Thursday 22 September

I’m at school today – in the middle of the school holidays giving a class for my Year 12’s. I wonder sometimes if I am insane. Only 9 out of the 17 turned up and very little constructive work was done by anyone. The students are really struggling to even know where to start to begin their notes and I can see that the majority of the work is going to be done by them at the last minute. I keep trying to remind myself that I can only do so much – I can give them the information, I can give them ideas and strategies as to how to revise, I can give them exam revision questions and offer my time to answer questions, but I cannot force them to do it. If only I could.