Reports, Carnivale, Lunchy Munchees

 I was entirely wrong about when my reports were due in, which is a damn good thing as they've taken a lot longer than I'd hoped. They are actually due in this week, which has meant that I've been a lot less rushed. Still, it did mean that I slacked off until today, and am now facing a bunch of painful report writing at the last minute again.

The only good thing is that I've done most of my senior reports already, despite the fact that they're due in on Friday, while junior reports are due in on Thursday. I'm about 60% of the way through my junior reports, and about 70% of the way through my seniors. I'm aiming to get them all done, so I'm not stressed out tomorrow. Of course, this means that I should stop blogging and go do them, but I just did a solid half-hour in the computer lab, so a five minute break isn't too bad.

Carnivale is a damn good show. Debbie and I are up to episode 11 of the first series (which Scott very kindly loaned us), and it's a very creepy, compelling show. I'm not sure that enjoyable quite describes it, but very good. I suspect that I shall be seeking season 2 quite promptly once we're through season 1.

In food related flattery, I have now been asked by 2 students to be their nominated catering assessment recipient. Next week I'm getting lunch cooked for me by a former student as part of a Y12 catering assessment. He came and asked me on Friday last week. Yesterday another Y12 student (one who I teach this year) came and made me a 'proposition'. They're quite enjoying adding an element of double entendre to the whole affair. I politely said that I was already taken, but that I'd be prepared to eat 2 lunches if that was helpful.* The student was disappointed, but promptly set off in search of another teacher to feed.

And lastly, on a professional note, I was asked by my HOD to make some sort of a presentation / video type thing for the school's open night. I threw together a power point presentation to loop, got a colleague to look over and pretty it up, then set up a projector and laptop before leaving school yesterday. Apparently it was quite successful, with parents being entranced by the moving and shiny images. Some of the photos were quite funny, as I got my form class and Y9 extension class to pose lining up outside the library, delivering a (fake) speech, 'reading' books and so on. Quite fun.

Alas, the reports call to me. Sigh.

* Debbie referred to this as a culinary threesome