Fighting one of the hardest battles of my life. The battle against COVID-19. I’ve Never had my body tested like this & my outlook on life has definitely been affected. I’m now on the road to recovery as this virus broke me mentally and physically but Im feeling much better now 🙏🏽
My worse experience is Sting 08 me a try find me car & Gaza vs Gully fight start inna road.
Bottle fling tump a fly and me a try run & man ask me who me rep. Tell him say me uptown and Supa Hype ah me artiste
Deeven memba how me end up inna one bush. Me just roll weh then run
Took a banned item from a student & told him he could get it back for $500
Thought I was teaching him a lesson in consequences
Found out it was his last 500 & he didnt eat lunch
Turns out I only exhibited corruption Apologized to him today& gave him $1000 I was wrong
#teacherlife
Even if he didn’t crash. Taking my car without permission. Sorry. Stealing my car while I’m sleeping? This friendship has reached its expiration point my guy.
Told my students I was in a bad mood because I didn’t have any breakfast today. Turned around from heading up the board and found this on my desk. 😁
#teacherlife
I’m gonna start answering intrusive family questions darkly.
“Why you getting so fat?”
“I’m depressed and don’t want to be alive so I’m eating instead of exercising.”
“No kids yet?”
“I’m not sure I want to raise a child on this death globe.”
🤷🏽♂️
Masters degree aside … a nuff CXC and Cape exam me fail ennuh.
Regular exams make me feel dunce ennuh.
Big up my modda for never giving up on me nah lie.
Third former them say ‘sir kotch eh hat’ and me rest me book pon me head and say ‘rich a lie’ place mash up.
Wish it was recorded but some moments live in memories.
A Student was absent all last week
Me: You gone so long me think yuh dead!
Student: Not me sir but my grandfather dead.
Me: 😟
Student: 😐 nuh worry sir me good now 😄
Me shame.
My thoughts on this teacher thing CANNOT fit twitter. I may have to do a thread but the idea that people see teachers resignations as just slots to fill shows me that a lot of people don’t value teachers and the years they put in and how hard of a decision it is to leave the kids
They say teaching is a thankless job so I’m highly honored to be recognized for this award 🥹 I owe it to my students past and present and look forward to receiving it.
The Eternal Father Awards congratulates, Mr. Simon “Simmo” Brown (
@simonthewriter
) for being conferred the Honourary Award for Exemplary Leadership and Development of Young Men.
Mr. Brown will receive his award at the awards show on Sunday, 18 June 2023
@achotelkingston
Fact say some comments on the video are like
‘I’m glad you stayed in jamaica,we need teachers like you’
Like guuuuurl. If a foreign school call me TUH-MARROW
HAM GONE.
A lot of students used school as a means of escaping abuse.
then forced to “tan at yuh yard” in that abuse for 2 years.
Then rushed back into a tense social setting in schools with other students carrying baggage.
Factor this into your judgements of these recent incidents
Just want to thank
@simonenclarke
for this wonderful opportunity to share what I do and be a representative for all the teachers that give their all.
Tune in to TVJ Monday at 8:30
The point of all of this? The biggest struggle for me isnt death but its the idea that as a man Im forced to repress feelings & now crying only brings back the deepest darkest memories We need to reevaluate how we teach men to express & analyze their feelings. And do it with love