1.9.25 - Day 0

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Classroom finally ready













Made by Oisin


Of all the classrooms in the school, this is the one I spent the most time in mostly because of Covid. Or was it the other classroom I just left. Unclear.

Anyway, it took me the best part of two days to clear the classroom and organise stuff. It was dreadful the amount of things we threw away. Just one thing after the other. In fact we filled an entire skip. Oisin and Ghin came to help me clear the place. Both of them tested their strength and derring do - how many trips do the skip will this take? Answer 3 - and how many trips up and down the stairs to other classrooms? Answer 2. What would I do without these amazing boys? I salute them. In the end we managed to get everything done within the hour - it would have taken me at least half a day on my own. After that we went and had pizza. I had a glass of wine. It was a celebration. Lots of laughing and giggling. Lots of great conversation. We always have good times with the chatting. The reuniting of the three musketeers. I hadn't seen Ghin forever. Oisin I saw on Friday. So that wasn't so bad. But by GOD. Hopefully that's the end of the clearing out. From now on the classes and settled. From now on, we are smoothly sailing. 

Whew.

I threw away so much really. Already the files which I had accumulated over the years, that was binned at the start of this process. Over the rest of the year I must either take things back or bin them. I CANNOT have another round of bringing stuff all over the fucking school again. I'm so tired. So fucking tired.

September. I am already done.

But I'll be fine once we get started again. In the meantime, I will enjoy my beautiful new classroom - and I need to write out my time table. My body was so sore after the exertions of the weekend. Oh yes! I also managed to listen to all of the Ramayana while I was cleaning stuff out. It only took me 11 hours. It was interesting to note that I had no missed much at all. I wonder though if the reason why these epics are so fucking long is because people kept adding stuff to it over the course of the millennia. The Ramayana is over 3,000 years old. It's 7 to 4 BCE. As is the Mahabharata. I love how I get to know more and more about both as I go on. I love being a Steiner teacher.

Yesterday I started off by doing the map of Bharat, or India. I didn't know that India's other name is Bharat. Which means that Mahabharata means the Great Indian (Epic). It's so insane. Simple things like that. 

I managed to glue on Paravati's or Lakshimi's arm and no, its Sarawati - right I need to do this timetable...

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