The academic year is a bit like watching England at Euro 2012. It starts with a huge fanfare amid a sea of expectation and hope; gradually that hope subsides as they hit difficulties or miss the odd penalty; then it comes to the tense, crunch match (or exam) followed by an abrupt halt.
Once that is done and dusted, there is nothing left to do but relax, watch from a distance and wait until next time when it starts all over again.
The last few weeks have been tricky for me, I am quite a high energy person – someone who needs pressure – and with all my exam classes leaving I am down to a third of my timetable and I feel like I am in the staffroom more than the pigeon holes.
Now I know I am not supposed to say that out-loud – we are supposed to teach to the very last second – but it is true.
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