I caught up with the head of year 11 yesterday to discuss teen son’s progress towards his GCSEs. All she could really tell me, and I am not sure I didn’t know this, was that he needs to work harder. My two recent interactions with teachers at this particular school just highlight to me that some people find it difficult to listen to what others say and are highly inclined to talk over them. I am left wondering how the voice of the students gets heard, because I am a mature, professional woman and I couldn’t get my points across.

This was my second visit to the school in just a couple of hours, as I had been summoned to collect Matt at lunchtime, the poor boy has a bad dose of man flu and has now retreated to his bed where he will stay till this afternoon and it is the weekend. I am happy to report that his appetite is reasonably in tact, so at least he won’t waste away. Often these days I am glad I don’t have more teenagers, I am not sure I could afford the food bill!

Today I am meeting with my RCN representative to discuss the messy job process I have been thrown into. It got better yesterday, when I discovered that the lead interviewer and my current assistant director told the successful candidate before she told me that I interviewed really poorly! I haven’t yet had feedback from that fateful day, but actually am sure my interview was pretty poor but that is not the point. Treat people as you would like to be treated has always been my motto and in this case treatment has been shoddy. I had to reassure my colleague that I actually am able to go to interview and be successful, it was just that particular situation with that person with whom I already have some history. Though I am nervous about my interview next week, I am actually also very positive about what I need to do in order to set about getting the job, in fact I am oddly clearer than I was in December for the job I should have been better at getting. I am beginning to wonder if all this hasn’t happened for a reason and whether I really wanted that job at all? I need something new to reignite my enthusiasm for work lets hope that something is just around the corner!