20.11.25 - 327 - Ugh

Work from my class yesterday.

I collected Oisin yesterday and we chatted about Mercury Retrograde mishaps. We vented and commiserated and laughed. After which he told me he felt exalted. I said exonerated at the same time. He said, no exalted. I said, well exalted means joyful. Yes, he said, I feel joyful because I have been proved correct. I said, well that's exonerated. Will I google it he said? I said, well be my guest. There was a  lot of laughing and joking. The kind of sparring which I love. We both decided that today was not a gym day, although I told him that I did manage to clean the car which was a total mess. That was good. Cleaned the car.

I also changed my sheets last night. That was also really good. I think I hadn't changed sheets since I came home...which is a couple of months.

Gilgamesh is going well. It's hard to go wrong with a story which speaks to a kind of truth in our lives. So far the class has done the following epics: the Ramayana and Gilgamesh. Last year it did Beowulf, The Ulster Cycle and the Mythic Cycle. It also did a fair chunk of the Norse myths. Those children CANNOT say that I did not give them the myths and the epics. It was interesting to see how many of the children did not like Gilgamesh nor Enkidu. In fact they liked Humbaba best. They did say that the Mesopotamian names are very cool.

Then I did the beginnings of a Celtic Knot Cross with Class 4. That was fun too. After which I began forest school and it very quickly disintegrated into having to deal with children and their low level nonsense. In which the word 'bullying' was used. 

Honestly... it has been a fucking week and a half in school - especially after Mercury Retrograde which continues for the next week or so. Ugh.

I am beginning to think that the Gen Z children are the last normal children on the planet. While being digital natives, technology still had some guard rails - there was no brain rot for one. And this lowest common denominator had not managed to get its grip on the soul of children.

I taught smack bang in the middle of Gen Z and my sons are Gen Z. Gen Alpha children have been utterly ruined by tech. It is just painful to hear the moronic things they talk about. The constant 6-7 - what the fuck is that about? Tech today is a nightmare for children with ADHD. And adults with ADHD. 

Anyway... I was so tired when I got home, all I had the energy for was a hot shower and sleep. I was in bed at 7. I got up at 9.30 pm and then went back to sleep at midnight. I did have some sausage along the way. 

I don't know - what is the deal with pastoral care and children.