Change: blackboardblackboard. Here in Germany pupils are assigned classroom "chores" in pairs on rota basis. Responsibilities include opening the windows (for so-called "Stoßlüftung" - lovely word), sweeping the debris away from around your   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 302)

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Change: There the first part of each lesson invariably involved coercing pupils into not climbing out of the windows, clearing up their crisp bags from the floor and rubbing obscenities off the blackboard There the first part of each lesson invariably involved   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 348)

Change: OctoberSept. 2008(Taken just before semester start: Hence the hey-I'm-still-on-holiday look). Funny how you forget what school's like, if you haven't been there a long time, isn't it? I've just returned to full-time school teaching after several years in Business English. Back "at the chalk   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 316)

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Change: Dear Colleagues and Students,Funny how you forget what school's like, if you haven't been there a long time, isn't it? I've just returned to full-time school   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 321)

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