When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

ratemyteachers.ie has been getting a lot of coverage of late.

When I first checked the site, five of the teachers from my secondary school were rated. Now, there are thirty-four teachers rated. I can find most of the teachers who taught me in there. I’d like to think that after eleven years, I can look back and think about them in a fairly objective manner. But the ratings bring it all back to me. With teachers it seems, nothing changes. The comments about my old teachers pretty much sum up what I would have said about them. It’s interesting that they haven’t changed at all in the time since I left, nor have students’ opinions of them.

It’s also interesting that when I go to Cork, I am stuck by the sameness of students eleven years on. They could be me, in terms of hairstyles, school shoes, school bags etc. In education, little changes.

meg hourihan is coming to ireland in may. it says so in the upcoming section of her website.

anyone who uses blogger and doesn’t know who meg hourihan is, SHAME on you! wikipedia will tell you about her.