12 June, 2009

Shattered. A long day but pretty good with juniors. The poor year 9s had no idea what was about to hit them first period. It’s our second lesson together, I was knackered and they were confused. We managed to cover: oblique and isometric drawing, shading, the muppets, tattoos, responsibility, elephants and why pencils should be sharp. Not bad for 8:40am in the morning. The year 10s gutted me as I told them I was leaving and they rewarded me with disappointment and gentle misery. That was hard to deal with actually. I am going to miss them. The year 11s were much the same. Great kids and doing some amazing stuff with 3D, web and the general basics of ICT and design. They are great. I am pissed off with the olds of the system though. It is time for them to retire and stop holding it all back. There is a point you have “jumped the shark” and are incompetent. Go away, I am resigning because of them and that gives me the shits. Computer Design Technology??? Really… is ICT so hard to understand? No really, I give up, you win. Congratulations.

All that said, I am looking forward to being back in web design. Lots to look forward to there and plenty of challenges. I also have a shiny new wacom intuos 4 tablet. It is way cool. Three weeks feels a very long way off.