A Poor Player
@apoorplayer.bsky.social
English teacher, HOD, in the state sector. Probably fulfilling many associated stereotypes.
Woops, there was one in my late 20s too - but the star is now a right wing maniac so probably best forgotten.
November 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Woops, there was one in my late 20s too - but the star is now a right wing maniac so probably best forgotten.
First saw The Real Thing when I was 12*, then 19, then just last year aged 34.
Still my favourite play.
*probably didn't quite get all the jokes
Still my favourite play.
*probably didn't quite get all the jokes
November 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
First saw The Real Thing when I was 12*, then 19, then just last year aged 34.
Still my favourite play.
*probably didn't quite get all the jokes
Still my favourite play.
*probably didn't quite get all the jokes
We had a reading from him at our wedding.
Is/was there a better writer of dialogue?
Is/was there a better writer of dialogue?
November 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
We had a reading from him at our wedding.
Is/was there a better writer of dialogue?
Is/was there a better writer of dialogue?
The only other thing I would have is a large, decent board/screen that is nice and clear.
November 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The only other thing I would have is a large, decent board/screen that is nice and clear.
I think the parental influence comes through a lot - a degree must have an obvious practical outcome for a number of kids I have taught. Business seems to fit the bill I guess.
November 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I think the parental influence comes through a lot - a degree must have an obvious practical outcome for a number of kids I have taught. Business seems to fit the bill I guess.
Though as an English teacher were forever having to persuade childre that even doing it for A level might be a good thing.
A very able and keen Y10 I teach looked genuinely surprised when he told me he wants to be a lawyer and I pointed out English would be great for that.
A very able and keen Y10 I teach looked genuinely surprised when he told me he wants to be a lawyer and I pointed out English would be great for that.
November 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Though as an English teacher were forever having to persuade childre that even doing it for A level might be a good thing.
A very able and keen Y10 I teach looked genuinely surprised when he told me he wants to be a lawyer and I pointed out English would be great for that.
A very able and keen Y10 I teach looked genuinely surprised when he told me he wants to be a lawyer and I pointed out English would be great for that.
I want to know who is giving the advice though - having worked in schs with 6th forms for over a decade it's definitely not school staff!
November 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I want to know who is giving the advice though - having worked in schs with 6th forms for over a decade it's definitely not school staff!
Honestly this story is keeping me going during the rest of current affairs grimness.
November 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Honestly this story is keeping me going during the rest of current affairs grimness.
I thought you must have. Personally I also have a fondness for his Little Drummer Boy.
November 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I thought you must have. Personally I also have a fondness for his Little Drummer Boy.
Pedant- isn't 2 the album?
November 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Pedant- isn't 2 the album?
Alas I am one of those people who has never really enjoyed it, Christmas dinner or not.
So I always have the mango, orange and pomegranate salad that my Mum makes alongside it. An old @nigelslater.bsky.social recipe I think.
So I always have the mango, orange and pomegranate salad that my Mum makes alongside it. An old @nigelslater.bsky.social recipe I think.
November 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Alas I am one of those people who has never really enjoyed it, Christmas dinner or not.
So I always have the mango, orange and pomegranate salad that my Mum makes alongside it. An old @nigelslater.bsky.social recipe I think.
So I always have the mango, orange and pomegranate salad that my Mum makes alongside it. An old @nigelslater.bsky.social recipe I think.
I'd also ask how (if) you are able to hold them to certain expectations? At schools, I am aware we have a range of systems/levers.
November 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I'd also ask how (if) you are able to hold them to certain expectations? At schools, I am aware we have a range of systems/levers.
And the more I think about it, the more I'm not surprised with the outcome. It's a watering down of a subject, saying it's core features don't matter - of course your students start to think it doesn't matter either.
November 29, 2025 at 10:16 AM
And the more I think about it, the more I'm not surprised with the outcome. It's a watering down of a subject, saying it's core features don't matter - of course your students start to think it doesn't matter either.
I lean to the interpretation that if you hold young people to expectations, they will (eventually) engage with them.
November 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I lean to the interpretation that if you hold young people to expectations, they will (eventually) engage with them.
I did not know this man but I am delighted that when I googled him the first picture is of him wearing a turtle neck.
Parfait.
Parfait.
November 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I did not know this man but I am delighted that when I googled him the first picture is of him wearing a turtle neck.
Parfait.
Parfait.
More of a what but I thought it worked!
November 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
More of a what but I thought it worked!
I am in a similar boat, always a book.
Is he a foodie at all? I've bought my Dad (early 70s) fancy tinned fish before and it's gone down a treat.
Is he a foodie at all? I've bought my Dad (early 70s) fancy tinned fish before and it's gone down a treat.
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I am in a similar boat, always a book.
Is he a foodie at all? I've bought my Dad (early 70s) fancy tinned fish before and it's gone down a treat.
Is he a foodie at all? I've bought my Dad (early 70s) fancy tinned fish before and it's gone down a treat.
1. Most of the time - Bob Dylan
2. Nostalgia - Emily Barker
3. I heard it through the grapevine - Marvin Gaye
4. Evry time we say goodbye - Ella Fitzgerald
5. California - Joni Mitchell
#FridayFave
2. Nostalgia - Emily Barker
3. I heard it through the grapevine - Marvin Gaye
4. Evry time we say goodbye - Ella Fitzgerald
5. California - Joni Mitchell
#FridayFave
November 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
1. Most of the time - Bob Dylan
2. Nostalgia - Emily Barker
3. I heard it through the grapevine - Marvin Gaye
4. Evry time we say goodbye - Ella Fitzgerald
5. California - Joni Mitchell
#FridayFave
2. Nostalgia - Emily Barker
3. I heard it through the grapevine - Marvin Gaye
4. Evry time we say goodbye - Ella Fitzgerald
5. California - Joni Mitchell
#FridayFave
And there doesn't seem to be a kitchen on the floor plan???
November 27, 2025 at 10:43 PM
And there doesn't seem to be a kitchen on the floor plan???
'The house is over 15m wide' what a sentence.
November 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
'The house is over 15m wide' what a sentence.