Weekly digest 74

The first week back at work. Happenings So yeah, I started up back at work for the new school year. All the usual stuff to deal with. Updates to government policies to read. Leadership imploring all staff to do better. Chronic pain flares up with the stress. Still, I’m in a different classroom this year and it’s better than expected. My previous classroom had years (like, 10 years) of junk built up in old filing cabinets I never did get around to sorting out, so it was nice to come in to a relatively fresh room to organise how I like. It also feels bigger, and has a better location — closer to the staff room (toilets, coffee, photocopier), further from behaviour hot spots. So far my classes this year have been nice, but I’ve not met them all yet. Biggest challenge this year is looking like my year 11s, who seem to lack any urgency about their upcoming exams. I tried modding my RGB30 handheld with some felt to damp the noise of some of the buttons, some TMR joysticks, and a sticker on…