Playground Duty

Ah, playground duty. One of themost annoying aspects of being a teacher. Here's a list of possible ways to pass the time while you try not to notice the Year 10 riot on the quad. ("Fight? No... didn't see a thing!")

1) Mentally rehearse all the things you'd like to say to your principal/mother-in-law/students in your head

2) Plan your wardrobe for the rest of the school week

3) Invade a game of handball. Hey, if you cant beat 'em...

4) Talk to the nerds - you'll help them not to look as lonely

5) Organise a bunch of your best students to act-out getting yelled at by you infront of everyone - tell them you'll buy them lunch if they pretend to cry. The other kids will never give you trouble again!

6) Eat an apple. VERY slowly.

7) Plan your global upheaval. *MWA HA HA HA!*

8) Plan your firmly worded letter to your federal government about your disgust at their;
- IR policy
- Environmental Apathy
- personal grooming

9) Write your novel. (It'll just look like you're taking careful anecdotal records of the students' behaviour. Especially if you carry a clipboard)

10) Make up lymericks.
"There once was a kid called Smith,
who..."

Happy patrolling...

EnLIST with 'the Couch'...

So: I LOVE lists. Of anything. Shopping lists, lists of phone numbers, things to do, christmas card lists, check lists... You name, I'll list it. In fact being "listless" takes on a whole new and horrifying meaning for me.

So I thought I might combine my list-obsession and my blog and try to find a whole new subculture of 'List-o-holics' out there in cyberland. What should we call ourselves people?

List-lovers?
List-arians?
Prose-dly-challenged?
List-ologists?
En-LIST-ment officers?
Listerine? (*think that one's taken*)

So, if anyone's out there with a similar penchant for all things arranged vertically and literally - I'd like to hear from you. Send me your list ideas, and they will be considered for publishing on 'the Couch' - anything at all. The more original, the better!