Back from BUFF!

The last few days have been something else! I just got back last night from the BUFF Film Festival (I only realised how dubious that sounds to English ears once I got back to Brisol...) in Malmo and feel pretty zonked. A wonderful time was had but the last few days have hardly been restful. NOT that I am complaining. How many other teachers are legitimately get to go abroad for 4 days in term time?

I have been kind of quiet about it in school as I didnt want people to think I was just swanning off and leaving my job behind. This is something that has been on my mind recently - teaching is what I truly love doing and what propells and inspires me but I feel so excited by all the recent Media developments. However, it has been a struggle to carefully to balance two very different ways of working. I feel utterly grateful to Fairfield and the English department for being so supportive and to the Watershed for enabling so many great opportunities but sometimes it is a bit tricky to explain to the students why I am on another trip or working on a project and that they will have a cover.

Anyway, it is good to be back and I will update this Blog soon with more details of my trip back to the Motherland of Sweden...