Gerry_BThe Chinese Part of the AdventureWhile I am very excited about moving to Nanjing I have to say how much I have enjoyed living in Nantong in Jiangsu, probably a perfect…Jul 28, 2017Jul 28, 2017
Gerry_BThe New Academic YearI approached our first teachers’ meeting of the new academic year with the usual angst but a firm resolve to keep quiet and not challenge…May 13, 2016May 13, 2016
Gerry_BR Programming for the elderly …As a teacher and future masters student, notwithstanding my imminent fifty-eighth birthday, I am interested in data science. Some recent…Mar 12, 2016Mar 12, 2016
Gerry_BLet’s not Go There…‘At least I didn’t think he was educationally sub-normal’ was something my mother caustically uttered during a(nother) fierce argument…Jan 12, 2016Jan 12, 2016
Gerry_BPedro Arrupe SJThe name is known to me as he is a former, though now deceased Superior General of the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits as they are more…Jan 7, 2016Jan 7, 2016
Gerry_BSome ConnectionsA reference to the 70 mm Ultra Panavision version of Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight had me heading to wikipedia in an effort to understand…Jan 6, 2016Jan 6, 2016
Gerry_BA Good Teacher or Good Teaching?In looking back at the characteristics of good teachers, I find it difficult to move away from the reality that all my teachers had…Jan 4, 2016Jan 4, 2016
Gerry_BThe Genius of Charlie ChaplinIn the last few days of school before the Christmas break I decided, on a whim, to show my Y5–6 students Charlie Chaplin’s movie Modern…Dec 28, 2015Dec 28, 2015
Gerry_BThoughts on signing up for a MOOC on the future of EducationThe course will hopefully provide an opportunity for what might best be described as some guided reflection on what constitutes education…Dec 26, 2015Dec 26, 2015
