Florence Steps Down from her Joan of Arc persona.....

I sat down to write, to bemoan the fact that Kuwait has sand storms .
I had nothing really to say about it as I havent really experienced

 one yet. The other morning, the sand had created a veil across Kuwait, seeming like a fog but the particles this cloud held could be more damaging. So I Googles it!

Turns out that the fine particles do pose a real threat and it is removing exposure to these that is important. Maybe I will become a veiled woman!  The sand, the fine sand , is always around. We have asthmatics at school, just like any other place , and the sand is a huge irritant.

Today the sand is gone and is only a fine haze across the horizon...

Just a short short on today - we have just completed the first quarter of the year. The mass hysteria that eventuates when the GPA is not super high is unbelievable, and slightly demonstrative of a level of ......................................! That I could talk on at length but not in this forum. Sadly , a human who defines themselves by a number is exposed to enormous limitations when that number is not "given" to them.  My wonderful classes of girls in Hobart were  excited by taking risks and stepping outside of their experiences which opened them to a world of possibility. Education is about freedom to think and be, learning how to make this possible and allowing the subject to become(qualification,socialisation and subjectification- thank you Gert Biesta) ....... that is my focus .
I am finding that it is about the application of a number which is the denoting of success which leaves a vulnerability for those who view this as the only mark of achievement.
I will not change the world (it has taken a while to accept this)

And now to plan for Azerbeijan in three weeks......