Jul
11
An encouraging story for anyone who felt written off at school
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My son graduated from Napier Unversity yesterday. Along with his sister’s graduation a couple of years ago this was one of the greatest days of my life. I had a huge lump in my throat and my heart was swelled with pride. Every graduate had worked hard to get there. The speakers reinforced the messages that […]
Apr
3
Inspirational leadership
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I am indebted to Jacob for drawing my attention to this great story.
Dec
20
A wee bit of peace.
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I went to the local mall to try to finish my Christmas present shopping yesterday. There is an advert on TV for a store which depicts people in an ordinary high street running around manically with a desparate look on their faces trying to do that very thing with the song “It’s beginning to look a […]
Dec
17
On a lighter note
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I have decided that the posts from now til Christmas should reflect the lightness of the season.
Today I was responsible for holding the fort - otherwise known as running the school office - as my dear colleague Fiona was ( very unusually) off sick. I can’t remember a day passing so quickly. I was late […]
Oct
18
Edinburgh is the Number 1 best place to live in the UK !
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http://www.edinburgh.org
The Channel 4 programme Location, Location, Location announced the winners of the best and worst places to live in the UK last night. Apparently this is the third year they have done this but it’s the first time I have come across it. I was rather half heartedly watching it right to the last moment […]