Farmer Jim's latest activity

Ran a different Parkrun this morning, - Parke - which is on National Trust grounds in Bovey Tracey on the edge of Dartmoor. Its a...

8.5 miles this morning including 6x800m efforts on a quiet, flat, and straight pavement section near me. Love to do my efforts.along the...

Deftones - Private Music… on repeat!

That's how all the sand from the Mojave Desert ends up in Mexico, didn't you know??

I just can’t get over “turn the taps on in Canada because it’s above the us”

I was talking about the media, rather than government officials etc. It would make for a great satirical comedy show and also make for...

Those that do get fired (see the CDC Director, for example)

Did you get a gold star for your essay?

The book’s written by two blokes who underachieved at school then became teachers. They do a good job of distilling the research into...

I’ll check it out. Ironically I’ve found the girls far more of a challenge when it comes to disengagement over the last 3/4 years

Now considering this was before I’d actually done any teaching. IIRC I suggested applying the same community engagement strategies...

The book ‘Boys don’t try’ is a brilliant book that addresses just this and transformed my teaching practice.

It’s literally been a target group for years in school. Resources and strategy employed specifically to this cohort to close the gap...

I trained as a teacher in 2006, a part of my training was writing an essay on why white British boys were underperforming and how we...

They're making obscene profits increasing all the time and yet we're constantly told it's because of the cost of energy production. If...