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September 2025

August 2025

And I'm not happy and I'm not sad

There's panic on the streets of Carlisle

Aug 16 • 

John-Paul Powley

Liking what I am supposed to dislike

I like the changes that Erica Stanford have proposed for Year 11 to 13 in education.

Aug 9 • 

John-Paul Powley

July 2025

June 2025

Winter

There’s been a lot of bravado in these posts recently.

Jun 22 • 

John-Paul Powley

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Freedom's just another word

for pretty much anything

Jun 20 • 

John-Paul Powley

The missing document

Often when I listen to people whose views tend to the left talk along the lines of “teachers know best” I find myself shaking my head.

Jun 14 • 

John-Paul Powley

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1

May 2025

AI (anti intellectual)

We had the annual professional development day for many of the secondary teachers in the Wellington region on Friday.

May 31 • 

John-Paul Powley

5

2

Let's Talk About Maths

This year I decided to stop thinking “I’m bad at maths” and to start acknowledging that I was taught maths badly and that put me off.

May 24 • 

John-Paul Powley