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Dr Paul Hamilton

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3 years

The only teacher in the school who isn’t isolating delivering a lesson to pupils after classes have been collapsed together…

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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2 years

I’ve just had a great idea for how to get people to and from The Hydro quicker. If you know, you know!

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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3 years

To, whoever graffitied this outside our school today, you did nothing more than provide a few social subjects classes with a lesson starter… You see, we don’t tolerate sectarian abuse and death threats! Nor will we ever turn a blind eye to hatred and prejudice…

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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2 months

Team Craiglang at the opening ceremony.

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8 months

“Don’t tell him, Pike.” Sad day, but grateful for all the laughs and smiles they gave us. Rest in peace, Ian Lavender.

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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3 years

This from my son’s school 😔 Look after your teacher pals, they are struggling a bit just now…

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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4 years

That awkward moment when not enough school staff are dying...

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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8 years

A powerful picture from CNN coverage showing people protecting a baby's pram. Humanity will always prevail. #Dallas

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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4 years

Well, Father. I’ve checked his eyesight and I reckon he’s ready to drive to Durham...

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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7 years

Currently visiting @CullodenNTS and a walk through the moor is quite some experience.

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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2 years

A wee bit of personal news! After more than a decade at @ClydebankHigh , I will be leaving at the end of term to join the team at @MorayHouse . It’s been amazing at @CHS_History and @CHSLegalStudies - a time I will never forget, but here’s to the next chapter at @EdinburghUni !

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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4 years

I can’t think of a time when the teaching profession has been so shamelessly ignored, undervalued and misunderstood. It feels utterly criminal and I know I’m not alone in thinking this! Thoughts with all my colleagues who are deeply worried about the Christmas period ahead.

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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10 months

I did a thing! I passed my EdD viva with minor revisions 🎉 A huge thank you to the examiners, @drajrichardson and @smeebut for the opportunity to discuss my research! And also to my #StrathEdD supervisors, @ian_rivers and @jane_essex , for their wisdom, patience, and support 💙

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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2 years

A slightly different route to work today due to the rail strikes, but the @RMTunion have my full support 🙋🏻‍♂️

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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3 years

Used the mnemonic ‘never eat shredded wheat’ with a class today and they looked at me blankly [far more blankly than usual]. 🙃 I can’t be the only one who uses this? 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Dr Paul Hamilton

@_PaulHamilton

6 years

This image from George Square is proof that Scottish teachers are not satisfied with current conditions. If you value education, you must value teachers! #ValueTeachersValueEducation #PayAttention

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1 year

Hyndland, Glasgow…

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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2 years

Me: “Housecoat or dressing gown?” S4 Pupil: “Gaff Cape.” Me: 😯🤔🙂

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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3 years

Today’s pupil quote of the day: “You’re not like a teacher, you’re more like a pupil who got old and stayed on to tutor us.” 🙃🙃

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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4 years

I am beyond proud to share this video with you on behalf of staff, pupils, parents & carers at @ClydebankHigh . This is our way of saying thank you to each and everyone of the incredible #NHS and care workers who risk everything to keep us safe! #ClapForNHS #ClapForOurCarers

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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2 years

Glasgow looking and sounding beautiful this afternoon! Incredible to be in the city centre with my boy and see George Square so full of life! Well done, @prideglasgow - have an amazing day! #Pride2022

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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2 years

Received these flowers as a gift today, and honestly I’m blown away in the nicest possible way! I’ve never, not once in my life, ever been bought flowers. The pupil who bought me them is from Yemen, and it got me thinking, is it a cultural thing here not to buy flowers for men?

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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3 years

In years to come, people will ask, where were you when @GretaThunberg travelled on the @ScotRail low-level, and I will say… I WAS THERE!

Greta Thunberg

@GretaThunberg

3 years

Finally in Glasgow for the #COP26 ! And thank you for the very warm welcome…😅

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1 year

“Is there a doctor onboard this flight?” ** Not yet, but soon hopefully!

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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3 years

Well, according to this headline, when you open the article, I teach at the 220th “best” school in Scotland. ** Laughed and then prepared to teach a class full of amazing young people about to embark on apprenticeships, college and university places.

Scotland's secondary schools ranked in latest league table

Scotland's secondary schools have been revealed according to this year's highers figures.

www.thenational.scot

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Dr Paul Hamilton

@_PaulHamilton

3 years

Teachers!!! Please allow pupils to watch this match in your classrooms next week!! They’ve waited their entire lives to see the men’s team in an international tournament - don’t deny them that! Football fan or no football fan, they deserve to watch!

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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3 months

I had the absolute best day! A massive thank you to the amazing team at @UniStrathclyde for an incredible graduation experience and to all of the academic staff at @StrathEDU who have supported me every step of the way - a very special mention to @ian_rivers and @jane_essex ✨

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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7 years

Teachers could do well to ease up on the ‘study’ and ‘revise’ tweets on a #SnowDay . Go build a snowman, play on your sledges and have some fun!

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5 months

Not long now until [hopefully] this is available to read (for anyone who wants to), and I’m thinking about the multiple experiences that brought me to this point. 🧵…

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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4 years

I won’t tweet anything today to compromise my professionalism; but I will say that already (9.58am) there are huge question marks around the amendment of grades by the SQA, particularly in areas of higher deprivation.

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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7 years

Soldiers of the Black Watch. 9th Batn, Snipers. Arras Cathedral, 1917. (©️ Ron Marsden)

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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3 years

Some personal/professional news to share... 📣 I’ve been appointed to the @LawScot ’s Education & Training Committees (regulatory & policy) as a non-solicitor member. I’m incredibly grateful for this opportunity and excited to play a supporting role in Scottish legal education.

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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2 years

CHS, you are beautiful! Thank you for the memories… There’s nobody else I would have rather spent the last decade with than all of you… Oh, and for the last time… “Be good and if you can’t be good, don’t get caught!”. ** Signing out (28 June 2022), P-Ham x

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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3 years

26,280 pupils and 2,788 teachers absent due to covid at the start of this week in Scotland… It’s 46 days until the @sqanews exam diet. Every evening of an exam, I suggest that @S_A_Somerville should stand at her front door and clap for young people 👏🏻

School absences on the rise as Covid strains circulate and exams loom

Covid infections are driving a fresh jump in pupil and teacher absences from school, figures show.

www.heraldscotland.com

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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4 years

Awfy proud teacher moment today finding out that one of the pupils from the @CHSLegalStudies class received an unconditional offer from UCAS for entrance to an LL.B course... Another Bankie lawyer of the future - ready to change the world! 🤓👍🏻

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4 years

I have no words, this is an outrage and I am beyond devastated for young people who have been unfairly impacted by this postcode lottery reduction of grades! All I can say is that your teachers 100% have your back and this will not go unchallenged...

Barry Black

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4 years

Here it is. Poorest pupils Higher pass rate reduced by 15.2% between teacher estimate and statistical moderation. Richest pupils rate reduced by just 6.9%.

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4 years

You must really hate your children when you demand the government pay you by the hour to look after them...

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7 years

Remembering Alan Rickman today, two years after his death. A legend of stage and screen.

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4 years

Passed through the cloisters at @UofGlasgow this evening and caught this moment...

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3 years

Pupil: “Sir, have you ever had your Insta deactivated? You seem like the sort of person who would have their social media cancelled.” Me: “Moi?” Pupil: “Yeah, you’re a bit ranty.” Me: 🥴

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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4 years

Can’t wait to get back to my classroom on Wednesday... It means I’ll be able to water the plant on my desk... And then do a ton of work I could do safely and easily from home...

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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2 years

Just discovered why my Son didn’t like the chicken nuggets I made for him yesterday 😭 In stereotype Dad fashion I even ate one to try and convince him that they were nice; hiding my disgust at the awful taste, assuming they were some hipster type recipe 😭

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4 years

What PPE against a highly transmissible airborne virus looks like when you are a teacher...

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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8 years

Cant help but laugh that #ThrowScotlandOut has now been hijacked by Scottish people with a sense of humour.

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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3 years

What’s crystal-clear from this (so far) is that @Ross_Greer actually gets it! He shows an understanding of what’s happening in schools; and it’s probably because he is listening to what pupils, parents and teachers are saying. #bbcdn

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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2 years

Bag packed, shoes shined and shirt ironed, all set for my first day at @MorayHouse tomorrow.

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4 years

Leaked footage from training video aimed at teachers in Scotland as they prepare to keep senior pupils 2 metres apart...

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1 year

Wee bit of professional/personal news. Delighted to have been appointed to a school role at @MorayHouse , as Academic Coordinator (Placements & Partnerships). Still very much the historian, but now with slightly more focus on people and places [in the present day 😜].

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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4 years

I feeel like I’m listening to a pupil trying to explain the reasons why they couldn’t do their homework...

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Dr Paul Hamilton

@_PaulHamilton

3 years

That’ll be a hole in the side of the van… We might have to go to the Winchester and see this one out 😳 #StormArwen

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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2 years

If you’re 20 years old, there’s been ten Chancellor of the Exchequers and seven Prime Ministers in your lifetime! If you’re 40 years old, there’s been thirteen Chancellor of the Exchequers and eight Prime Ministers in your lifetime! Let that sink in!

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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4 years

It’s not that I’m bored of the catch-up rhetoric, I’m actually offended by it! Education in schools is not just pupils and teachers ploughing through course content, racing towards an examination finish-line. Education is not the Olympics, and no one has to run!

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4 years

Seeing fellow teachers in school tomorrow for the first time in 2021... ** No one, absolutely no one... ** Me: “So, how was your Christmas?”

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Dr Paul Hamilton

@_PaulHamilton

3 years

Schools didn’t “close” during any previous lockdown, @NicolaSturgeon - some school buildings closed! Schools are more than bricks and mortar! Oh, and the words “at all costs” is just callous towards young people, their families and educators.

Sturgeon: ‘We need to keep schools open at all costs’

First minister will ‘bust a gut’ to prevent school closures, even as Scotland faces a ‘tsunami’ of infections

www.tes.com

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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6 years

RMS Queen Mary, #Clydebank . (©️ Getty)

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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4 months

Well, that’s the revisions been accepted on my #StrathEdD thesis. So, I guess that means you can call me doctor and not Shirley now. Niche humour - if you know you know!

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Dr Paul Hamilton

@_PaulHamilton

2 years

My last morning in the classroom, a story in three pictures…

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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3 years

Two more days left of another term I won’t forget in a hurry! School staff and pupils again unsure if they will be returning during January… Hubs? Phased? Blended? Remote? It would be ‘nice’ to know!.. The words “at all costs” ringing in our ears!

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Dr Paul Hamilton

@_PaulHamilton

4 years

I am done! Can’t speak for all my colleagues, but this for teachers is probably the final nail in the coffin.

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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2 years

Could the last one out switch the lights off please? 🥺

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2 years

It’s a goodbye from him, a goodbye from her and a goodbye from me…

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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4 years

Admittedly, I sometimes have a bit of fun at the expense of UfT. But, posts by their members (like the one below) only serve the purpose of encouraging anti-maskers. A reminder of how dangerous this group are when it comes to spreading misinformation...

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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3 years

Just found out that another pupil from @CHSLegalStudies has received a UCAS offer from @UofGLaw , and I’m like...

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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4 years

ANOTHER unconditional UCAS offer for a @CHSLegalStudies pupil today ☺️⭐️😊 This time for Criminology at @StirUni ... Proud teacher! Did I mention I’m proud?

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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3 years

The people who will suffer the most [again] after 19 July will be those reliant on public transport, those who can’t work from home, those who don’t work in spacious well-ventilated environments and those who provide vital face-to-face care for the most vulnerable in our society.

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7 years

The Clydeside Expressway (Glasgow), before the construction of the SECC. (©️ Unknown)

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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4 years

Whatever the announcement today, there has to be clarity for pupils, parents, teachers & families around the gathering of evidence for SQA. A clear, understandable (not open to interpretation) message that will be applied consistently in every local authority & in every school!

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4 years

Bernie waiting for the last train home from Dalmuir...

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3 years

Pupil: “Sir, can I have a pencil?” Me: “Sure thing... Catch.” * The throw was poorly executed. ** The pupil did not catch the pencil. *** The pencil went out an open window.

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3 years

I teach at 230 in the ‘how rich/poor is your school’ league table. Congratulations to the 229 schools ranked wealthier; you can all have access to the life boats before my pupils and I attempt to enter them 🥰

From Glasgow to Edinburgh - every Scots school ranked from best to worst

SCOTLAND’S top-performing schools have been revealed – and it’s bad news once again if you don’t live in an affluent part of the country. The figures, published by The Times, saw …

www.thescottishsun.co.uk

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Dr Paul Hamilton

@_PaulHamilton

3 years

The folk saying “good luck” to young people for their exam results today are absolutely nailing it! It is, for too many pupils, about “luck”. The “luck” of where you were born, the “luck” of where you live and the “luck” of how the ACM model was interpreted by your school.

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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7 years

On display at the @ArgyllsMuseum . A note that at first glance may seem somewhat insignificant, but upon closer inspection is in fact of genuine significance. #WW1 #Armistice

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6 years

Not quitting the day job or anything, but I am delighted to have been offered a role as an Associate Tutor with the School of Education at @UofGlasgow . #UofG

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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2 years

Awfy chuffed to have been nominated by @EdinburghUni students in the category of ‘Teacher of the Year’ at the @EdUniStudents Teaching Awards. This is my first year teaching at @MorayHouse and to be nominated for this award really means a lot! 🥲 #ThankYou #CelebratingTogether

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@_PaulHamilton

3 years

After years of wanting to, I finally visited the @SecretBunker earlier this afternoon. It’s an absolute gem for anyone interested in #ColdWar history!

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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4 years

More awesome news from @CHSLegalStudies , and I won’t stop shouting from the rooftops each time it happens 🙋🏻‍♂️ Today, an S6 pupil with an unconditional from @CaledonianNews to study the LL.B at @GCULaw . Coupled with the existing unconditional offer she already has from @StirUni 🤓

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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3 years

Take a shot every time UfT say that teachers are “scared of covid” 🥳

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7 years

The King inspects officers of the 5th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders at Gorhambury Park in Hertfordshire, 29 February 1944. (IWM: H 36241)

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2 years

In Scotland, we have our school sports days at this time of the year, when the weather is at its very best…

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7 years

From Clydebank, but forever in Ypres. James Hunter Porteous. "A secret thought, a silent tear, keep the memory ever dear."

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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2 years

See these iceberg graphics with all the stuff that teachers ‘don’t see’. Give us peace, honestly! Teachers know full well their pupils and their struggles. Schools are supporting young people and their families every which way they can. To be blunt, these graphics are an insult!

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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4 years

SCHOOLS. NEVER. ACTUALLY. CLOSED. AND. THEY. ARE. NOT. ACTUALLY. GOING. TO. CLOSE. NOW.

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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3 years

Teachers in Scotland are so accustomed to the incompetence of the SQA that covering for the uncertainty they create is part of their workload! We have normalised the ineptitude of an organisation that is so woeful its own Wikipedia article has a section labelled “controversy”.

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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2 years

Kinda cool walking this way to work now…

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3 years

While invigilating an exam that wasn’t an exam today, this was pretty much all I could think about... ** For legal reasons, this might be a joke 😉

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Dr Paul Hamilton

@_PaulHamilton

4 years

Never felt so thankful to be Scottish in my entire life!

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Dr Paul Hamilton

@_PaulHamilton

4 years

A bold move by Us For Them this evening...

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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3 years

Yesterday was glorious; apologies Dalmuir... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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4 years

I’m not at Clapham, so what I say is based on what I perceive... But if Rangers fans (of which I’m one) can march and congregate in George Square with the protection of @policescotland , why can’t there be a vigil for #SarahEverard without these tactics by the @metpoliceuk ?

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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7 years

Father and Son. Buried side by side at @CWGC Dartmoor Cemetery. #WW1 #CWGC

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Dr Paul Hamilton

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4 years

When you love your children so much... 🙃

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Dr Paul Hamilton

@_PaulHamilton

2 years

Yeah, you might have sympathy for the Modern Studies Teachers at the moment, but please spare a thought for the History Teachers who will one day have to teach this cluster***k as an essay question!

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1 year

Departing Glasgow Central at sunrise.