to blog about it!

Since I was last here, I've been offered (and accepted) a permanent post in a Special School, teaching French, with a few other bits and bobs thrown in. The school is small and the children are lovely - my background in Behaviour was part of the reason I got the job, plus when they asked me what else I could bring to the school, I answered 'Cake!' to the obvious delight of the Chair of Governors.

This is pretty much my dream job. I visited again the other day and two teachers who have been there just a year told me it's the best move they ever made. It will draw together all my favourite skills and use my French (not to any great depth but I'm fine with that!)

For me this is an utter vindication of the risk I took when I leapt out of my last job. I shall actually be on a slightly higher salary than in my former post, which is great but wasn't my main reason for leaving. The real crux of the matter is that the teaching experience I've had over the past year is what enabled me to apply and get the job. Some of the questions, about classroom practice and experience of assessment procedures, were ones which I couldn't possibly have answered satisfactorily if I'd still been working as a consultant.

So - I am feeling good about life (but then I did anyway). It is going to be good to have a salary, especially as my younger daughter is finally going to bite the bullet and apply for University. I am going to be in a position to support her, just as I was with my elder daughter.

In fact, I've just been to visit my younger daughter in France. We had a lovely time, a long weekend which we filled with love and laughter. We are too close for mere Geography to get in the way too much. And after all her dreadful struggles with pain and illness, after all the times I've watched her going through the long-haul recovery from surgery, I can't be anything but glad for her that her life has been transformed.

I'm no longer sure of what to call the Source, but it's clear that Somebody provides...