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Post by Bonobo on Oct 1, 2017 18:01:22 GMT 1
With September gone, it is only 9 months to summer holidays!
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Post by jeanne on Oct 1, 2017 19:54:21 GMT 1
With September gone, it is only 9 months to summer holidays! Spoken like a true school teacher!  |
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 1, 2017 21:25:18 GMT 1
With September gone, it is only 9 months to summer holidays! Spoken like a true school teacher! Nope, now I am speaking like a true gardener.  |
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Post by jeanne on Oct 2, 2017 0:35:33 GMT 1
Spoken like a true school teacher! Nope, now I am speaking like a true gardener. Ah, yes, that too! |
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Post by Bonobo on Nov 11, 2017 21:12:43 GMT 1
Ooops, I forgot to count the full number but better late than never so
7.5 till summer holidays.
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Post by Bonobo on Mar 15, 2018 23:08:44 GMT 1
Phew, March will be soon gone and only 3 months will remain till summer holidays - not even full months because there is Easter, May bank holidays and May final exams and the school year ends around the 20th.
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Post by jeanne on Mar 19, 2018 21:23:39 GMT 1
Phew, March will be soon gone and only 3 months will remain till summer holidays - not even full months because there is Easter, May bank holidays and May final exams and the school year ends around the 20th. ...and back in September it seemed like the school year ahead would be sooooo long...see? it's almost over already! |
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Post by Bonobo on Mar 19, 2018 22:29:22 GMT 1
Phew, March will be soon gone and only 3 months will remain till summer holidays - not even full months because there is Easter, May bank holidays and May final exams and the school year ends around the 20th. ...and back in September it seemed like the school year ahead would be sooooo long...see? it's almost over already! Who said sooo loong?? Surely not me I said: Only 9 months after September. |
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Post by Bonobo on May 2, 2018 15:48:16 GMT 1
Only two months.
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Post by jeanne on May 3, 2018 1:16:28 GMT 1
It will be gone before you know it...ah, yes...then the freedom of summer! |
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Post by Bonobo on Jun 24, 2018 19:37:18 GMT 1
It will be gone before you know it...ah, yes...then the freedom of summer! At last. The last week was quiet without classes, so I caught up with paperwork. But I am still doing it because tomorrow there is the final conference. And then - I am free. It will be gone before you know it... Like life. |
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Post by jeanne on Jun 25, 2018 1:00:34 GMT 1
Yay! There's nothing like that final day of school with summer looming ahead! Yes... |
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Post by Bonobo on Jul 1, 2018 19:04:15 GMT 1
So, two months of free time and hard work have just begun. |
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Post by jeanne on Jul 1, 2018 23:51:22 GMT 1
So, two months of free time and hard work have just begun. Lucky you! Enjoy the rest and the hard work of gardening! |
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Post by Bonobo on Jul 8, 2018 17:37:15 GMT 1
So, two months of free time and hard work have just begun. Lucky you! Enjoy the rest and the hard work of gardening! I have already: weeded the whole area, installed the airconditioning and a washing machine, pruned a few trees and bushes, made a fence around rabbit`s hutch, I must: paint the outside walls, finish the smoking shed, clean the barn, gather fruit and make wine, remove plants which didn`t survive the winter and plant new ones instead, prepare holes for autumn tree planting, finish the vine construction, sow new veg for autumn crop, plant new flowers in front of the house, plant new bushes around the fence etc etc. |
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Post by jeanne on Jul 8, 2018 20:21:18 GMT 1
Lucky you! Enjoy the rest and the hard work of gardening! I have already: weeded the whole area, installed the airconditioning and a washing machine, pruned a few trees and bushes, made a fence around rabbit`s hutch, I must: paint the outside walls, finish the smoking shed, clean the barn, gather fruit and make wine, remove plants which didn`t survive the winter and plant new ones instead, prepare holes for autumn tree planting, finish the vine construction, sow new veg for autumn crop, plant new flowers in front of the house, plant new bushes around the fence etc etc. OH - MY - GOODNESS!! That is quite a "to do" list. You will need a summer break of about six months to accomplish all that!! Good luck!!  Now that your boys are so grown-up, do you recruit them to help you? |
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Post by Bonobo on Jul 10, 2018 18:09:24 GMT 1
OH - MY - GOODNESS!! That is quite a "to do" list. You will need a summer break of about six months to accomplish all that!! Good luck!! Now that your boys are so grown-up, do you recruit them to help you? No, I go to sleep at 11 and get up at 6-7 am, so I have time to do a lot of things before breakfast. E..g, today I pruned fruit bushes off twigs which were too low and weeded the flower bed in front of the house. My kids have always helped me, even the youngest ones. I had got them working footwear and gloves. Today, after breakfast, they painted the wooden frame for vine and helped me plaster the holes in outside walls before painting. A few years ago it was much worse, you certainly remember those heaps of soil after ground works in the garden. We flattened them all. |
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Post by jeanne on Jul 10, 2018 20:00:26 GMT 1
OH - MY - GOODNESS!! That is quite a "to do" list. You will need a summer break of about six months to accomplish all that!! Good luck!! Now that your boys are so grown-up, do you recruit them to help you? No, I go to sleep at 11 and get up at 6-7 am, so I have time to do a lot of things before breakfast. E..g, today I pruned fruit bushes off twigs which were too low and weeded the flower bed in front of the house. My kids have always helped me, even the youngest ones. I had got them working footwear and gloves. Today, after breakfast, they painted the wooden frame for vine and helped me plaster the holes in outside walls before painting. A few years ago it was much worse, you certainly remember those heaps of soil after ground works in the garden. We flattened them all. Sounds like a great family effort! |
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 31, 2018 22:32:17 GMT 1
With September gone, it is only 9 months to summer holidays! Today, only 8! |
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Post by jeanne on Oct 31, 2018 23:58:18 GMT 1
With September gone, it is only 9 months to summer holidays! Today, only 8! Be careful that you don't wish your life away! |
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Post by Bonobo on Nov 1, 2018 0:44:52 GMT 1
Today, only 8! Be careful that you don't wish your life away! I am not sure I know this metaphor. It reminds me stories or films in which characters get involved in a game which seems quite innocent to them but soon they realise it is a game for life and is connected with timing. Why do you want to scare me?  |
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Post by jeanne on Nov 2, 2018 0:41:44 GMT 1
Be careful that you don't wish your life away! I am not sure I know this metaphor. It reminds me stories or films in which characters get involved in a game which seems quite innocent to them but soon they realise it is a game for life and is connected with timing. Why do you want to scare me? Sorry, didn't mean to scare you! Since you are such a knowledgeable teacher of English, I just assumed you would know the expression. It refers to how people are constantly saying things like "I can't wait to grow up because I'll...", or "I can't wait to complete my education because then I'll finally be able to do...", or "I can't wait to retire because then I will be able to...". If they get too wrapped up in this way of thinking, pretty soon they are no longer living in the present, but thinking only about what they will do in the future. Before they know it, their life has passed and they have missed many experiences because they could not focus on/enjoy the present moment! They find they have "wished their life away!" |
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 20, 2019 21:42:21 GMT 1
I am counting to Easter which is far ahead. According to Polish school system standards, I am doing 4 full-times per week. I leave at 7 and come back at 8. I am not tired yet, I still keep enthusiastic about my work, but I don`t know how long. Two months are left.....
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Post by jeanne on Feb 20, 2019 23:39:44 GMT 1
I am counting to Easter which is far ahead. According to Polish school system standards, I am doing 4 full-times per week. I leave at 7 and come back at 8. I am not tired yet, I still keep enthusiastic about my work, but I don`t know how long. Two months are left..... Bonobo, That's crazy to work so much. Right now you are running on stress hormones, and even though you feel fine, your internal body is struggling to keep up the pace. You will end up "crashing" one day, and then it will be a long hard journey back to normalcy! Trust me, I know, and it has happened to me! ...just a word to the wise...slow down and relax a bit...it's not worth it!! |
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 21, 2019 20:03:59 GMT 1
That's crazy to work so much. Right now you are running on stress hormones, and even though you feel fine, your internal body is struggling to keep up the pace. You will end up "crashing" one day, and then it will be a long hard journey back to normalcy! Trust me, I know, and it has happened to me! ...just a word to the wise...slow down and relax a bit...it's not worth it!! Please, relax. I have thought about it many times if I don`t exaggerate. But not - my work is my love and I get from it more fun and satisfaction than stress. Simply speaking, contact with students affects me positively. Even those rogue ones can be amusing if you find a key to open their hearts and minds. I am still able to do it.... Even if I work on adrenaline now, I regenerate during holidays, alltogether 3 months off school per year in my case. I have been working in this style for over 20 years now, and I feel great. The only problem is winter season when days are short and bleak and a slight depression appears. Besides, such a busy year doesn`t happen often, I have to do 34 classes in my school due to unexpected occurences. But only till the end of April - when final years leave school. |
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 21, 2019 20:58:41 GMT 1
Be careful that you don't wish your life away! With such a busy schedule, it is unavoidable. Whenever I go to a private lesson, I am astonished it passed so quickly since our last meeting - I feel it was like yesterday. |
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Post by Bonobo on Apr 18, 2019 17:13:26 GMT 1
Uuff, I made it till Easter break. 2.5 months of labourious teaching. I am a hero. |
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Post by Bonobo on Apr 18, 2019 21:54:45 GMT 1
The strike has been suspended for Easter. It relieved me a little but I still worked in the afternoon and evening. I would assume they suspended the strike so teachers could observe the holy days with their families...but you worked??? The school has broken up for Easter anyway so the strike was suspended naturally. Yes, I worked my private stuff. Why? |
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Post by jeanne on Apr 18, 2019 22:37:08 GMT 1
I would assume they suspended the strike so teachers could observe the holy days with their families...but you worked??? The school has broken up for Easter anyway so the strike was suspended naturally. Yes, I worked my private stuff. Why? I was just a tiny bit confused...when you said you worked in the afternoon and evening, for some reason I thought you were doing work at your school (maybe prep work on the computer??) Doing your private work outside of school totally makes sense... |
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Post by Bonobo on Jun 22, 2019 8:16:06 GMT 1
At last! Freedom. Not fully yet because there is still one conference next week, I have to print two documents but easy ones.
But I don`t enjoy it because I know it is going to finish sooner than later.
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