Blank Walls

If you had to choose three things to bring with you from all your possessions, what would it be?

I played this game as a child and teenager. Even as an adult. Lol

But last year it got real. We had to choose. We left the school in Sudan as bullets and explosions went off around us, with death in the air and on the ground, with a niggling feeling between my shoulder blades where the next shot might hit. We had three bags. By the time we arrived in Ireland, over ten days later, it had been whittled down to one.

What did we choose, other than clothes?

1. We brought enough dried food (rice and lentils) for a week. We had reduced to two meals a day in the school. We couldn’t carry all our supplies but we carried what we could. In the French embassy, where we waited for hours, there was no food. At least 50 children, a number of diabetic adults and no food. Thank goodness for the supplies. We fed the children and diabetic adults painstakingly using cups in a microwave. We were just about to start feeding the regular adults when the call for the buses came.

2. A cuddly toy for each of the boys. They are both still with us now. Much loved. I also grabbed a handful of some books I had brought from Blank Walls. As most schools in Ireland seem to have predictive texts rather than decodable texts, they have been very useful as additional homework activities for the boys after school.

3. Tech. My Mac, Rami’s work laptop. The iPad. With these devices, Rami was able to continue working remotely until recently and I was able to support Unity families around the world, write references for our much loved and displaced staff and of course job hunt as I restarted my career in Ireland.

I wonder what three things you would/could or did bring? What do you wish you had but you forgot?

This morning, my day begins with a lesson teaching IGCSE English First Language. My student is preparing for the exam in October. I have a fun but strenuous lesson planned with some additional work prepared for skill development outside of the lesson time.

Tutoring services available online. Payment needs to be made to Irish or UK bank.

Fee is 300 British pounds or 350 Euros per set of ten lessons. Primary.
Fee is 400 British pounds or 450 Euros per set of ten lessons. Secondary.
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Full reports received after each set.

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Reading, writing, maths, science for primary school. Years 7-9 English teaching and prep for checkpoint. English First/Second Language and/or Literature for IGCSE. All English language/literature combinations for A Level.

Today we heard that our beloved centre was looted. It was expected but so sad. My heart and soul were invested in this place of learning.

Now, I must remind myself that these things, are just things; this place was just a place. Learning happens in the mind and the hand. Thank God we still have those.

Blank Walls was a name given in honour of those who need less distraction in order to learn more. Now that our walls are more blank, I am learning a painful but necessary lesson, a valuable lesson.

Things are just things.

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Prepping resources for our group lessons. All part of the job!