Happy birthday Parkrun
So after six weeks as substitute teacher, the actual teacher returned from lands afar and so my contract ended, mainly to my relief. The fulfilment was in witnessing how the children gradually adjusted, with support and nurturing, they became so much more confident and relaxed compared with the terrors of the first week when another colleague compared it to an asylum where the sound of screaming and crying pervaded the corridors for most of the day. It was also in hearing th
