Patrick Huff
@mrphuff.bsky.social
Irish. Avid reader; teacher of English; & Debate mentor; & more! All views my own.
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All too often teachers have to listen to that condescending phrase ‘In the real world’.
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'In the Real World' — Julian Girdham
All too often teachers have to listen to that condescending cliché ‘In the real world’.
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January 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
All too often teachers have to listen to that condescending phrase ‘In the real world’.
www.juliangirdham.com/blog/in-the-...
www.juliangirdham.com/blog/in-the-...
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16% less likely to die of "any cause". ANY cause? Seriously?
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ja...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ja...
Coffee drinkers reap health boost – but only if they do it in the morning
Pre-lunch brewers enjoy lower risk of death, analysis finds, but benefit vanishes among all-day drinkers
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January 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM
16% less likely to die of "any cause". ANY cause? Seriously?
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ja...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ja...
This week I've been playing around with Video Activities in Google Classroom. It allows you to take a YouTube video and add questions (open-ended, MCQ, or checkboxes) for students to answer at their own pace, once assigned. Handy for pre-teaching or revision. #EdChatIE
January 9, 2025 at 8:44 AM
This week I've been playing around with Video Activities in Google Classroom. It allows you to take a YouTube video and add questions (open-ended, MCQ, or checkboxes) for students to answer at their own pace, once assigned. Handy for pre-teaching or revision. #EdChatIE
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Three Wise Flying Monkeys
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
January 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Three Wise Flying Monkeys
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Today: our first Shakespeare webinar. Join us online, free, to work through the entire canon of plays and poems over 41 sessions. See out the 47th presidency with us 👇 www.english.ox.ac.uk/english-facu...
English Faculty / Oxford World's Classics Shakespeare Webinar Series with Professor Emma Smith
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January 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Today: our first Shakespeare webinar. Join us online, free, to work through the entire canon of plays and poems over 41 sessions. See out the 47th presidency with us 👇 www.english.ox.ac.uk/english-facu...
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Impoverished authors are told they should do it for the love. Try saying that to a dentist | Gareth Rubin
Impoverished authors are told they should do it for the love. Try saying that to a dentist | Gareth Rubin
The average income for a writer is now £7,000. For our sake and the country’s, we need financial assistance
This week will be like A-level results week for authors, but with added economic jeopardy. For a good whack of the 100,000 writers and translators…
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January 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Impoverished authors are told they should do it for the love. Try saying that to a dentist | Gareth Rubin
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Would you drop Of Mice and Men from the exam syllabus? The answer isn’t black and white | Nels Abbey
Would you drop Of Mice and Men from the exam syllabus? The answer isn’t black and white | Nels Abbey
The book will no longer be studied at GCSE in Wales because many find the racial slurs upsetting. That’s culture war fodder, but it shouldn’t be
In years to come, we might call it the Steinbeck problem. Of Mice and Men is one of the most banned books in…
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January 6, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Would you drop Of Mice and Men from the exam syllabus? The answer isn’t black and white | Nels Abbey
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Sun rising over a snowy Carlow, photo from @blacknight.social webcam above Carlow Town.
January 6, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Sun rising over a snowy Carlow, photo from @blacknight.social webcam above Carlow Town.
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Shrinking trees and tuskless elephants: the strange ways species are adapting to humans
Shrinking trees and tuskless elephants: the strange ways species are adapting to humans
As people have shaped the natural world, so wildlife – from mahoganies to magpies – has had to evolve to survive
From the highest mountains to the depths of the ocean, humanity’s influence has touched every part of planet Earth. Many plants and animals…
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January 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Shrinking trees and tuskless elephants: the strange ways species are adapting to humans
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As term starts, lots ahead for educators in Ireland to discuss in the revived #EdChatie sessions on every second Monday evening.
More details:
www.juliangirdham.com/blog/edchati...
Many thanks to all who are hosting, and pls repost.
More details:
www.juliangirdham.com/blog/edchati...
Many thanks to all who are hosting, and pls repost.
January 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
As term starts, lots ahead for educators in Ireland to discuss in the revived #EdChatie sessions on every second Monday evening.
More details:
www.juliangirdham.com/blog/edchati...
Many thanks to all who are hosting, and pls repost.
More details:
www.juliangirdham.com/blog/edchati...
Many thanks to all who are hosting, and pls repost.
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"Hey supercomputer, what is the meaning of life?"
"I don't know, human, but here are ten inaccurate facts about the Beatles!"
"I don't know, human, but here are ten inaccurate facts about the Beatles!"
January 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"Hey supercomputer, what is the meaning of life?"
"I don't know, human, but here are ten inaccurate facts about the Beatles!"
"I don't know, human, but here are ten inaccurate facts about the Beatles!"
Behind the scenes look at #WallaceAndGromit #VengeanceMostFowl for anyone looking at animation with English classes. #EdChatIE
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youtube.com/watch?v=u5JH...
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January 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Behind the scenes look at #WallaceAndGromit #VengeanceMostFowl for anyone looking at animation with English classes. #EdChatIE
youtube.com/watch?v=u5JH...
youtube.com/watch?v=u5JH...
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Word of the Day is ‘hunch-weather’ (19th century): weather so cold it makes you hunch your shoulders when you walk outside.
January 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Word of the Day is ‘hunch-weather’ (19th century): weather so cold it makes you hunch your shoulders when you walk outside.