Ep 94: The Ultimate New Year Teacher Guide: 7 Things You Need To Do In 2025!

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Hello, everyone.
There you go.

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That's the start.
Thank you for joining us.

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Welcome.
There are people who this is

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their first episode.
No one.

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No one.
Hello everyone, welcome back to

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the episode My Name.
My name is Dylan.

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Done this bit.
Why are you repeating yourself?

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My name's Hayden again for some
reason.

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Hello everyone, Happy New Year.
When you take off then Mr Yeah,

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yeah, yeah.
I'll do a, I'll do a pretend

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start, but they won't know what
to do afterwards.

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No, don't have to.
Don't do anything.

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Oh, well, do you know what I
think?

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I think people see through this.
I think they see that you're,

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you're bullying me on this.
You, you are horrible to me.

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I'm nothing but nice.
I'm the kind 1, the gentle 1,

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the funny one, the cool one, the
the one that everyone, they will

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write to me, they they're saying
it's Hayden there.

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It's Hayden there.
It's Hayden there.

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The humble one, the humble.
I don't know anyway.

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Anyway, I'm all right.
Thank you.

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This is being released on
January the 6th Monday.

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It's a big day in the calendar
for teachers.

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Do you know why?
I I do know why?

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It's when all the New Year's
resolutions end.

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We're back.
We're back, baby.

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I didn't know sugar for six
days, baby.

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Didn't even do that.
No, Oh dear.

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Well, good job.
This whole episode's around the.

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That's fine, because when
they've all ditched, you know,

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their resolutions on Monday the
6th, they can get some new ones

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from this one.
Well, no, it's a big, it's a big

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date because it's the date a lot
of teachers, especially in our

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country, the United Kingdom, go
back to school.

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Yes, big day and day.
How are you feeling?

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It's nicer than previous years
where we go back on like the

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second.
Sure.

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So I'm, I'm quite enjoying this
little gap.

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Yeah, for us, obviously, after
our crazy New Year's Eve parties

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being hungover for three days.
Bed by 9.

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Yeah, for baby life.
On New Year's Eve, everyone is I

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went around Dylan's.
We had a Curry at like.

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By the way, this was at 4:00.
Yeah, we had a Curry at like

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5:30 and then I went home and
the kids went to bed and we all

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just went to bed.
That's it, Literally, Literally,

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it's great.
It's just changed now.

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It's completely changed like
when we were always with my

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friends, I think 2, two or three
days before New Year's and

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they've got, they've got kids as
well.

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And we used to do like proper
New Year's with them.

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Like for a few years in a row,
we'd we'd stay up late, we'd

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stay up to 12.
And because they had their first

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child, they've now got a second
child as baby.

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We've got a child.
And you just like that what

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you're doing for New Year's.
And we're like literally

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nothing.
People are going to be in bed

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and they're like, yeah, same.
I I forgot them.

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I know.
I didn't even like registers.

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I used to watch the fireworks
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Obviously when we go to London,
not that crazy.

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And and then it was like 3 days,
three days later, which is now.

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And and I was like, Oh yeah, I
forgot that that was a thing.

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I, I used to, if I'd missed it,
I might have even watched it in

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the morning, just like just
been, oh, let's have a look to

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see what the firework display
was like.

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Just absolutely nothing.
It was nothing to me, this.

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Year I'm hoping 2025 is the year
everyone realises fireworks are

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a complete waste of time and
awful and rubbish and.

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Killing the environment.
Not a not.

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That's not why it's boring.
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Oh, they're pretty cool.
I like them.

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I don't.
I don't like them.

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Animals don't like them.
And you know what, Hayden, I'm

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going to roll you up so.
I know what you're going to say.

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Go on.
Listen, listen, listen, Hayden,

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you got very annoyed.
Does someone dare to say my dog

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doesn't like flowers?
Right.

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OK, I'm having a rat.
Do you know what?

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You might hate me for this.
I don't care.

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There, you're already the humble
one.

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It's there's something about on
Facebook in touching groups,

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like local groups and stuff,
when someone, someone's like

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genuinely being kind enough to
be like, I'm doing fireworks on

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this night for New Year's or
whatever.

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I'm just letting you all know
it's going to be 8:00 PM.

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It's going to last 10 minutes.
Someone being nice.

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Most people don't do that.
They just do.

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They just set fireworks off at
1:00 AM and it's like, what you

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doing?
Yeah, right.

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Do 8:00 AM And then someone
always, always comments.

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You get a lot of people saying,
oh, thank you.

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Thanks for letting me know.
That's kind.

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Someone goes, oh, yeah, I'll let
my dog know so they cannot be

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scared this time.
Shall I?

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Yeah.
Oh, my dog.

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My dog doesn't like fireworks
though, actually.

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So maybe.
Oh, that's that's a bit

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inconsiderate.
Do you know what fireworks have

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been around longer than you
getting a dog?

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Longer than you getting a lot?
Of the dogs not.

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Longer than dogs, longer than
the You knew fireworks existed,

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and they go on January every
single year ever.

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But you've been alive.
There's been fireworks at New

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Year's Eve, all right?
And you decided to get a dog at

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some point, you know?
They exist.

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Does does that mean it's OK just
because something's always

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happened?
Not necessarily.

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OK, that's a good.
Question.

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You need to justify it by saying
it's always happened.

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People getting so so it's the
entitlement.

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It drives me crazy actually.
Sorry, but I've got a dog now.

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Is that OK?
Cool.

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I did fireworks last year and
the year before and the year

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before.
Do you know what?

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They've always existed.
Yeah, but dogs have always been

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around.
The dogs do get spooked.

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And there's been like, stories
of dogs, like, literally dying

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because of like, heart attacks
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Oh.
No bad, it's.

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True.
It's true.

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So do you just think you still
stick by it?

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Do you don't care?
I do care, OK?

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I do care 'cause you're a dog
person.

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I know I'm a dog person and I've
had dogs and they're also

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terrified.
And you don't care.

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No, it's not that.
It's, it's, it's the, IT, I know

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they're scared, right, Right.
I don't know, I don't know.

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It's rubbish but it's the
entitlement of people being

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like.
You should control someone.

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Else behaviour, actually.
Why are you doing that?

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I've got a dog.
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OK.
OK.

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I'm sorry.
But we also want to enjoy this

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thing.
Like you.

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You chose to get a dog.
We chose not to get a dog.

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We do fireworks.
I don't know.

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I can't.
It's hard to explain, but

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there's just something about it
that always makes me like, oh,

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shut up when I see that.
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I'm like, we know.
We all know.

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OK.
Cool, can't wait to see

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viewership.
Plummet after that?

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I don't know.
Hayden's rant against dogs.

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They love dogs.
We we pick one person to go

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after we've done a few.
The government, you know, toxic

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SLT.
Apparently dogs are next on the

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list.
So thanks for that.

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Hated lovely dogs.
Really nice one.

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Do you know what I love?
What?

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Walking into your house and
within 5 minutes your child

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getting stuck all over me.
Yeah, that was fun.

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Anyone watching the podcast?
I know not many of you do, but I

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am wearing these fetching shorts
today.

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In the one of the coldest.
Days Ever.

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You know why?
Because I was just having a

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lovely little cuddle with your
little girl who's also my

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daughter, who I call my
daughter.

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I said she'd just eaten her
breakfast.

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Yeah.
And I went, oh, come here, Real

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Daddy's here now.
That's the joke.

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Real Daddy's here.
And I was bouncing her up and

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down and then sat on my lap.
He just went, oh, she's just

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been sick all over you.
But you said it's a matter of

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fact.
But you would say, oh, can you

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pass me the remote?
Yeah.

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So I was like, haha, yeah, good
one.

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And no, no, really, she has
done.

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And you moved her.
And all of a sudden on my lap, I

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just saw this big part of sick.
I was like, OK.

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And I was OK with it.
It's all good.

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Wiped off.
No problem.

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Ken was tested in the podcast.
So Aiden, has a small animal

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died in this room because
something stinks?

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Tell you what, I don't hear when
I do the fireworks.

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So maybe, yeah, it did smell and
it was that and so I've had to

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get changed now.
So yeah, you look great.

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I love Do you know what?
There's nothing better than

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looking at your hairy legs
whilst recording the podcast.

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Well, so I mean, don't tempt the
viewers.

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Any podcast, not a TV show.
But you know, you never know.

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We could get commissioned.
What?

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We start talking about my hair.
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Yeah, great.
Can I do you mind if I?

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Do not touch me whatsoever like
a dog.

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Never.
Pretend it's a dog that's

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scared.
Because if it was, you wouldn't

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care about my legs anymore.
My legs don't like fireworks.

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What a start to the year, right?
I'm a I'm a mayor apparently a

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dog.
I love dogs.

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I'm a dog eater.
Listen, don't backtrack now

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you've said your bit.
So in terms of this half term,

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we're going to talk about New
Year's resolutions in a bit.

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But the last thing I wanted to
do in a little catch up, we

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wanted to reflect on we get a
two week holiday over Christmas.

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And in that, in those two weeks,
how much school work have you

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done?
I've done a bit, I've done a

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bit.
I've I've had a bunch of writing

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to Mark my least favourite job
ever, by the way, like that is

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like every single time I have to
take home writing to market.

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Like why does it take home
writing?

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Because it takes so long.
It takes, but why does it take?

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So long it's.
Independent writing, they just

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write loads and it just you have
to properly assess it and like I

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don't know what it's like in
other schools, but our

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assessment process is fairly
long winded.

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Like we've got like sheets have
to fill in, like you have to

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take off all the objectives of
writing.

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So did you?
Did you have a choice to do that

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in the half term or not?
Did you have to do it in this?

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Yeah, I had to because I
literally finished it the last

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day of school.
There's no way.

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Like it takes like four or five
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So I literally could not have
marked it.

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That's all I wanted to.
Not this time anyway.

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Maybe there's an argument for
like midterm that you could

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maybe just spread it over a
couple of weeks or something.

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Like do a couple of books every
night if you can.

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Some schools, I'm sure they need
English books like the next day.

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And the expectation is, Oh yeah,
you mark that because I need the

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feedback tomorrow.
But I had to do that.

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So that that had to get done.
I did it the other day and

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absolutely hated every minute of
it.

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It complete.
Honestly, it ruined my day.

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Yeah, like it absolutely
complete.

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I was miserable all day.
Lauren was like, Oh my God, here

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we go.
Not only is it your job, it's

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the worst bit of your job.
Yeah, I hate it.

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It is my genuinely, if you have
made me list all the stuff that

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we moan about on this podcast,
about the job that is at the

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bottom for me.
Like I hate it so much.

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Did you have other work to do as
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And that was just like the
priority?

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Like honesty doesn't like
doesn't making lessons come

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before marking?
Yeah, I know.

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That's what you think, right?
Yeah, I try.

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I yeah, in all honesty, I just
got it done because I was like,

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if I leave this a Sunday, I'm
going to be so annoyed at

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myself.
And I had other work to do.

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So yes, to answer your question,
I've got a bunch of planning to

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do for this term as well.
Now here's the thing with the

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planning, only one of the week.
So I had some, I shared math

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planning with another teacher I
had, I had week 1, so I sorted

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out week 1.
I also had week three-week five,

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week 7:00.
That's fine.

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I'll sort that out.
I've got provisional plans for

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that, but then I've also got
English planning to do, but I've

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got a three-week chunk for that
and it's not until this like the

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week 4-5 and six of this term.
But I forced myself stick to my

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gun, stick to what I said last
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I don't want to spare.
I don't want to get to week end

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of week 3 right mid term, bit
exhausted anyway.

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And then be like, oh, you've got
to plan this thing from scratch.

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It's a proper big planning unit.
So I'm like, I'm going to get

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this done in this half time as
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So yeah, I have got kind of
quite a lot of work on some of

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it had to be done, some of it
I'm choosing to do it now to

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save that time later in the in
the term which I don't know what

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your thoughts.
On that's where I always say

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when when people say teaching is
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I'm like, I get what you mean
because it's not like hybrid

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working or you know, I'll stay
in from the office today.

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I've just got to crack on with
some work here or there whatever

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or I'll take this day off
because I need this day off and

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I'll just work whatever.
It's not like that because your

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holidays are set in stone
because of the children need to

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be in school.
We're basically childcare as

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well.
Let's be realistic.

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That's what we are as well
because people need to go to

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work.
The children need to go

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somewhere.
But yeah, it's flexible in terms

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of the what the all the extra
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Such a weird 1, isn't it?
To say it's like, yeah, it's

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flexible, it's flexible.
The hours and hours and hours of

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extra stuff I do, I can do it
whenever I want.

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Isn't that really not?
Getting paid for anyways I do

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whatever.
You want literally but but you

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know we do have to do extra and
it is flexible.

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Like you said, you can, you can
wait until the half terms, you

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can get ahead in the half terms.
I said last time as well, but my

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resolution was to try and be a
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in terms of planning, knowing
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six weeks ahead of time and
choosing when to do it in order

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to kind of keep my weekends a
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So for example, before
Christmas, end of term 2, I

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looked at everything that me and
my job show had to do for term

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3.
My job show as well divvied

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stuff up for us.
I divvied stuff up for us.

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I looked at maths, she was
looking at some English.

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But the way it's way it's fallen
is I could basically get term 3

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so that I don't have any
planning to do now.

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Oh, wow, sorry.
I just got ahead in in the end

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of term two.
Yeah.

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And, and now that means I can
kind of go through term 3 not

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knowing that, sorry, knowing
that I don't have to at the

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weekend.
Oh God, I've got the guy this

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week in maths to do.
I've got this English to sort

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out, blah, blah, blah.
Because it's because it's like

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planned ahead.
The only danger of that is,

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yeah, it's enjoyable and I can
get through these next like six

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weeks like OK, cool, I can do
that.

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But in term 4 create something
yes, you listen for you've got

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to by getting ahead for term 4,
you're gonna eat into those

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weekends that you planned ahead
and I'm just like, oh God, this

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is the never ending cycle of of
planning.

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It's just, it's just crazy like
and I, I really feel for people

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in one form entry scores, anyone
listening like where you just,

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and you've gone through this in
your career before where you've

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joined a new school and they
didn't even have a curriculum.

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But I've heard teachers say to
me, I'm dreading time 3 because

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there's just no planning on the
area.

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It's just me and you're 4.
I need to plan an entire sound

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unit for science.
I've got Romans for history and

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we've got to obviously continue
to do English and maths.

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I'm like, that's insane.
None of it exists.

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The fact that it doesn't, it
doesn't exist, and it's not

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embedded in your job.
Yeah, it's like, sorry, you've

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got to do all that before you
can do your job.

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Yeah, it's in.
That highlighted that.

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So when I so for context, IA few
years ago, maybe like five years

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ago now, I worked in A1
momentary school.

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It was a fairly new school and I
took on that first ever year six

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cohort.
So it like it literally hadn't

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existed before the year I went
in and did that insane year,

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insane year.
Like lovely school, lovely

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people, but mad, mad for work.
Like I couldn't cope.

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I genuinely, I was on the on the
verge of a breakdown.

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Like I could not cope with the
amount of work, but it was

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insane.
So yeah, I do feel you.

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But it really highlights to me
how crazy this job is in terms

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of we all get paid the same on
this scale and there are some

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people just doing a totally
different job.

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That job that I did then is not
the same as the job I'm doing

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now.
I'm getting paid more now.

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I've worked up the scale a bit
more since then.

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I get paid more now.
But back then I was doing tonnes

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more work, way more
responsibility.

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Like it's just, it's just mental
to me.

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Why is it not systemize like we
had that discussion before, but

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it also highlights to me like
the fact that I did have brand

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new units of history, geography,
science, all this stuff to plan

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for a curriculum that's been
around for 10 years.

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It in a school, one of like 10s
of thousands of schools that are

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all also doing this stuff.
It's like, why is it not just

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right here for me?
Why is someone going oh.

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Sorry, you're planning that.
Why are you planning that from

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scratch?
100,000 of us have already

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taught this this year.
He's one of those. 100,000 in

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your class might have personal
needs where they can't possibly

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do that task.
They need to do a task which has

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Sonic the Hedgehog in it.
Oh, no, don't worry, because you

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know how there's 100,000 of us,
right?

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Well, we basically every
demographic child is covered.

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So that person's planning over
there, that covers exactly what

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you need.
There you go.

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Also, my point there is I can
add in something if I need to

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get a hook for the kids.
Do you know what I mean?

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It doesn't mean I have to do
from scratch.

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That's the difference.
From scratch, from nothing.

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No, I'm teaching the Romans in
year 4.

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You can give me slides, a task
and an outcome at the end to

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assess where they're at.
Yeah, that can exist.

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It doesn't need to be magic
because of my glass armour.

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Teachers need to go to the
personal needs of the child and

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every single day.
Yeah, of course, in your

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adaptation and your delivery,
especially when you're more

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experienced as a teacher.
Those slides, those slides don't

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matter.
Oh, God, the slides aren't lime

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green.
Policy isn't no different.

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Yeah.
Don't care, don't care.

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It doesn't matter.
Every 8 minutes the children

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have to rub their heads to do a
mental well-being rate.

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You can ask all that means to be
on the slides, actually.

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Thank you.
Listen, count your fingers one

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to five slowly and breathe in
and out, please.

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Cool.
You still get your marking to

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do.
Not on the slides.

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You still get your marking to
do.

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I mean, look, all this stuff we.
Oh, sorry.

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Very quickly.
I want to just say how we do.

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It does sound like we're
belittling all of this stuff.

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Adaptation, well-being.
Lovely OK, these things where

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like it's obviously a good thing
yes, we should be teaching

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children how to look after
themselves as staff, we should

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have ways to regulate ourselves
as teachers.

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We should be adapting stuff for
the children in front of us.

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But my goodness, me, as a
profession, we take it to the

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NTH degree in a role where we
simply don't have time to do

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that.
And it just burns people out so

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much.
And the point that I'm just

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making with this rant rant here
is that it just take a step

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back.
It does not matter if you pick

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up a good scheme off the shelf
which gives you your

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progression, your lesson, your
task, and you can just.

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Adapt it, Yeah, it saves a lot
of time for doing some.

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I don't ask you a question
because I know you're quite

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we've had discussions outside of
the podcast about this whole

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idea of of curriculum, right?
And it's the wider curriculum.

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So I'm not talking maths and
English now, I am talking every

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other subject, your afternoon
subjects typically, right?

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Do you think there is a place
for a like almost like a

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national scheme, just one scheme
like what that fits every?

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Do you think it's possible to
have a scheme that delivers

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history that gives you the
science that would just work in

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every school?
Assuming that every school would

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just adapt it a little bit if
they need this?

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Is this is it?
It's the adaptation that that's

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that's the thing.
OK, I'm not pretending that the

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exact same thing, word for word,
task for task would work in

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every classroom in every single
school in this whole country,

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but I think the line is way
closer to that than people make

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out.
You see a lot of people, all

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these, you know, edge edgy types
on Twitter and Facebook and

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stuff who do like 57 long thread
tweets about some in depth

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research about the individual
needs of each single child.

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And you got to teachers should
be doing all of this reading.

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It's a profession.
You need to be doing all this

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massive professional development
and you need to be adapting

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every single thing to it's all
idealistic.

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Enter the real world.
Please be an actual person for a

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second in this job where there
is a retention crisis, there is

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a recruitment crisis.
The salary does not remotely

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match the time and effort put
into doing it and doing the job

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compared to other professions in
the private sector.

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Wake up.
OK, There's only so much that

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can be for a goodwill and what
I'm, what I'm getting to here is

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yes.
And I'm a really good quality

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scheme with a few different
options, maybe built in with the

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ability to add in a local study
when it comes to history, or

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maybe your school's really close
to a local river where it's

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amazing for field work.
That can't be in a national

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scheme, obviously.
And your children should

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absolutely get the benefit of
doing that.

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So yeah, use your adaptation
skill, which is one of the

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teacher standards, OK, to change
what is a solid scheme, but you

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know, the progression of
teaching about Romans, OK.

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And the insurance and outs of
what is needed to be taught to

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the children because of the
curriculum and the skills

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involved.
That's not different.

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That's not different.
The national curriculum for

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history is 2 to 3 pages long.
OK.

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Are you saying that can't be
encapsulated in a stand alone

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scheme which can just go out to
the whole country and then be

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adapted?
Of course it can.

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If if we're if we're in one
breath saying we can't possibly

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use this scheme because someone
else has used this scheme.

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And by definition, that means
it's bad.

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Sorry, we're all using the same
two page national curriculum

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history.
Why is that?

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That's OK.
We all, we all accept that.

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That's fine.
Just just grow up, you know,

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honestly, get a bit of common
sense if you want to actually

452
00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:53,640
fix this profession, if you want
to actually help teachers not

453
00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:55,640
burn out.
Like you said, if you want new

454
00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:57,560
schools to open, which we're
going to have to do over the

455
00:17:57,560 --> 00:17:59,840
next few years with the rising
population, there are going to

456
00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:02,200
be areas that need new schools.
There'll be some areas where

457
00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:03,440
schools are closing.
They're going to be wrong.

458
00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:05,000
People probably shout at me
going in London.

459
00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,000
There's quite, yeah, I know it's
declining in places, but other

460
00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:08,040
schools are going to have to
open.

461
00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:11,840
If that's going to be
manageable, then you need to

462
00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:15,280
have something to grasp onto and
it's OK to do it.

463
00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:18,000
Don't, don't belittle someone
for using a scheme.

464
00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:20,120
Work with them.
Help.

465
00:18:20,120 --> 00:18:21,920
Them I hope we're not buying.
I hope we're not being naive

466
00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:24,160
because I think that as well.
I've always thought that.

467
00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:25,880
I've always thought why isn't
there a science?

468
00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:28,080
Like the science of science
doesn't even need local studies.

469
00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:29,720
Seriously.
Science is, it's science.

470
00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:33,520
There's a science curriculum.
Why is there not a a hub of

471
00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:36,600
resources from the government
that I can just use?

472
00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:37,840
Right.
They've put tonnes of money into

473
00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:39,040
it because you know what they
need to do it once.

474
00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:40,520
Tonnes of money.
It's got loads of variations,

475
00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:42,640
like you said.
Oh, my schooling doesn't science

476
00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:44,640
for an hour.
OK, click the hour version then,

477
00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:45,640
rather than the two hour
version.

478
00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:47,280
Why does that not exist?
Seriously.

479
00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:49,640
Or, but we do, we do mixed.
We've got mixed.

480
00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:51,840
I'm year 5-6.
OK, click the mixed one because

481
00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:54,160
because the government have done
this one time and so they put

482
00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:55,600
loads of effort into it.
You don't have to do it.

483
00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:57,280
We have to keep repeating the
same job a million times.

484
00:18:57,680 --> 00:18:58,680
Why is it not there?
I.

485
00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:00,480
Don't know.
I think maybe didn't they try

486
00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:02,520
and do something with the
National Oaks thing where?

487
00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:03,560
Yeah, they're doing.
Something.

488
00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:05,360
But you know what?
I don't know if anyone's out

489
00:19:05,360 --> 00:19:07,680
there who worked on it.
I didn't like the interface.

490
00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:08,920
I couldn't get around it very
well.

491
00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:10,400
It didn't.
Maybe it's changed since I used

492
00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:12,400
it during COVID because it was
like users video and stuff.

493
00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:15,320
I don't know.
But it needs to be simple, needs

494
00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:18,000
to be clear, needs to go through
the aims in the curriculum.

495
00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:20,680
Just give it to us.
We are professionals.

496
00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:22,920
And if a school just picks it up
and is lazy with it and isn't

497
00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:25,960
adapting it, then help them
through that process, right?

498
00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:27,400
Yeah.
But don't just think, oh, some

499
00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:28,720
schools will be lazy.
You've all got to do it.

500
00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:31,240
Yeah, that's the that is.
The culture isn't it, at the end

501
00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:34,040
of the day, that is it.
Rather than risking our teachers

502
00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:36,200
not using it properly, we'll get
them to do it from scratch

503
00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:37,600
because then they have to think
about it.

504
00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:39,560
Yeah, it's just it's not right.
It's not right to me.

505
00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:41,280
Anyway, that was a bit of a side
rant.

506
00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:43,800
Rant, rant, rant, rant.
What you call it, right?

507
00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:45,200
Anyway, that was really good.
Let's move on.

508
00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:47,160
Let's play the Jingle.
You've got to round me up.

509
00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:48,720
Of course I this is a weekly
thing.

510
00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:50,280
I do enjoy this.
Actually, last week wasn't.

511
00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:52,200
You didn't get very angry.
No, it wasn't very good last

512
00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:52,600
week.
I don't know.

513
00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:55,160
I hope you're back to your game
this week and then you have

514
00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:57,360
clicked on it for this.
We are 20 minutes or so in and

515
00:19:57,360 --> 00:19:59,480
you will get it, I promise.
We're going to go through seven

516
00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:03,240
things that we think will help
teachers have a successful 2025.

517
00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:07,560
Love that.
OK, Aiden, round me up.

518
00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:08,680
Let's go.
What we got?

519
00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:10,280
What's the what's this week's
submission?

520
00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:11,280
What's this week?
It's.

521
00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:12,440
Right in submission.
Here we go.

522
00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:14,680
Ready.
Yeah, I'm a supply supply

523
00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:16,840
teacher.
I've been at school for two

524
00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:17,880
weeks.
I started on Friday.

525
00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:20,840
They went through the planning
and were generally really nice

526
00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:23,040
about it all nice school, very
supportive.

527
00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:25,640
Then they gave me the class
novel that the children had just

528
00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:28,640
started and said, you can read
this at the weekend so that

529
00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:31,880
you're up to scratch.
And there's the moment that I

530
00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:34,600
remembered your podcast, nodded
politely and absolutely did not

531
00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:37,440
spend 10 hours of my weekend
reading a novel for a school I'm

532
00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:41,120
supplying in for two weeks.
How would you feel, Dylan, if

533
00:20:41,120 --> 00:20:43,000
you were a supply teacher and
you rocked up for a couple of

534
00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,200
weeks and someone said to you,
here's a novel?

535
00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,000
It wasn't like a little picture
book.

536
00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:50,080
It was a novel, they said, oh,
the class are doing this.

537
00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:51,960
Read that at the weekend.
Yeah, I'd say no.

538
00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:54,320
Do you know how much supplies
get paid for a star?

539
00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:56,120
It's atrocious.
It's atrocious.

540
00:20:56,120 --> 00:20:58,680
It's like in the low hundreds
for a day rate of you going with

541
00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:01,200
an agency.
Agencies skim off so much awful.

542
00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:05,000
So that's the first thing.
The second thing is, no, if if

543
00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:08,240
I'm doing supply, do you know
what, Even if even as a teacher,

544
00:21:08,360 --> 00:21:11,560
I look at that, if someone said
to me as a teacher, oh, by the

545
00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:14,600
way, by next Monday, over the
weekend, you need to read this

546
00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,960
book, I would honestly say to
them, when, when do you expect

547
00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:19,800
me to do that?
Yeah, because they either have

548
00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:24,680
to say, oh, yeah, good point.
Let's extend that and do it some

549
00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:26,840
other time, which then you get
your outcome.

550
00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:29,800
All they have to say to you,
well, at the weekend, I guess,

551
00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:31,840
Yeah.
And then you just say, OK, no,

552
00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:34,200
I'm busy.
That's all you have to say.

553
00:21:34,360 --> 00:21:35,520
Why you got?
To get done because you got to

554
00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:36,920
do the plan how you going to
teach how you going to do

555
00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:37,800
quality teaching Dylan?
Well, I'm.

556
00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:39,000
Not you haven't read the text.
Yeah, I'm not.

557
00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:40,120
Obviously.
If that's what you think.

558
00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:42,360
Quality teaching is me having
read the text and I have to do

559
00:21:42,360 --> 00:21:43,480
it by Monday.
Then you've done bad

560
00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:45,960
organisation, I'm afraid, by
asking me on Friday to have read

561
00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:48,000
it in two days over the weekend.
I'm busy.

562
00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:49,720
Even if you're not busy, just
say you're busy.

563
00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:51,240
Don't be guilt tripped.
Don't.

564
00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:54,200
Don't let.
Don't let this culture or before

565
00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:56,800
the children.
You've got to read Kazuki's

566
00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:58,600
Kingdom.
The children won't be able to

567
00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:00,280
get good English if you don't
this weekend.

568
00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:02,040
Yes, they will.
Yes, they will.

569
00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:03,160
I'll read it.
Well, get over it.

570
00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:06,600
Yeah, go read it with them or do
something else, or I'll just

571
00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:07,800
read.
The one chapter I need, it's

572
00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:09,520
only 10 minutes.
Yeah, yeah, honestly.

573
00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:12,320
Like just just stop.
Don't feel guilt tripped into

574
00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:15,280
this by people in positions of
power who are coming to you and

575
00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:17,520
saying, oh, we got to do a sorry
guy, got to do this.

576
00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:19,520
No, you don't.
And that's in the context, like

577
00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:22,000
you said, of being employed as a
teacher, a supply teacher.

578
00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:23,320
Yeah, we've gone in two.
Weeks.

579
00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:24,320
Yeah, so true.
So.

580
00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,560
What a joke.
You don't get paid well at all

581
00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:28,600
as a supply teacher.
Like, genuinely, you get paid

582
00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:31,240
terribly.
As I was so shocked to find out

583
00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:33,320
how much supply.
I thought in my head, right,

584
00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:35,440
this is what the system should
be, supply teachers.

585
00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:37,880
No guaranteed holidays, no
guaranteed work.

586
00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:40,120
You're just and it's like it's,
you know, you're just here and

587
00:22:40,120 --> 00:22:41,840
there and everywhere that should
be paid.

588
00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:43,880
You should be paid more than
what a teacher gets day rate

589
00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:44,400
wise.
Sure.

590
00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:45,720
That's the payoff.
Yeah.

591
00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:47,880
It's like, OK, you get paid more
day rate, but we can't guarantee

592
00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:48,480
your work.
Yeah.

593
00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:49,720
And you're not getting your
holidays paid.

594
00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:51,160
Yeah.
Like like in a lot of private

595
00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:53,880
sectors what agency staff get.
Like when the strikes were going

596
00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:56,360
on with the trains and the P&O
Ferries laid off their people

597
00:22:56,360 --> 00:22:58,840
and blah blah blah.
The people who had to get in.

598
00:22:59,360 --> 00:23:00,960
That is if you're getting agency
staff in.

599
00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:02,560
The same for the doctors.
When the doctors got asked to

600
00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:04,880
work overtime to fill gaps and
stuff, they were charging 3 the

601
00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:07,520
four times the normal rate
because of the demand.

602
00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:08,600
They need someone to come in.
It's.

603
00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:09,760
Demand isn't it?
It's demand.

604
00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,040
Supply and demand.
I need someone today, thank you,

605
00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:13,400
to come in and do a supply.
Yeah, cool.

606
00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:14,800
We've got some of it.
Yeah, we've got someone who's

607
00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:16,400
gonna pay you less than what a
teacher will get paid in that

608
00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:17,320
day and you don't get the half
time.

609
00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:19,120
But it's disgusting and if
anyone doesn't know like just

610
00:23:19,120 --> 00:23:21,080
Google supply, Google supply
rates.

611
00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:23,840
You'd think my family didn't
like the building trade and

612
00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:27,400
stuff, so I just know that in
the building trade like day rate

613
00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:29,960
for just anything like a
bricklayer, bricklaying or

614
00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:32,160
painting.
But by the way, skilled jobs,

615
00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:32,760
yeah, it's fine.
I.

616
00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:34,800
Have a problem with this but I
know that the day rate now is

617
00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:36,960
upwards of £200.
I think if you Google it, it's

618
00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:40,560
something like 250 lbs like the
average day rate now in the in

619
00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:42,800
like building construction.
OK, that's cool.

620
00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:46,160
So I'm like, OK, right, OK, so
something we have to go to

621
00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:49,480
university profession like like
doctor, doctors, teachers,

622
00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:51,880
nurses, whether I'm like, OK,
that their day rate for like

623
00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:54,000
professional services should
probably be around the same,

624
00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:56,080
maybe even a bit more.
I don't know, because you have

625
00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:57,320
to go to three years of
university.

626
00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:01,360
Universities do this.
It's like half half how?

627
00:24:01,360 --> 00:24:04,280
How is a teacher going in doing
a 910 hour work day and got a

628
00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:07,560
reclass novel at the weekend for
like 130 LB.

629
00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:10,160
Well, firstly, they don't.
Secondly, do you wonder why

630
00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:12,400
supply staff don't come in early
and leave late?

631
00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:14,760
Like honestly, it really opens
your eyes when you look at

632
00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:16,760
supply and you're like, you
know, when you start your career

633
00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:18,720
and you see supply, you think,
wow, that's that's cushy.

634
00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:21,080
Yeah, just walk in, walk out.
It's beautiful.

635
00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:23,600
No, no, there's a reason they're
doing that.

636
00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:26,960
It's because why would they?
Why would they not get paid

637
00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:29,200
nothing.
Yeah, I do know what I'll be

638
00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:30,240
ready.
A level with you now.

639
00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:32,640
Really.
Honestly, in the last however

640
00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:36,200
long six months or so, thinking
about if teaching is a job for

641
00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:37,320
life.
Like we did the whole podcast

642
00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:38,920
episode, one of our most
streamed episodes.

643
00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:40,200
So a lot of people feel in the
same way.

644
00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,440
I've been thinking to myself a
lot, you know, what if, if I

645
00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:46,720
step back from the classroom,
the number one reason why I'd

646
00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:49,400
really be reluctant to quit
teaching is because I love

647
00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:50,440
teaching.
I've said this a lot.

648
00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:53,440
I love being in front of the
children, delivering a lesson,

649
00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:55,160
building relationships with
them, getting to know them,

650
00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:57,440
helping them as people and
making them get stuff.

651
00:24:57,560 --> 00:24:59,560
I like them.
I like the idea of them going

652
00:24:59,880 --> 00:25:02,480
from not knowing how to do
something to knowing how to do

653
00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:04,000
something.
That's a really nice journey.

654
00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:07,080
I love taking them on that.
So the idea of supply was really

655
00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:10,000
like the the hook that kind of
made me think, oh, you know

656
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:13,400
what, if I did quit teaching, I
could go to supply and I might

657
00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:17,280
do five days a time maximum,
let's say, or even less.

658
00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,040
I don't know, just so I can get
my keep my foot in the door.

659
00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:20,800
Getting that kick.
Getting that kick of helping the

660
00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:22,360
kids.
When you look at this, the

661
00:25:22,360 --> 00:25:26,720
supply rate, I just think to
myself, OK, I'll find 2 tutoring

662
00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:29,120
like up to opportunities.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

663
00:25:29,120 --> 00:25:31,680
And do that for a couple of
hours a week and that's

664
00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:34,840
basically my day, right.
For like what?

665
00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:40,280
There is no incentive to to do
it, no other than maybe you're

666
00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:41,920
like an amputee still waiting
for your first job.

667
00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:44,800
Or maybe you're a retired
teacher like you said at that

668
00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:46,760
point, not necessarily needing
the money but just keeping your

669
00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:48,760
foot in the door because you
love teaching as like a

670
00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:51,600
professional in their 30s who
needs to support their family.

671
00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:53,840
Why would I do?
It's not a career.

672
00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:55,800
And I've realised that now.
I was speaking to someone

673
00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:58,480
recently, a friend of mine who's
been doing a bit of supply and

674
00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:00,440
he was like, because he was
actually saying the same

675
00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:01,640
revelation.
He was like, it is kind of

676
00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:04,080
amputees that maybe didn't get
their first job and people that

677
00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:06,000
are kind of at the end of their
career just want a little bit to

678
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:07,720
finish up with.
And I always did one.

679
00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:09,440
I did always wonder, like, why?
And he was like, yeah, because

680
00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:10,920
it's not a career.
He was like, because there's no

681
00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:12,160
money.
He was like, you don't make

682
00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:14,200
enough money doing this to
actually sustain a career.

683
00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:15,840
He was like, if you were if you
were doing this as a career, you

684
00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:17,800
would you would honestly, you'd
just go and get a job as a

685
00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:18,280
teacher.
Sure.

686
00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:19,800
That he was like, there's no
point to do this.

687
00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:22,400
There's no extra perks.
You lose the perks of being a

688
00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,200
teacher and you don't even get
paid more.

689
00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:26,680
He was like, there's no,
there's, you know, yeah.

690
00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:28,920
It's a strange, strange middle
ground because to me it just

691
00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:31,320
shouldn't be like that.
No, no, I agree that it does

692
00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:33,240
seem odd, but you know what?
People get more of it and

693
00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:35,880
agencies are skimming off a lot.
They take a lot.

694
00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:37,760
So schools still pay the same
amount.

695
00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:41,120
So if you're thinking of doing
supply or anything like that,

696
00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:43,840
write to schools yourself.
Let's sell yourself to the

697
00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:45,120
schools.
Because the schools can pay you

698
00:26:45,120 --> 00:26:47,160
directly, it won't be any
different for them and you'll

699
00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:49,760
get more money out of it.
The reason agencies get are able

700
00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:51,880
to do this is because if schools
desperately need someone,

701
00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:54,040
agencies can ring eight people
in a row and get something.

702
00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:55,000
In the school, whereas if you
say no.

703
00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:56,600
You can't do it.
You're probably blacklisted

704
00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:57,480
there.
Yeah, they're not going to ring

705
00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:58,880
you again, so I get it.
But you know, if you're really

706
00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:01,360
serious about doing supply, get
yourself out there in schools,

707
00:27:01,360 --> 00:27:03,920
get your name loan and say I'm
available.

708
00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:06,240
And you don't even undercut them
a little bit.

709
00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:08,560
Just say, well, you give the
supply, you give them 200 to the

710
00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:12,280
agency. 199 for.
Me 19990.

711
00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:16,040
You take that 10 P and you put
it towards the next book you buy

712
00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:17,840
for your library.
It's Kazuki Kingdom.

713
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:23,040
You gotta read it this weekend.
That's funny.

714
00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:23,960
Decent.
Yeah.

715
00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:25,360
I think, yeah.
In general, I'm just like, I'm

716
00:27:25,360 --> 00:27:26,320
so fed up with that kind of
stuff.

717
00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:27,520
Yeah.
I didn't really get riled up,

718
00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:28,840
though.
I think it's very.

719
00:27:29,120 --> 00:27:30,520
Getting used to this.
I am, yeah.

720
00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:32,720
It's like, oh, this is just the
world we live in where people

721
00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:35,440
try and continuously take and
take advantage of our goodwill

722
00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:36,960
as teachers, OK?
Can you imagine any other job

723
00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:39,000
where you walked in, right?
You're you're on like day rate.

724
00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:40,600
You're this case go back to like
the strikes.

725
00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:44,400
You're a doctor on day rate.
They come in, they say, oh, the

726
00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,600
doctor that was here before was
middle of doing this massive

727
00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:50,400
report, 10 page, 10 page.
It's going to take about 10

728
00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,920
hours actually to do over the.
Weekend, you're for free.

729
00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:54,320
Yeah, over the weekend.
Not on your day, right.

730
00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:56,720
I'm going to get you working all
day today, actually.

731
00:27:56,720 --> 00:28:00,000
But by Sunday, could you just
finish that off?

732
00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:01,280
Yeah.
You'd be like, what?

733
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:02,640
No.
Are you having a laugh?

734
00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:03,720
Absolutely.
No.

735
00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:05,840
It's just ridiculous.
Anyway, right, Let's move on

736
00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:09,920
then to our seven, let's call
them resolutions, New Year's

737
00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:12,920
resolutions in general.
We did some last year.

738
00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:15,600
It worked for a while.
They're mostly naff.

739
00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:18,160
Let's be honest.
They're mostly a bit of a fad.

740
00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:20,600
Something to say, you know, OK,
I'm trying to change myself.

741
00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:22,360
That's amazing.
People trying to do good things

742
00:28:22,360 --> 00:28:23,400
to themselves, don't get me
wrong.

743
00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:26,280
But the actual idea of a New
Year's resolution, you have

744
00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:28,080
people like who wait half a
month because I like what?

745
00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:31,560
It's New Year's coming up now.
But OK, fair enough.

746
00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:32,720
I get it.
Christmas is just gone.

747
00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:35,800
But what we thought here is
again, we put together a list, 7

748
00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:42,040
things that we think if teachers
can work towards this, at least

749
00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:45,720
start the journey or do bits,
it's going to improve their

750
00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:48,040
life.
And I think the first thing on

751
00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:50,280
the list basically sums up this
idea.

752
00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:54,120
And I think a lot of teachers
have this personality because

753
00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:57,240
it's it's an all or nothing job.
You really do put yourself on

754
00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:58,840
the line.
You go all out to make sure the

755
00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:00,280
kids make as much progress as
possible.

756
00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:03,240
You push yourself massively and
you want the absolute best

757
00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:05,800
outcomes all the time.
That's what we're we're told to

758
00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:06,920
believe.
Do you know what?

759
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:09,160
For the children that's great,
The best outcomes, These

760
00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:11,160
children, you know, you're,
they're under your care.

761
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:13,040
They need the best outcomes
possible.

762
00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:18,320
But when it comes to ourselves
as teachers and personal, you

763
00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:21,080
know, personal goals, the first
thing I wanted to say was number

764
00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:25,320
one on this list, even a small
win is a win.

765
00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:28,800
Don't feel like you need to
transform yourself overnight.

766
00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,440
And that's a reason why a lot of
New Year's resolutions fail

767
00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:34,880
because you think, right, I'm
going to go hard 100% on this.

768
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:37,600
After four days, you come off
the you come off the track for

769
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:38,880
whatever reason, something
happens.

770
00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:40,480
You just don't have the day you
wanted and you think, oh, what's

771
00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:42,720
the point?
I I've not transformed my life.

772
00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:45,400
I've not become Pete Cristiano
Ronaldo in this week.

773
00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:47,240
So what is the point in me
carrying on?

774
00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:49,960
And the first thing I wanted to
say is, and do you know what?

775
00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:52,280
A lot of this is rooted in that
chat we had with Charlie.

776
00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:55,240
Teachers health.
Yeah, is a small win is still a

777
00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:58,800
win.
If you go for a walk today and

778
00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:01,360
you wouldn't have gone for a
walk if you hadn't made this

779
00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:03,920
active choice to do so, that's
better.

780
00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:05,920
It's a win.
It wasn't 5K though.

781
00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:07,600
I didn't walk 5 kilometres.
Doesn't matter.

782
00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:10,000
I didn't run a sub 35K doesn't
matter.

783
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:11,720
It doesn't matter.
Other people on different

784
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:13,720
journeys to you.
You see people on Instagram post

785
00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:16,760
something about their them half
marathon they just completed say

786
00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:18,560
well done to them.
That's bloody amazing.

787
00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:20,560
Well done.
But I'm not judging myself by

788
00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:21,960
that bar because I'm not there
yet.

789
00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:24,240
Small wins are still wins.
It's very true.

790
00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:25,880
We have to speak with Charlie.
We have to get back on at some

791
00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:27,400
point.
You guys loved that episode,

792
00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:29,560
Teachers health coach.
It was a few episodes ago, but

793
00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:31,240
I've been speaking to Charlie,
so I don't.

794
00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:33,920
I've said it on this podcast,
but after that episode, I was so

795
00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:36,440
hooked by what he was saying as
the podcast host, not even just

796
00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:38,440
a listener, that I actually
messaged him afterwards and I

797
00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:40,960
was like, can you help me?
Can you actually help me?

798
00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:43,520
You're involved now, Yeah.
I've started talking to him,

799
00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:47,000
we've started this journey.
It's like it's very slow start.

800
00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:49,680
Very, very slow start.
I've massively regressed the

801
00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:52,480
last week because at Christmas I
really, really didn't handle it

802
00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:54,040
well.
I just, I've just eaten nonstop

803
00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:55,800
rubbish for like 7 days, 8 days
now.

804
00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:59,200
But his approach is really good
and he and you know, he's

805
00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:01,520
talking, he talks about because
people like me and you who are

806
00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:02,560
all or nothing.
I was.

807
00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:04,400
Going to say this doesn't sound
like you Yeah by the way, but.

808
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:05,920
He talks about like just being
optimal.

809
00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:07,760
He's like some days, some days
you have optimal days and

810
00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:09,080
sometimes you don't.
It's OK.

811
00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:10,880
Like, but when you have those
optimal days, it's still a small

812
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:12,480
win.
And he's really, really good at

813
00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:13,880
talking.
That's exactly the same for

814
00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:15,080
this.
Like talking through those small

815
00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:17,440
wins are still wins though.
So do actually celebrate them.

816
00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:20,000
Even if the next day you don't
do that thing, you still did the

817
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:21,480
day before and you wouldn't have
done it the day before.

818
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,240
Exactly.
So I think I think we can all

819
00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:27,720
take that mindset with teaching.
You don't need to be perfect the

820
00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:30,400
next day because you had some
feedback about something or

821
00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:32,320
someone pulled up on something
that's.

822
00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:34,720
The point I wanted to make there
as teachers delivering lessons

823
00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:37,320
in the classroom, it is
literally impossible to teach

824
00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:39,080
your best lesson every lesson,
even for a whole week.

825
00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:41,640
It does not happen.
We can all look back at our week

826
00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:45,560
on a Friday and I guarantee you
can think that lesson was

827
00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:46,480
amazing.
Wow.

828
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:48,520
I loved that lesson that the
kids really got it.

829
00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:50,720
They were on the ball.
And you can think of it maybe

830
00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:52,720
even 4 lessons that you're like,
oh, that wasn't great.

831
00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:54,080
Yeah.
For whatever reason, the kids

832
00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:56,120
behaviour might have been off.
You might have been off that day

833
00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:57,520
because you didn't get much
sleep in that before.

834
00:31:57,720 --> 00:31:59,040
You're just I'll you're a bit
rough.

835
00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:00,320
It's not your best optimal
lesson.

836
00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:03,000
Does it matter in the long term
journey of things?

837
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:04,280
No.
So zoom out.

838
00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:07,360
Small wins or small wins, take
them as they can because you

839
00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:09,760
know what, it's better than
doing nothing.

840
00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:13,280
Yeah, that's really, I hope set
the scene now for the remainder

841
00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:13,720
of the year.
So.

842
00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:16,840
Draws like a bit of a positive
mindset, yeah, to give yourself

843
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:19,800
a bit of credit for the things
you do well, which you do all

844
00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:21,440
the time.
Well, stop focusing so much on

845
00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:22,400
the negatives.
And we all do it.

846
00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:24,440
I get it.
It's easy to say that, but just

847
00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:25,960
try and have that in mind.
Yeah, absolutely.

848
00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:28,680
Tip #2 yeah.
To move on having.

849
00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:30,440
So this is my personal
favourite, having.

850
00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:32,560
I think all teachers need to do
this.

851
00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:35,080
You need to have strict
boundaries with work.

852
00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:37,760
Fair, reasonable, but strict
boundaries.

853
00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:39,920
I'm not saying walk in and be
like Nope, I'm leaving.

854
00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:42,240
I'm leaving school now at 3:30
every day and I'm getting in at

855
00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:43,760
9 no matter what.
I don't care anymore.

856
00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:45,240
That's not what I'm talking
about.

857
00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:47,640
I'm talking about.
I'm talking about when you're

858
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:50,640
asked to read a book over the
weekend that's going to take you

859
00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:52,560
10 hours.
That is a boundary where you

860
00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:54,040
say, no, I'm not doing that,
sorry.

861
00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:56,960
So you're strict, you're
confident with it.

862
00:32:57,080 --> 00:33:00,960
It's fair, it's reasonable.
I think every teacher in in the

863
00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:04,120
land, as Dylan used to say,
needs to be taken on this advice

864
00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:06,880
because without a bit of
collective action here, we're

865
00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:08,560
going to continue to be walked
all over.

866
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:10,680
Walked all over.
Here's the Here's the issue.

867
00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:13,360
When that happens and you get
asked to read a book for next

868
00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:17,560
week, if you're in a team of
four, all of you are trying to

869
00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:19,560
do your best you possibly can
for the job.

870
00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:21,280
All four of them are amazing
teachers.

871
00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:24,640
Three of them say, yeah, sure.
Yeah, that's the hard, and one

872
00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:27,400
doesn't.
It's so hard to be that person

873
00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:30,680
because no matter what you feel
like, you're letting the team

874
00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:32,040
down.
You feel like you're not doing

875
00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:35,440
your job properly.
I'm here to say you are doing

876
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:37,800
your job properly.
You can be an amazing teacher

877
00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:39,800
and not say yes to things like
that.

878
00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:41,600
We're latching onto that
example, but I think it's a

879
00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:44,440
really good example because it's
easy to forget that's a normal,

880
00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:46,320
that's a normal expectation.
You've just got to read this

881
00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:46,840
novel.
Sorry.

882
00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:49,280
We, we, we've decided
collectively that we're changing

883
00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:52,200
last year's for whatever reason,
which is all there and planned

884
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:53,840
and beautiful and fine.
The children last year made good

885
00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:57,120
progress, but we've changed it
this year because a different

886
00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:58,680
school did it this way and
offset said it was quite good.

887
00:33:58,680 --> 00:33:59,920
So we're going to change
everything.

888
00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:02,640
You don't have to, you just
don't have to.

889
00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:05,280
And, and if someone's making
that decision without consulting

890
00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:07,800
you, and quite often these
decisions are made by people who

891
00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:09,520
aren't in the classroom, who
aren't the people who will be

892
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:11,480
doing the planning as a result
of this change.

893
00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:17,920
You have a, a, a reason to stand
up and say, no, it was OK before

894
00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:19,600
and I'm not wasting my weekend
doing this.

895
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,000
It might be great for the kids,
but do you know what?

896
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,040
This is a job.
And at the weekend, I'm seeing

897
00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:25,840
my family, I'm spending a bit of
time with my friends.

898
00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:29,040
I'm doing something, I don't
even need to tell you or justify

899
00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:30,600
it.
It's not in my school hours.

900
00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:32,520
So I'm not doing it.
And like you said, it can be

901
00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:35,000
tricky when everyone else around
you is doing that thing, right?

902
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:36,880
And, and I think there is a way,
like we've talked about this in

903
00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:39,360
the past on the podcast, you
know, there is a way you can say

904
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:41,719
things, right?
That just helps your, helps your

905
00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:43,560
image a little bit, right?
If you're trying to play that

906
00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:45,639
game of like, I don't want
everyone to immediately hate me

907
00:34:45,639 --> 00:34:47,639
and then start treating me
differently at this school.

908
00:34:47,639 --> 00:34:49,440
But equally, I don't want to
read the book for 10 hours, come

909
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:51,880
up with a compromise, say, Oh, I
don't think I can't do that

910
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:53,080
because I've got lots of plans
this weekend.

911
00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:55,440
I'll tell you what though, I'll
get chapter I'll read chapter 1

912
00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,040
tonight and we'll talk about
chapter 1 next week, and there

913
00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:00,080
might be a little compromise
there that you can make.

914
00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:05,000
So when you say that, I want to
dive into your caveat of because

915
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:07,800
you know, we've done it before,
we say half boundaries say no,

916
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:10,280
Yeah, but it feels like we're
just adding a bit of detail

917
00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:13,040
here, putting in a caveat of
Fair and reasonable.

918
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:16,160
Yeah, that's so can you, can you
just expand on what you mean by

919
00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:17,720
OK, what's a fair and reasonable
boundary?

920
00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:21,680
What would you say is OK to do
technically extra Because I

921
00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:24,520
don't think we, I don't think
you can do nothing extra as a

922
00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:26,200
teacher because you just you
just can't.

923
00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:29,080
We're not pretending you can.
Where does where does that seep

924
00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:30,840
over for you?
What what does a fair and

925
00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:32,640
reasonable boundary look like to
you?

926
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:35,320
Getting in early, getting in
late, like doing stuff at the

927
00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:36,680
weekend, not doing stuff at the
weekend.

928
00:35:37,240 --> 00:35:39,440
What's the line that a teacher
listening to should say?

929
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:41,720
OK, well this isn't fair and
reasonable anymore.

930
00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:44,240
I think it firstly, it is, it
needs to suit you.

931
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:46,720
It is slightly personal.
I don't want to say it's

932
00:35:46,720 --> 00:35:48,520
completely personal because then
someone will come along.

933
00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:50,880
OK, cool.
My personal opinion is I'll do

934
00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:52,600
all those things relentlessly
because you know what?

935
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:54,120
That that then impacts everybody
else.

936
00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:55,920
If you're one of those three
people that is reading the book,

937
00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:57,680
that's actually not very
helpful.

938
00:35:57,680 --> 00:36:00,000
So would you, would you say,
would you say to someone you

939
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:01,360
should all say no to reading
that book?

940
00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:04,840
Yeah, really.
I think, I think without

941
00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:06,720
collective action, I've said
this before, I've been quite

942
00:36:06,720 --> 00:36:09,240
strict, quite draconian on this.
I've said because I don't think

943
00:36:09,240 --> 00:36:11,720
we can make change unless we're
all really quite strict, and

944
00:36:11,720 --> 00:36:13,680
even though maybe in the future
we don't need to be as strict

945
00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:15,560
because the change has happened,
I do.

946
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:18,560
I do think I would say to all
four teachers, say no to reading

947
00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:21,080
the book, protect each other.
But then if you need to come

948
00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:22,880
with a little compromise, OK,
well, we do actually need to

949
00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:25,000
read a little bit of it a bit.
We can't plan around Chapter 1

950
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:26,240
if none of us have read Chapter
1.

951
00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:28,640
OK, let's all agree rather than
reading the whole book, what

952
00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:30,120
we're going to say is this is
reasonable.

953
00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:33,680
It will take me 25 minutes to
read Chapter 1.

954
00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:35,120
So we're all going to read
Chapter 1.

955
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:37,120
You can get it done after school
because you've got a little bit

956
00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:38,880
less marking this week, but I
don't mind doing it tonight.

957
00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:40,320
I'm just going to read it
tonight and then my weekend

958
00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:41,920
still feel free.
There's a little fair,

959
00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:43,520
reasonable.
It's still a boundary.

960
00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:46,560
My boundary is now chapter 1.
You've said no to reading the

961
00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:48,160
whole book because that was
unreasonable.

962
00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:52,240
But I think collectively, I just
think it all falls down when

963
00:36:52,240 --> 00:36:55,720
more than half of the teachers
shun you for having boundaries

964
00:36:55,720 --> 00:36:57,080
and go no, no, no, no, we'll do
it.

965
00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:58,920
We're martyrs.
Look at my we're in that badge

966
00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:00,600
of honour.
I've got nothing to do this

967
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:02,360
weekend, so I think we all
should read it.

968
00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:03,720
So sorry, say that sentence
again.

969
00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:05,880
I've got nothing to do this
weekend, so we should all read

970
00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:06,800
it.
That doesn't make any sense,

971
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:08,000
does it?
That's it.

972
00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:09,520
I don't care if you haven't got
nothing to do.

973
00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:11,480
Maybe try and think of the other
teachers that do do.

974
00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:14,560
You know what, that's the your
little talk there is the most

975
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:17,560
you've convinced me about saying
no to other people wanting to

976
00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:19,320
read the book.
My gut instinct with this is

977
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:21,440
always if they want to read the
book, they want to read the

978
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:23,040
book.
But you're absolutely right.

979
00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:26,360
Because the the issue comes when
that now means that it's all

980
00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:28,400
expected that we're able to plan
for the whole book the next week

981
00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:31,000
or we're all expected to be able
to deliver something about the

982
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,760
whole book next week.
So in saying yes, you're not,

983
00:37:34,240 --> 00:37:37,640
you're not saying yes for you,
you're saying yes for the team.

984
00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:39,920
And that's unfair.
And I think that's where it

985
00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:41,280
becomes unreasonable.
You're absolutely right.

986
00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:43,360
That's something that I think
our listeners can take away from

987
00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:46,600
this is, is that if you're the
kind of person who does go above

988
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:48,560
and beyond and does loads more
fantastic.

989
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:52,080
But as soon as it makes someone
else and impacts on them,

990
00:37:52,240 --> 00:37:54,200
whether you think it does or
doesn't, if you sit and think

991
00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:57,840
for a second, wait, does me
doing this mean that that person

992
00:37:57,840 --> 00:38:00,000
in my team who I know has got a
young family at home and just

993
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,680
doesn't want to do that stuff at
the weekend, does that now mean

994
00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:05,000
that they're expected to do that
and they're chastised for not

995
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:05,960
doing it?
Cool.

996
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:08,080
I should then take
responsibility for that.

997
00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:10,720
I like that.
Yeah, there is one final layer,

998
00:38:10,720 --> 00:38:13,040
and I think you were kind of
alluding to it here, which is in

999
00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:16,640
this analogy of the book, right?
I think it what the collective

1000
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:19,720
action needs to be in agreeing
that the bar is set here.

1001
00:38:19,720 --> 00:38:23,080
Sure, if four teachers, right,
agree when we're just all going

1002
00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:24,840
to read Chapter 1, that's all we
need to read.

1003
00:38:25,040 --> 00:38:27,400
But then one of them goes home
and just hooked by the book and

1004
00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:30,840
reads the whole thing.
That's fine to me now because it

1005
00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:33,240
wasn't the expectation anymore
and they can come in, they can

1006
00:38:33,240 --> 00:38:35,320
still talk about chapter 1 and
be like, oh, I read some more.

1007
00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:37,720
By the way, this happens later
on in the book, but you guys

1008
00:38:37,720 --> 00:38:39,720
will catch up later.
As long as it doesn't become the

1009
00:38:39,720 --> 00:38:42,640
new bar and expectation and
therefore people get chastised

1010
00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:45,400
for it, that's absolutely fine.
So I'm not saying you will be

1011
00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:47,080
punished if you don't go and
read the book.

1012
00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:50,360
I'm just saying make sure that
make sure you're confident for

1013
00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:53,000
your staff or your team that the
bar is set at a fair and

1014
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:54,680
reasonable place.
Not at 0.

1015
00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:56,320
Not zero.
It's not going to happen.

1016
00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:58,520
At the end of the day, it's a
well paid profession.

1017
00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:00,280
It's not the best paid
profession, but it's better than

1018
00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:01,960
a lot.
And there are teachers standing,

1019
00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:03,240
whether we like to think it or
not.

1020
00:39:03,240 --> 00:39:05,320
We might disagree with some of
them, but there are teacher

1021
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:06,840
standards.
There is this stupid directed

1022
00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:08,320
time calendar.
It still exists.

1023
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:11,080
And we are expected to do things
outside of directed time as

1024
00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:12,880
well.
Those things all exist.

1025
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:16,480
So there is an expectation that
you will have to come up with

1026
00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:18,600
some boundaries yourself and of
like, OK, I've got to do a bit

1027
00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:20,480
of work outside of this.
Job work together to do.

1028
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:23,880
That work together to make sure
that is not taken advantage of

1029
00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:25,240
and there is a boundary set
there.

1030
00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:27,560
You convinced me.
You completely convinced me that

1031
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:28,640
that's really good.
Cool.

1032
00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:30,560
Next one.
I think it's really good.

1033
00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:32,760
I'll leave it there.
Nothing to add next one.

1034
00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:36,160
I'm so passionate about this.
I'm so passionate about this.

1035
00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:40,960
This year.
If you have a grievance at work

1036
00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:44,280
or something you don't agree
with, something that's impacting

1037
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:46,720
you mentally, physically, it's
just taking its toll.

1038
00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:51,480
Raise it through official
avenues.

1039
00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:53,800
Go through and talk to someone
about it.

1040
00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:55,800
Who is your line manager or your
SLT.

1041
00:39:56,400 --> 00:40:01,280
Try and do something about it
instead of sitting back moaning,

1042
00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:03,240
moping, talking to your teacher
mate.

1043
00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:07,160
By the way, still do that.
Don't just do that if it is

1044
00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:09,720
really truly impacting you.
And by the way, just remember

1045
00:40:09,720 --> 00:40:12,320
please guys, you are
professionals OK?

1046
00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:15,240
If you're sat there thinking
this just isn't right because of

1047
00:40:15,240 --> 00:40:19,040
XYZ, have an open dialogue and
just raise it.

1048
00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:22,360
Now I understand as always, the
caveat here is some people work

1049
00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:24,760
in schools where that is just
not something they feel like

1050
00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:26,600
they can do.
OK.

1051
00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:29,520
I've said it before, I say it
again, one of two things.

1052
00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:34,320
A you raise it anyway, OK, And
they take it seriously.

1053
00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:36,960
Cool.
It might change.

1054
00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:39,240
There's nothing worse.
And someone moaning about it and

1055
00:40:39,240 --> 00:40:40,640
you say, what have you done
about it?

1056
00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:41,920
Oh, nothing.
There's no point.

1057
00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:44,800
There might be.
There might be, there might be.

1058
00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:46,440
And you know what?
A lot of the time I bet

1059
00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:49,600
something happens if you raise
it or you raise it and they

1060
00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:52,680
don't take it seriously.
You get you get a bit, you know,

1061
00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:55,640
a target on your back for
bringing something like that up.

1062
00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:58,040
How could you?
That's where collective action

1063
00:40:58,040 --> 00:41:00,120
comes in.
You have to try and back your

1064
00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:01,840
staff up.
If someone does something like

1065
00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:03,080
that, there's a third one.
Yeah.

1066
00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:03,760
And then what?
They've gone.

1067
00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:04,360
Oh, God.
You've got.

1068
00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:06,960
No.
Which is also, you're wrong that

1069
00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:08,680
that's happened to me before.
You know, I've got a bit of an

1070
00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:10,280
ego.
I've definitely raised things

1071
00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:11,320
before.
Super confident.

1072
00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:13,280
Like, come on, guys, you've all
missed this thing.

1073
00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:14,320
You've missed this.
Come on.

1074
00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:16,440
You're also wrong.
Oh, no, Hayden, actually, this

1075
00:41:16,560 --> 00:41:18,360
that you've not thought about?
Yeah.

1076
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:19,360
OK, cool.
So do you know what?

1077
00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:21,600
That's squashed my moaning.
I'm going to go home and moan

1078
00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:22,720
about it.
And it's like, OK, actually, I

1079
00:41:22,720 --> 00:41:24,080
was just wrong.
I just missed this perspective.

1080
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:26,760
So raising it was still helpful
because I just found out.

1081
00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:28,200
Exactly.
And, and the worst case

1082
00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:30,560
scenario, you find out you are
really are in a dictatorship

1083
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:33,640
school, whereas professionals,
your judgement is not remotely

1084
00:41:33,640 --> 00:41:35,640
taken into account and you just
don't care and you're squashed.

1085
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:36,720
Then you know you've got to
leave.

1086
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:39,240
Yeah, honestly, you know, you've
got to leave at that point

1087
00:41:39,240 --> 00:41:40,520
because your mental health is
more important.

1088
00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:41,520
Your well-being is more
important.

1089
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:45,000
If you're in a draconian school
where you know something's wrong

1090
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:47,080
and you, you're not wrong, but
you're just simply squashed it.

1091
00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:48,440
So no, don't, don't question it,
please.

1092
00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:49,960
I am in charge here.
Don't question it at all.

1093
00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:50,960
I don't know.
No, no, no.

1094
00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:52,800
I know I'm not in the classroom
and I've got absolutely no

1095
00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:54,520
impact on what these decisions
are, but I'm going to make them

1096
00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:56,080
anyway and make sure that your
workload increases for

1097
00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:58,480
absolutely no reason.
But I'm not going to listen to

1098
00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:00,000
you because you know what?
I'm in charge.

1099
00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:02,720
Leave.
The Multi Multi Academy trust CE

1100
00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:08,640
OS back in the room CEO.
Excuse me, excuse me teacher, I

1101
00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:11,200
got an e-mail this morning from
you that I had to read and sift

1102
00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:13,080
through from my 75 hour emails,
which is all I do in the

1103
00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:14,440
morning.
I just hit my computer on my 6

1104
00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:17,400
figure job, but I've got four
schools to get around and that

1105
00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:19,200
takes a lot of time in my
company car which is fully

1106
00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:22,480
funded by the school's budget.
OK, so before you come, only me

1107
00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:24,600
saying you've got lots of work
to do and your half pay scales

1108
00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:25,960
that I've completely made-up in
your own lesson.

1109
00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:27,320
You would be if you weren't in
an Academy.

1110
00:42:27,840 --> 00:42:30,080
Before you do that, why don't
you just think about the impact

1111
00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:31,800
it has on my mental well-being
when I've got to read your

1112
00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:33,640
e-mail about how my decisions
are having an impact on you that

1113
00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:35,440
are really negative and actually
don't affect me whatsoever

1114
00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:37,000
anymore, and I'm earning three
times as much as you.

1115
00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:40,600
Oops, deleted it anyway.
Oh God, yeah.

1116
00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:42,920
Essentially you just leave when
you're in that situation.

1117
00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:44,320
There you go, that that was
real.

1118
00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:46,000
That was my real rile up Dylan
section.

1119
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:48,440
Haha, I got you.
I do.

1120
00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:49,800
I love it.
I love it when you go into that.

1121
00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:51,400
I love it when you go into CEO
mode.

1122
00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:52,560
You always do the same
impression.

1123
00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:56,360
It's just so funny.
Actually, I will never ever get

1124
00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:58,480
over the fact that schools have
CEOs.

1125
00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:01,240
So I heard the other day I heard
a role right.

1126
00:43:01,240 --> 00:43:03,640
Apparently this is an error.
Director of Learning.

1127
00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:05,960
Director.
Director of learning.

1128
00:43:06,080 --> 00:43:08,280
Yeah, just just another made-up
Academy role.

1129
00:43:08,720 --> 00:43:10,240
Just the idea.
You're in the classroom at all.

1130
00:43:10,240 --> 00:43:12,200
Nope.
Right.

1131
00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:13,960
So what do you mean Director of
learning?

1132
00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:16,240
I direct it like the director of
a film.

1133
00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:18,280
Action.
Replan this, please.

1134
00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:24,360
Replan this from the ground up.
Action, OK, As the movie star

1135
00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:26,200
who's in the movie and you're
directing me, Am I getting paid

1136
00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:27,640
a lot new?
I'm getting all the money.

1137
00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:29,000
Thank you.
I'm director of learning.

1138
00:43:29,240 --> 00:43:31,080
Action.
Someone get me my chair.

1139
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:34,800
My chair does not have director
of learning on the back.

1140
00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:36,720
Whatever.
No, I'm the director of learning

1141
00:43:36,720 --> 00:43:38,600
if I don't have director of
learning plastered across me.

1142
00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:41,320
Well, sorry, but it's last week
you told us to get rid of all

1143
00:43:41,320 --> 00:43:44,760
the chairs and desks like we got
rid of yours as well.

1144
00:43:44,760 --> 00:43:46,680
How could, how could the
children possibly know that

1145
00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:47,640
you're a good role model for
them?

1146
00:43:47,640 --> 00:43:51,040
If you're not wearing Victorian
attire and standing up, it won't

1147
00:43:51,040 --> 00:43:53,640
possibly learn anything.
Oh, we are.

1148
00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:57,080
Going up on me, like I do feel
like we're a bit horrible

1149
00:43:57,080 --> 00:43:59,000
sometimes.
Do you reckon there is a good

1150
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:01,440
CEO out there?
Yeah, absolutely, definitely,

1151
00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:02,880
100%.
Of schools, I mean.

1152
00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:04,560
Yeah, yeah, any company.
Of course there is.

1153
00:44:04,560 --> 00:44:06,600
Yeah, of course there is.
And it's a really stressful job

1154
00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:08,680
like and, and it's really hard
to do properly.

1155
00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:11,160
And if you're really running
schools well, that's great.

1156
00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:13,600
I just, I just know for a fact,
and I don't care what people

1157
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:15,760
say, those CE OS shouldn't be
getting annoyed at me.

1158
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:18,600
Those CE OS should be getting
annoyed at the bad CE OS when

1159
00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:20,040
they listen to this.
They should be getting annoyed

1160
00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:22,160
at the people who completely
take advantage of their power

1161
00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:23,680
trip.
That's what I'm talking about.

1162
00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:25,520
It's the same thing with
everything on social media.

1163
00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:28,000
When we do reels about teacher
martyrs or we talk about

1164
00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:30,360
something that's negative, you
always get people to go.

1165
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:33,240
That's not a thing.
It's like, Cole, what do you

1166
00:44:33,240 --> 00:44:34,240
mean?
Like, yeah, it is.

1167
00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:35,880
It is.
You've not experienced it,

1168
00:44:35,880 --> 00:44:37,360
doesn't mean it's not a.
Thing Well, I've never met a

1169
00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:38,240
teacher martyr.
Cool.

1170
00:44:38,240 --> 00:44:41,720
Well, maybe it's you.
I mean, these people exist.

1171
00:44:41,720 --> 00:44:43,680
I mean, they're working really
hard and the best with the

1172
00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:45,240
children.
That's not what I said.

1173
00:44:45,440 --> 00:44:47,360
Yeah.
All teachers work hard, do the

1174
00:44:47,360 --> 00:44:48,840
best for the kids.
Take the badge off.

1175
00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:50,160
I'm talking about taking a badge
of order off.

1176
00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:51,680
Yeah.
And I think all teachers should

1177
00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:52,400
do it.
There we are.

1178
00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:54,040
There's the martyr.
Thank you.

1179
00:44:54,080 --> 00:44:56,640
It's, you know, like when you're
in a room, you're like, I don't

1180
00:44:56,640 --> 00:44:57,840
know, this is not an annoying
person.

1181
00:44:57,840 --> 00:45:01,280
Yeah, it's you trying.
To think of that analogy.

1182
00:45:01,280 --> 00:45:03,240
And I was like, what's the thing
about annoying people?

1183
00:45:03,240 --> 00:45:04,720
You're the one that's annoying
of no one else.

1184
00:45:04,720 --> 00:45:05,960
Wow, I can't.
Believe with this room of

1185
00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:08,120
people, there's not one person
that's really annoying, yeah.

1186
00:45:08,240 --> 00:45:10,840
Yeah, everyone else is like, oh.
That's right, they run a

1187
00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:14,880
podcast.
It's literally made you.

1188
00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:18,200
You know, a real echo Chamber of
my of my office studio.

1189
00:45:18,920 --> 00:45:21,760
In this made-up world of kind of
CEOs who hate this stuff.

1190
00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:26,960
Right #4 we did it a lot #4 OK,
our 4th resolution for all

1191
00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:30,320
teachers this year.
Don't feel bad for what you feel

1192
00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:34,160
is failure in a broken system.
Absolutely true, right?

1193
00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:36,800
You're not responsible for this
system.

1194
00:45:37,040 --> 00:45:40,840
I think we all take, we all wear
this professional on our sleeves

1195
00:45:40,840 --> 00:45:42,640
and we like.
Like a badge of martyr honour.

1196
00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:44,080
Batch of martyr honour the badge
of.

1197
00:45:44,080 --> 00:45:49,280
Martyr we identify how many
times is it a tie?

1198
00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:56,320
That'd be a tie of honour.
As a as a teacher, right.

1199
00:45:57,560 --> 00:46:00,640
I, I, I know it's a profession
where people will write it as

1200
00:46:00,640 --> 00:46:03,040
like their identification.
Do you know what I mean?

1201
00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:04,360
Oh, what do you do?
I'm a teacher.

1202
00:46:05,520 --> 00:46:07,360
Yeah.
Their identification badge,

1203
00:46:07,720 --> 00:46:10,120
their identification tie says
all the way down.

1204
00:46:10,360 --> 00:46:12,200
But you're right.
They wear it like I'm a teacher.

1205
00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:13,640
That's who I am.
I'm a teacher.

1206
00:46:14,040 --> 00:46:17,680
And in that, in this, in this
broken system, I've had so many

1207
00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:19,320
messages.
I message recently of someone

1208
00:46:19,920 --> 00:46:22,680
who's just started their career,
said it's going great.

1209
00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:25,040
Obviously the best thing is the
children working with the kids,

1210
00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:29,760
but I feel like I'm failing my
children all of the time because

1211
00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:34,280
I can't physically do everything
that I'm expected by society and

1212
00:46:34,280 --> 00:46:36,000
within the job to be able to
achieve.

1213
00:46:36,320 --> 00:46:38,120
They physically can't do it and
they're brand new to the

1214
00:46:38,120 --> 00:46:40,400
profession.
And they said, listening to your

1215
00:46:40,400 --> 00:46:43,360
podcast made me realise that I
need I.

1216
00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:45,360
It sounds horrendous.
I need to ignore that.

1217
00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:47,480
I have to not let that get to
me.

1218
00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:50,480
It's not your fault, it's.
Not your fault that this system

1219
00:46:50,480 --> 00:46:53,480
is broken, that the children who
need SEND funding aren't getting

1220
00:46:53,480 --> 00:46:55,720
the appropriate funding.
It's not your fault.

1221
00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:58,320
You can try and do the best you
can and you, I know you will

1222
00:46:58,320 --> 00:47:00,320
because you've gone through so
much training and safeguarding

1223
00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:01,440
and you're going to help these
kids.

1224
00:47:01,440 --> 00:47:04,560
You're in this profession to do
that when you physically can't

1225
00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:07,400
meet the needs of the children
because it's just impossible.

1226
00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:09,160
You feel like a failure.
Yeah, you do.

1227
00:47:09,320 --> 00:47:12,960
Don't let it affect you
constantly.

1228
00:47:13,120 --> 00:47:15,080
It's going to affect you.
I'm not going to sit here and go

1229
00:47:15,080 --> 00:47:16,800
don't affect you at all.
Yeah, it eats you up.

1230
00:47:16,800 --> 00:47:18,320
You're going to feel empathetic.
I'm a teacher.

1231
00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:21,320
When you've got four children in
your class, all SD and D very

1232
00:47:21,320 --> 00:47:23,320
different needs, but there's but
there's no budget.

1233
00:47:23,520 --> 00:47:25,440
They all need a one to one.
That's what they need.

1234
00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:26,880
There's.
Someone who doesn't speak any

1235
00:47:26,880 --> 00:47:28,320
English?
Yeah, there's someone who's non

1236
00:47:28,320 --> 00:47:30,440
verbal.
There's someone who just can't

1237
00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:32,560
sit still for 10 minutes and has
to just get up and run.

1238
00:47:32,800 --> 00:47:33,960
It just has to do something like
that.

1239
00:47:33,960 --> 00:47:36,160
And you've got three kids,
behaviour issues over there,

1240
00:47:36,280 --> 00:47:37,840
That person didn't go to school
for four years.

1241
00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:39,400
You've got to try and catch.
They're on a totally different

1242
00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:40,040
level now.
And.

1243
00:47:40,040 --> 00:47:41,400
And there's no funding for it,
right.

1244
00:47:41,400 --> 00:47:44,000
Which is not your fault.
And then there's an expectation.

1245
00:47:44,000 --> 00:47:45,120
Oh, they've all got to make
progress though.

1246
00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:45,880
OK.
Yeah.

1247
00:47:45,880 --> 00:47:46,520
OK.
Do you know what?

1248
00:47:46,520 --> 00:47:47,800
Try.
You can try.

1249
00:47:47,960 --> 00:47:51,320
But yeah, like Dylan said, don't
then go home and think I am

1250
00:47:51,320 --> 00:47:53,520
terrible, I'm rubbish at this
job, I need to quit.

1251
00:47:53,520 --> 00:47:55,960
It's all me.
It's not you if you're trying

1252
00:47:55,960 --> 00:47:58,760
your hardest.
The failure is of the system.

1253
00:47:58,840 --> 00:48:00,360
It's not you.
And you shouldn't take personal

1254
00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:01,480
responsibility for it.
That is it.

1255
00:48:02,480 --> 00:48:03,880
Absolutely.
I think that's that's it for

1256
00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:05,560
that one.
Just just a reminder guys,

1257
00:48:05,560 --> 00:48:08,360
you're doing your bit.
Even if they make the smallest

1258
00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:11,560
amount of progress, even if you
are just a safe space for them

1259
00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:13,560
when they walk in in the
morning, you've done your job,

1260
00:48:13,840 --> 00:48:15,680
you've done your job, you have
done your job.

1261
00:48:15,840 --> 00:48:17,240
That day.
That child didn't really learn

1262
00:48:17,240 --> 00:48:18,720
much maths.
They couldn't sit still for it,

1263
00:48:18,720 --> 00:48:19,760
but they need to get out of the
classroom.

1264
00:48:19,840 --> 00:48:22,000
Came to English, their
behaviour, it just spiked.

1265
00:48:22,240 --> 00:48:24,640
OK, cool, no problem, I'm going
to help these other children.

1266
00:48:24,640 --> 00:48:26,560
You're just going to calm down
in the corner with a book.

1267
00:48:27,760 --> 00:48:28,760
Fine.
Because you know what?

1268
00:48:28,960 --> 00:48:30,120
Save space for the end of the
day.

1269
00:48:30,480 --> 00:48:32,560
You're doing your best.
That's all I wanted to say to

1270
00:48:32,560 --> 00:48:34,200
you, teacher, that I feel you so
much.

1271
00:48:34,200 --> 00:48:37,280
And I just want to say, you
know, don't beat yourself up

1272
00:48:37,280 --> 00:48:39,920
about it loads.
I think, I think that resolution

1273
00:48:39,920 --> 00:48:42,280
kind of parts back to the first
one, doesn't it accept the small

1274
00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:44,040
wins, There are still small wins
in your day.

1275
00:48:44,040 --> 00:48:45,440
So it's a very similar
resolution there.

1276
00:48:45,640 --> 00:48:48,600
Don't feel bad what you perceive
as failing in a broken system.

1277
00:48:48,680 --> 00:48:49,800
That's the resolution there,
right?

1278
00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:55,640
Go on #5A really big one that's
it's hard prioritise your

1279
00:48:55,640 --> 00:48:57,880
personal health.
It's hard for a number of

1280
00:48:57,880 --> 00:49:00,120
reasons, OK.
And I'm the first person to say

1281
00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:04,000
it's easy to not eat chocolate.
It's easy to not eat bad stuff.

1282
00:49:05,120 --> 00:49:07,120
I have to tell myself to grow up
sometimes.

1283
00:49:07,120 --> 00:49:09,040
I'm like, OK, Dylan, why don't
you do it then?

1284
00:49:09,640 --> 00:49:11,880
Like, honestly, yeah, of course
it's easy to not do something.

1285
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:15,160
But when I say prioritise your
personal health, I think there's

1286
00:49:15,160 --> 00:49:17,520
a number of things that go
towards its failure.

1287
00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:20,920
And as teachers, we like, we
want to serve as a big part of

1288
00:49:20,920 --> 00:49:22,160
being a teacher.
You want to serve your

1289
00:49:22,160 --> 00:49:24,760
community, serve the children,
serve other people.

1290
00:49:25,120 --> 00:49:27,160
So when it comes to looking
after yourself, I think the

1291
00:49:27,160 --> 00:49:29,960
profession of teaching, a lot of
the time it's easy to forget

1292
00:49:29,960 --> 00:49:32,200
yourself.
Yeah, you're a lot lower down on

1293
00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:33,640
the list of things you need to
look after.

1294
00:49:34,200 --> 00:49:37,640
And what I want to say about
prioritising your health, having

1295
00:49:37,640 --> 00:49:41,120
gone through bouts in my
professional life of really

1296
00:49:41,120 --> 00:49:43,840
being on a health kick and
getting getting more healthy and

1297
00:49:43,840 --> 00:49:47,640
more fit and eating the right
things and letting myself slump

1298
00:49:47,640 --> 00:49:50,080
into oblivion where I just don't
care and I eat rubbish all day

1299
00:49:50,080 --> 00:49:52,600
and I don't exercise enough.
And working like mental health

1300
00:49:52,600 --> 00:49:53,520
as well, right?
Exactly.

1301
00:49:53,560 --> 00:49:55,640
Not giving yourself the space.
Literally that everything we've

1302
00:49:55,640 --> 00:49:57,560
talked about so far, basically,
you know, mental health,

1303
00:49:57,560 --> 00:49:59,760
physical health and basically
times where I've looked after

1304
00:49:59,760 --> 00:50:01,840
myself and times where I haven't
is how it can be summarised.

1305
00:50:02,240 --> 00:50:06,080
When I'm in those periods where
I look after myself, everyone

1306
00:50:06,080 --> 00:50:08,560
else benefits, everyone else
benefits around me.

1307
00:50:08,560 --> 00:50:11,640
I'm more alert for the children.
I feel like a better teacher.

1308
00:50:12,040 --> 00:50:14,680
I'm not completely exhausted
with within like an hour and a

1309
00:50:14,680 --> 00:50:17,520
half of the day.
I feel like I can give them more

1310
00:50:17,520 --> 00:50:19,120
of me and make it more out of
it.

1311
00:50:19,600 --> 00:50:23,720
And also when it comes to
outside of school, I'm not

1312
00:50:23,720 --> 00:50:27,280
completely rinsed because yeah,
it's a tiring job and looking

1313
00:50:27,280 --> 00:50:29,600
after yourself won't solve the
system that we just said is

1314
00:50:29,600 --> 00:50:32,360
broken.
But what it does do, it does

1315
00:50:32,360 --> 00:50:35,040
just give you a kick and the
people who you're closest to

1316
00:50:35,040 --> 00:50:38,560
around you notice it as well.
It's not a selfish thing to look

1317
00:50:38,560 --> 00:50:40,800
after yourself.
In fact, if you're a teacher and

1318
00:50:40,800 --> 00:50:43,200
you want to frame it as serving
other people, you are.

1319
00:50:43,200 --> 00:50:44,560
They get the better version of
you.

1320
00:50:44,640 --> 00:50:46,560
They get more out of it if you
look after yourself well.

1321
00:50:46,840 --> 00:50:48,600
Let's think about where we can
start with this because like you

1322
00:50:48,600 --> 00:50:51,000
said, I think it's very easy to
say that, but how do you action

1323
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:52,040
it?
Because what I don't want to do

1324
00:50:52,040 --> 00:50:54,440
is now say, now go back to the
old news resolutions.

1325
00:50:54,440 --> 00:50:56,000
So what we're all going to do is
we're all going to quit

1326
00:50:56,000 --> 00:50:57,360
chocolate this year.
We're all going to stop eating

1327
00:50:57,360 --> 00:50:58,640
those bad things.
We're going to eat nothing in

1328
00:50:58,640 --> 00:50:59,680
the staff room.
It's not going to work.

1329
00:50:59,680 --> 00:51:00,320
It's not.
Going to work.

1330
00:51:00,320 --> 00:51:02,200
That's what I did last year and
it worked for months, right?

1331
00:51:02,440 --> 00:51:04,040
And it felt great.
And I thought I've I've solved

1332
00:51:04,040 --> 00:51:06,400
this far back into it.
Strategy, Do you know what this

1333
00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:08,400
is, how it's going to sound
really open, open-ended, but you

1334
00:51:08,400 --> 00:51:09,800
just need to pick one thing and
start with it.

1335
00:51:09,800 --> 00:51:12,080
And it could honestly be one of
the five, four things we just

1336
00:51:12,080 --> 00:51:14,520
talked about.
Sure to prioritise yourself

1337
00:51:14,520 --> 00:51:16,240
because everything really on
this list is about youth is

1338
00:51:16,240 --> 00:51:17,400
about prioritising yourself,
right?

1339
00:51:18,160 --> 00:51:19,920
Just pick one thing and start
and start working on it.

1340
00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:22,640
Think of small wins or wins
little optimizations in your

1341
00:51:22,640 --> 00:51:23,840
day.
Do you know what you maybe you

1342
00:51:23,840 --> 00:51:25,720
would have left at 5:30 today
and leave at 5:00.

1343
00:51:26,080 --> 00:51:27,160
That's it.
There's just more when you've

1344
00:51:27,160 --> 00:51:29,840
looked after yourself a little
bit more that maybe once a week

1345
00:51:29,840 --> 00:51:32,640
you you have a thing that you do
you play squash, All right.

1346
00:51:32,960 --> 00:51:35,000
Just make sure it doesn't get
don't let it get taken up.

1347
00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:36,320
You've got marking that week.
OK, fine.

1348
00:51:36,320 --> 00:51:37,680
Do you know what?
Leave the marking.

1349
00:51:37,880 --> 00:51:39,640
Honestly, just leave it.
Leave it till the next day.

1350
00:51:39,640 --> 00:51:40,520
Leave it.
Leave it completely.

1351
00:51:40,520 --> 00:51:42,280
No one cares anyway.
It doesn't do anything right.

1352
00:51:42,280 --> 00:51:43,840
Just leave it.
Go play the squash.

1353
00:51:43,840 --> 00:51:45,480
Yeah.
Small things, small things.

1354
00:51:45,600 --> 00:51:49,240
But yeah, whatever, just small
things you can can do, look

1355
00:51:49,240 --> 00:51:50,960
after yourself, personal health,
mental health.

1356
00:51:50,960 --> 00:51:53,480
And it's not selfish.
Yeah, that's the big bit, isn't

1357
00:51:53,480 --> 00:51:54,520
it?
We all think it's selfish.

1358
00:51:54,520 --> 00:51:56,000
No, because now I'm not serving
my community.

1359
00:51:56,000 --> 00:51:58,240
If I'm not spending my time
doing that, I'm not being a good

1360
00:51:58,240 --> 00:51:59,480
person.
Yes, you are.

1361
00:51:59,760 --> 00:52:02,760
It's not selfish when it impacts
everybody around you, including

1362
00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:04,000
your class, because you're in a
better.

1363
00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:05,360
State, I mean, that's it, write
it down.

1364
00:52:05,360 --> 00:52:07,120
That's a big thing people say
all the time, write it down.

1365
00:52:07,280 --> 00:52:10,080
Get a journal, just get an empty
notebook and write down the one

1366
00:52:10,080 --> 00:52:12,360
thing you're focusing on and
write down how you manage to

1367
00:52:12,360 --> 00:52:13,640
avoid.
And like you said, it hurts.

1368
00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:15,560
Back to what we said earlier
about the 5:00 thing.

1369
00:52:15,600 --> 00:52:18,320
I really like that example
because on paper, so I might

1370
00:52:18,320 --> 00:52:20,400
look at you leaving at 5 and be
like, that's awful.

1371
00:52:20,720 --> 00:52:22,600
Oh my gosh, that's so long.
It's like, yeah, but for you,

1372
00:52:22,600 --> 00:52:25,200
you used to leave at half five.
That's a win for you.

1373
00:52:25,200 --> 00:52:26,840
Don't, don't compare yourself to
other people.

1374
00:52:27,000 --> 00:52:28,800
That's your win.
Next week.

1375
00:52:28,800 --> 00:52:31,120
You might do it on another day.
There's two days you go home at

1376
00:52:31,120 --> 00:52:32,600
5:00.
Now, next week after you do

1377
00:52:32,600 --> 00:52:34,520
another and you realise, wait a
minute, that half an hour extra

1378
00:52:34,520 --> 00:52:37,360
work I did that I just have
decided not to do nothing

1379
00:52:37,360 --> 00:52:40,000
changed.
And then you can prove to

1380
00:52:40,000 --> 00:52:43,040
yourself that you can make those
jumps and it just, it just makes

1381
00:52:43,040 --> 00:52:44,920
it just snowballs from there.
So yeah, small winds.

1382
00:52:45,080 --> 00:52:46,120
Pick one thing.
I think that's really.

1383
00:52:46,120 --> 00:52:46,840
Good.
There's a quick one now.

1384
00:52:46,840 --> 00:52:48,520
Number six, it's very quick.
It's linked to what you're

1385
00:52:48,520 --> 00:52:49,240
saying it's.
What you're saying?

1386
00:52:49,240 --> 00:52:50,720
So it's going to be done in 10
seconds.

1387
00:52:51,320 --> 00:52:52,960
Start a new hobby or reignite an
old one.

1388
00:52:52,960 --> 00:52:54,520
That's it.
Just do it.

1389
00:52:54,520 --> 00:52:55,800
Come on, it's a resolution we
can all do.

1390
00:52:55,800 --> 00:52:57,120
Come on, let's get a hobby
again.

1391
00:52:57,120 --> 00:52:58,720
Teaching it so easy to not have
hobbies.

1392
00:52:58,720 --> 00:53:01,960
And and that comes in with
writing, I think structuring

1393
00:53:01,960 --> 00:53:04,240
that in these are these are all
very much linked together.

1394
00:53:04,240 --> 00:53:07,920
But it's, you know, when you say
try a new hobby, doesn't matter

1395
00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:10,000
if it's out of your comfort
zone, just do it and say on

1396
00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:12,720
Wednesday at 5:00 PM, I've
booked squash.

1397
00:53:12,880 --> 00:53:14,640
I've booked a squash club.
I've played squash in 10 years.

1398
00:53:14,640 --> 00:53:17,280
Wow, I'm going to play squash.
Oh, I found a paddle ball.

1399
00:53:17,360 --> 00:53:19,800
There's a paddle ball club.
I've never ever played paddle

1400
00:53:19,800 --> 00:53:20,800
ball before.
And it seems quite low

1401
00:53:20,800 --> 00:53:22,200
intensity.
I can meet some new people.

1402
00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:24,440
I'm going to do that on Saturday
from 9:00 to 11:00 in the

1403
00:53:24,440 --> 00:53:26,440
morning.
And, and do you know what?

1404
00:53:26,440 --> 00:53:28,200
It's a double edged sword.
I know we want to do this corn

1405
00:53:28,200 --> 00:53:30,680
quickly, but I want to dive into
this because it not only

1406
00:53:30,680 --> 00:53:35,040
benefits you personally in terms
of your brain, mental

1407
00:53:35,040 --> 00:53:37,080
stimulation of physical,
physical health and meeting

1408
00:53:37,080 --> 00:53:40,240
other people.
It also just gives you that hook

1409
00:53:40,680 --> 00:53:42,240
to be more confident in saying
no.

1410
00:53:42,640 --> 00:53:44,440
Because like I said before, you
don't justify yourself, but

1411
00:53:44,440 --> 00:53:46,720
something we feel like we do at
the end of the day.

1412
00:53:46,960 --> 00:53:50,240
But if you know, if you have
paddle booked at 5 or you're

1413
00:53:50,240 --> 00:53:52,560
going to squash it, you know
half, half six that evening and

1414
00:53:52,560 --> 00:53:55,800
you can't read that chapter of
that book, you you have more of

1415
00:53:55,800 --> 00:53:57,960
a reason to say no.
Yeah, it's easier to say when

1416
00:53:57,960 --> 00:53:59,000
it's genuine, isn't it?
Exactly.

1417
00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:00,440
And I can't do that.
I actually literally can't do

1418
00:54:00,440 --> 00:54:01,560
that.
And I physically can't.

1419
00:54:01,560 --> 00:54:03,000
It's not even a choice.
I can't do it because I've got

1420
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:04,280
this other.
Thing, yeah, you shouldn't need

1421
00:54:04,280 --> 00:54:06,560
it, but what I'm saying is if
you struggle with that, yeah, it

1422
00:54:06,560 --> 00:54:07,400
just gives you that.
Hope.

1423
00:54:07,400 --> 00:54:10,280
I certainly do.
I I I find it much easier to say

1424
00:54:10,280 --> 00:54:12,400
no to something if I know I've
actually got a real excuse not

1425
00:54:12,400 --> 00:54:13,760
to.
Yeah, because it feels it's

1426
00:54:13,760 --> 00:54:14,760
just.
It's a scapegoat, isn't it?

1427
00:54:14,760 --> 00:54:17,160
Yeah, I can.
You have to be quite confident,

1428
00:54:17,160 --> 00:54:18,680
I think, just to say I'm not
doing that.

1429
00:54:18,960 --> 00:54:20,720
Do you know why?
Because it's literally outside

1430
00:54:20,720 --> 00:54:22,160
of my hours.
It's not directed.

1431
00:54:22,160 --> 00:54:24,280
I've already done extra hours
this week, so I'm not doing it.

1432
00:54:24,280 --> 00:54:25,720
Yeah, that's that's quite,
that's hard.

1433
00:54:25,720 --> 00:54:26,960
That's brazen.
That's to say.

1434
00:54:26,960 --> 00:54:28,680
Yeah.
Cool.

1435
00:54:28,920 --> 00:54:30,920
Last tip, then tip #7 do you
want to read it?

1436
00:54:30,960 --> 00:54:33,160
Yeah, of.
Course I do I love reading be

1437
00:54:33,160 --> 00:54:36,440
efficient with your time in
school now this is the first one

1438
00:54:36,440 --> 00:54:39,680
really where it seems very
outward like this person's doing

1439
00:54:39,680 --> 00:54:41,560
that do that against them.
This person's doing this.

1440
00:54:41,560 --> 00:54:42,360
You help.
You said do the.

1441
00:54:43,080 --> 00:54:44,480
Let's be introspective for the
last one.

1442
00:54:44,640 --> 00:54:48,440
Let's look at ourselves because
both you and I know this was us.

1443
00:54:48,760 --> 00:54:51,400
If this isn't you, then I'm
afraid this is the end of your

1444
00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:53,320
resolution.
But you might be able to help

1445
00:54:53,320 --> 00:54:57,400
someone else be efficient with
your time in school, as if it's

1446
00:54:57,400 --> 00:55:00,360
impacting your personal life.
OK.

1447
00:55:00,720 --> 00:55:05,240
And what we mean by this is I
used to do this all the time,

1448
00:55:05,240 --> 00:55:07,320
especially when it's my first,
second, third year of teaching.

1449
00:55:07,840 --> 00:55:11,240
I think, Oh my God, oh gosh,
I've got so much marking to do

1450
00:55:11,240 --> 00:55:13,800
when I look at the clock and
it'd be 5:00, but I have, I

1451
00:55:13,800 --> 00:55:15,640
still got all this marking to do
at 5:00.

1452
00:55:16,080 --> 00:55:18,400
And the reason was because I
went to Hayden's room and was

1453
00:55:18,440 --> 00:55:20,240
throwing a ball at his head for
an hour and we were just

1454
00:55:20,240 --> 00:55:22,040
chatting.
Like we were just chatting.

1455
00:55:22,280 --> 00:55:24,800
Think of your PPA.
How much of your PPA is

1456
00:55:24,840 --> 00:55:27,720
efficient time working?
How much is it just sat of your

1457
00:55:27,840 --> 00:55:29,960
SAT of your work colleagues
probably moaning about something

1458
00:55:30,160 --> 00:55:32,160
or having a laugh.
So don't get me wrong,

1459
00:55:32,160 --> 00:55:34,200
socialisation is needed.
That's why we're saying building

1460
00:55:34,200 --> 00:55:37,120
hobbies, building time.
But if it's impacting your

1461
00:55:37,200 --> 00:55:40,240
private life because you're
taking work home, look at

1462
00:55:40,240 --> 00:55:43,040
yourself 1st and just say, could
I be more efficient at school?

1463
00:55:43,360 --> 00:55:45,960
Can I leave at half 4 instead of
five?

1464
00:55:46,360 --> 00:55:50,320
Literally just by not going
after school to my teacher

1465
00:55:50,320 --> 00:55:51,840
Bessie's room and having a chat
for half an hour.

1466
00:55:52,720 --> 00:55:54,280
Do you know what?
If that helps you and you don't

1467
00:55:54,280 --> 00:55:57,160
mind going home at 5, keep it.
I'm not saying change it.

1468
00:55:57,160 --> 00:55:59,360
I'm not saying everyone should
only do work constantly at work

1469
00:55:59,360 --> 00:56:02,200
and then just go home.
But if it is impacting your home

1470
00:56:02,200 --> 00:56:04,480
life, you can't have it both
ways.

1471
00:56:04,480 --> 00:56:07,000
And I, I realise that, you know,
and Hayden, will you vouch if

1472
00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:09,680
you've worked with me?
I honestly at school keep myself

1473
00:56:09,680 --> 00:56:11,720
to myself.
I'm not, I'm not horrible to

1474
00:56:11,720 --> 00:56:13,000
other people.
I've chatted with other people.

1475
00:56:13,000 --> 00:56:15,240
I've got friends at school or
I'll sit and have a conversation

1476
00:56:15,240 --> 00:56:18,880
with, but I keep myself to
myself.

1477
00:56:19,360 --> 00:56:20,760
Yeah.
I I get my work done.

1478
00:56:20,960 --> 00:56:21,800
I will.
I get in.

1479
00:56:21,800 --> 00:56:25,480
I get in at a time where I know
I've got the right amount of

1480
00:56:25,480 --> 00:56:26,480
time to do the work I need to
do.

1481
00:56:26,920 --> 00:56:29,600
I don't get in at 7 and go,
well, I've got this to do.

1482
00:56:29,600 --> 00:56:31,040
But you know what?
Who knows what might happen.

1483
00:56:31,040 --> 00:56:32,440
I can just sit, can sit around
for a bit.

1484
00:56:32,560 --> 00:56:33,880
Yeah.
I always come in at someone, no.

1485
00:56:34,400 --> 00:56:37,480
No, I come in with the amount of
time that I think it will take

1486
00:56:37,480 --> 00:56:39,360
me to prep with 5-10 minutes
spare.

1487
00:56:39,360 --> 00:56:42,520
I've done it long enough now.
Yeah, I leave school when I've

1488
00:56:42,520 --> 00:56:45,000
done my work.
I might choose sometimes to work

1489
00:56:45,000 --> 00:56:47,120
in my lunch.
I might choose sometimes not to.

1490
00:56:47,520 --> 00:56:49,000
That's me prioritising my mental
health.

1491
00:56:49,000 --> 00:56:51,320
I think I need a break at
lunchtime today or I think, do

1492
00:56:51,320 --> 00:56:52,120
you know what?
I'm good.

1493
00:56:52,120 --> 00:56:54,240
I'm going to leave early.
I'm going to mark for lunchtime.

1494
00:56:54,600 --> 00:56:56,560
This is where I'm.
What I was saying is there's not

1495
00:56:56,560 --> 00:56:58,560
one-size-fits-all on how to use
your time in school.

1496
00:56:58,800 --> 00:57:01,160
But if you're struggling, look
at that first.

1497
00:57:01,160 --> 00:57:03,080
What can you change before
anything else?

1498
00:57:03,080 --> 00:57:04,920
It's the easiest thing in the
world to change what you're

1499
00:57:04,920 --> 00:57:05,440
doing.
Sure.

1500
00:57:05,680 --> 00:57:07,560
So you're saying just on Trump,
make sure I get this right.

1501
00:57:07,560 --> 00:57:10,280
You're saying if spending half
an hour talking to your teacher

1502
00:57:10,280 --> 00:57:12,520
bestie is actually part of your
day, that makes you feel good?

1503
00:57:12,680 --> 00:57:14,040
Yes.
And you like doing that and you

1504
00:57:14,040 --> 00:57:15,680
don't mind going home a little
bit later because of that.

1505
00:57:15,680 --> 00:57:17,680
That's something you've actively
chosen to do that you like it.

1506
00:57:17,960 --> 00:57:19,040
That's absolutely.
Fine, keep it.

1507
00:57:19,040 --> 00:57:20,760
It's brilliant.
That's the I would actively say

1508
00:57:20,760 --> 00:57:21,880
do it because it's good for your
mental.

1509
00:57:21,880 --> 00:57:23,640
Health if talking to your
teacher bestie for half an hour

1510
00:57:23,640 --> 00:57:25,400
results in you feeling
absolutely miserable and

1511
00:57:25,400 --> 00:57:28,200
terrible because you go home
half an hour too late every day

1512
00:57:28,200 --> 00:57:30,000
and it really impacts your
personal life from that point

1513
00:57:30,000 --> 00:57:31,520
onwards.
And you think, I just wish I had

1514
00:57:31,720 --> 00:57:33,440
an extra half an hour to get
home a bit earlier.

1515
00:57:34,040 --> 00:57:36,240
If you're in that situation,
maybe just think about how you

1516
00:57:36,240 --> 00:57:38,440
spend your time efficiently at
school rather than saying, oh,

1517
00:57:38,440 --> 00:57:39,680
the teaching job just sucks,
doesn't it?

1518
00:57:39,680 --> 00:57:42,400
It takes too long.
It takes, well, there was a bit

1519
00:57:42,400 --> 00:57:45,200
of it in the day, you could be
honest with yourself where you

1520
00:57:45,240 --> 00:57:46,960
maybe could have just done it a
bit quicker.

1521
00:57:47,000 --> 00:57:48,760
Exactly that.
And that might be really small,

1522
00:57:48,760 --> 00:57:50,920
but it's a really good place to
start because you're in complete

1523
00:57:50,920 --> 00:57:52,360
control of it.
And do you know what you could

1524
00:57:52,360 --> 00:57:54,800
do if you teach a bestie, do a
podcast with them?

1525
00:57:56,920 --> 00:57:58,600
No, but you can like you can
FaceTime in that evening.

1526
00:57:58,600 --> 00:58:01,880
Do you know what I mean?
Like unless it works for you.

1527
00:58:01,880 --> 00:58:03,680
So I don't want anyone to sit
here and go oh I love talking to

1528
00:58:03,680 --> 00:58:05,440
my friends, cool, don't change.
It sounds like this this point,

1529
00:58:05,440 --> 00:58:07,120
the last point has been
sponsored by CEOs.

1530
00:58:07,480 --> 00:58:08,680
I want to get you to get you to
work more.

1531
00:58:08,680 --> 00:58:11,280
Efficiently.
No, because I want you to go

1532
00:58:11,280 --> 00:58:11,920
home earlier.
Yeah.

1533
00:58:12,280 --> 00:58:13,880
I hope that points come across.
Probably I think it has.

1534
00:58:13,880 --> 00:58:16,040
I think it has different
different for everybody, but you

1535
00:58:16,040 --> 00:58:18,120
can look at yourself in your own
time and be more efficient if

1536
00:58:18,120 --> 00:58:19,080
you need to be.
Absolutely.

1537
00:58:19,080 --> 00:58:20,080
Almost definitely.
Completely.

1538
00:58:20,280 --> 00:58:21,640
Yeah.
So, Hayden, how many of those

1539
00:58:21,640 --> 00:58:22,800
seven are you going to fail in a
week?

1540
00:58:24,480 --> 00:58:27,440
6.
But in all seriousness, I don't,

1541
00:58:27,440 --> 00:58:29,520
I don't think there's anyone in
the country who doesn't do all

1542
00:58:29,520 --> 00:58:31,920
of these seven, who will do them
immediately now for the next

1543
00:58:31,920 --> 00:58:33,520
week and their life will change.
I won't do all these straight

1544
00:58:33,520 --> 00:58:34,880
away.
I'll try really hard.

1545
00:58:35,160 --> 00:58:37,160
I really will try and I think
some of them I already do.

1546
00:58:37,480 --> 00:58:40,520
It's it's, it's almost like the
other thing people do, and I

1547
00:58:40,520 --> 00:58:42,520
just want to finish off on this
point, I suppose, is when they

1548
00:58:42,520 --> 00:58:44,440
do a New Year's resolution.
Now, I see a lot of this.

1549
00:58:44,760 --> 00:58:48,760
They do a theme or a word or an
idea because you can't really

1550
00:58:48,760 --> 00:58:52,720
fail an idea.
If the idea is, let's just say

1551
00:58:52,720 --> 00:58:56,760
it's growth, OK, let's say my
New Year's resolution with 2025

1552
00:58:56,760 --> 00:58:59,200
is growth.
That can be loads of stuff.

1553
00:58:59,200 --> 00:59:01,800
It could be your, your, your,
your confidence.

1554
00:59:01,880 --> 00:59:04,240
It could be your mental health,
it could be your physical

1555
00:59:04,240 --> 00:59:06,320
health.
It could be your business that

1556
00:59:06,320 --> 00:59:07,400
you want to start or something
like that.

1557
00:59:07,840 --> 00:59:11,200
It's really hard to fail in that
because it's a theme, it's an

1558
00:59:11,200 --> 00:59:13,320
idea, and if you don't do
something for two days, you can

1559
00:59:13,320 --> 00:59:14,880
still grow over the year.
Yeah, that makes sense.

1560
00:59:14,880 --> 00:59:15,640
I quite like that.
Yeah.

1561
00:59:15,640 --> 00:59:20,880
So if I was to put this into a
theme here, I guess it would be

1562
00:59:20,880 --> 00:59:24,520
acceptance.
OK, in terms of the reason it's

1563
00:59:24,520 --> 00:59:27,760
acceptance for me is there's
some stuff you might not have to

1564
00:59:27,760 --> 00:59:29,400
change.
That's fine.

1565
00:59:29,960 --> 00:59:33,280
There's some stuff you will not
do to the extent that you think

1566
00:59:33,280 --> 00:59:35,640
you have to, and that's also
fine.

1567
00:59:35,640 --> 00:59:38,640
It's a win.
Accept the win, it's OK.

1568
00:59:39,240 --> 00:59:42,920
And and lastly, acceptance in
terms of you've tried something,

1569
00:59:42,920 --> 00:59:45,440
it doesn't work, accept it, it's
time to move on.

1570
00:59:45,560 --> 00:59:47,680
I think acceptance.
Can I have one more accepting

1571
00:59:47,680 --> 00:59:49,560
that some things are just
broken?

1572
00:59:49,560 --> 00:59:50,560
That's.
What I mean exactly?

1573
00:59:50,560 --> 00:59:52,680
That's exactly what I mean.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, completely.

1574
00:59:52,680 --> 00:59:55,120
It's just like you've tried it.
It didn't work.

1575
00:59:55,120 --> 00:59:55,920
You're right, I see what you
mean.

1576
00:59:55,960 --> 00:59:58,680
Yeah, yeah, you're right.
Like the the system is broken.

1577
00:59:59,000 --> 01:00:02,120
Accept it because it's.
Not your responsibility, accept

1578
01:00:02,120 --> 01:00:03,120
it.
We can all try.

1579
01:00:03,480 --> 01:00:05,440
We take on a little bit of that
responsibility because we're

1580
01:00:05,440 --> 01:00:07,160
trying to talk to loads of
teachers and like, come on, we

1581
01:00:07,160 --> 01:00:09,440
can change things, but we're not
really responsible.

1582
01:00:09,440 --> 01:00:10,880
No.
And, and I think we've gone

1583
01:00:10,880 --> 01:00:12,880
through a lot of acceptance,
haven't we, in terms of let's be

1584
01:00:12,880 --> 01:00:15,160
real for a second, the podcast
has grown a lot.

1585
01:00:16,200 --> 01:00:18,200
The teachers we talk to
exponential.

1586
01:00:18,200 --> 01:00:20,160
IT speak to so many teachers now
and I love it.

1587
01:00:20,440 --> 01:00:25,880
Our reach is huge.
We haven't had like a massive

1588
01:00:25,880 --> 01:00:27,360
impact on stuff.
No, of course not.

1589
01:00:27,720 --> 01:00:29,080
And that's fine.
There are people way bigger than

1590
01:00:29,080 --> 01:00:30,400
us.
Way, way more.

1591
01:00:30,640 --> 01:00:32,320
Influence.
But my point is, even though we

1592
01:00:32,320 --> 01:00:36,720
have got this influence, we have
got these people, you know,

1593
01:00:36,920 --> 01:00:40,360
accept what you've done, you're
not going to change the system.

1594
01:00:40,640 --> 01:00:42,640
But there's so many messaged you
and said they feel much better

1595
01:00:42,640 --> 01:00:44,080
'cause it's the podcast.
That feels good.

1596
01:00:44,200 --> 01:00:46,280
That's great, except it don't
think.

1597
01:00:46,360 --> 01:00:47,720
Oh, I don't know.
The next thing though, the

1598
01:00:47,720 --> 01:00:50,160
machine, it's not better.
Accept it.

1599
01:00:50,240 --> 01:00:52,080
You're changing peoples lives.
We're changing peoples lives.

1600
01:00:52,200 --> 01:00:54,160
Yeah.
Love it and accept your own

1601
01:00:54,160 --> 01:00:55,400
wins.
Acceptance.

1602
01:00:55,920 --> 01:00:57,440
I like that acceptance is the
theme.

1603
01:00:57,440 --> 01:00:58,200
I agree.
Nice.

1604
01:00:58,360 --> 01:01:00,000
I mean, that's great.
Brilliant, I enjoyed that.

1605
01:01:00,000 --> 01:01:00,960
Thank you so much.
I enjoyed it too.

1606
01:01:00,960 --> 01:01:03,000
Hope you enjoyed our New Year's
resolutions for all teachers.

1607
01:01:03,000 --> 01:01:05,240
Let us know if you managed to do
any of them or have done any of

1608
01:01:05,240 --> 01:01:08,600
them in the past or are planning
to do some of them this year and

1609
01:01:08,600 --> 01:01:10,440
keep in touch because we would
love to know.

1610
01:01:10,600 --> 01:01:12,480
Absolutely.
Have a great new year and we'll

1611
01:01:12,480 --> 01:01:13,040
see you next time.