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FINISHED

April 12, 2008

Hey all…
Just a quick note to tell all of you who still read this thing… that I’ve succesfully rounded off my school placement today! It was great teaching them pupils for the past two months and I’m a bit sad to leave haha… so that’s a good and promising thing for next year’s placement when [...]

Week 3: Weekend and Placement

February 26, 2008

Hellowwww World!
It’s week 3 of my school placement already. To think that before I went to England I was anxious about going teaching again, but now that I’ve been teaching for a bit longer than 2 weeks already, it sort of feels like a routine!
Week 3 started off with a wonderful weekend at home. My [...]

A short message

February 21, 2008

Hello all!
I’m at school placement right now and don’t really have a lot to do, except perhaps correcting a few tests. I thought I’d update you on all the affairs going on around this place. Well, I gave a few lessons this week, which all went down pretty well, luckily. My school placement ‘instructor’ told [...]

“To a brand new morning, to a brand new day…

February 19, 2008

… like the whole world has been made again“… as Steve Hogarth of Marillion used to sing a few years ago.
My life’s changed a lot lately. Being back in Holland has had its consequences. As you might have read in an earlier post, I went back to England to see my then girlfriend. Unfortunately however, [...]

1. The Tourist Guide to Birmingham – 2. Cindereeeeeeeeeeeeella!!!!

November 30, 2007

Good morning,
I just woke up, but instead of getting breakfast first, I walked past the computer room and thought I’d better get this thing done first. This week the real ‘work’ began for me, between Monday the 26th of NovemberĀ and St. Nicolas Day (5th of December) I have to hand in 2 essays and a [...]