What was the point of today? I can't quite Recall...

That's not entirely true; this Recall Day was more useful than the last one, which I remember as being a complete let-down after the excitement of our first placement. At least today we got to share some of the best ideas of our placements, which served to confirm my suspicion that I am really rather a boring teacher compared to everyone else! Plenty of good ideas that I can steal though...

I had been trying for a couple of weeks to persuade people to come for a drink after we'd finished today. Out of 150-odd of us, it was a very select gathering of....five! You would think that English teachers would be a gregarious bunch, eh? Other subjects seem to be far more sociable; maybe that's because there are fewer of them and they all know each other, but I think that's all the more reason to make the effort. Ah well, we had a pleasant and convivial lunch and chat at the Three Craws anyway.

Since I came home I've been working on my Developing a Unit task. I'm kind of co-ordinating my group, and feel I should lead by example so have placed a deadline of next Thursday on everyone. Should I be worried that I haven't heard a peep out of a couple of my colleagues for six weeks? Once that's out the way I can get on with the assignment. As the last one took me about 5 hours a day for two weeks, I'm not quite sure how I'm going to manage it, but I'm sure it'll be fine!