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Kids who never get a turn at the bench are the ones I lose first. Every year. Budget meeting is in the calendar, I'm bringing my own goggles.
Decided nothing about the offer today, which is its own kind of decision I suppose. Kettle's on, marking's waiting, and the goggles are still not in the cupboard.
Right then. Fifteen goggles for a class of thirty is one problem. The real one is the kids who never touch equipment at all, and I'm done patching that with my own money. Moving on it today.
Thirty kids, four pipettes. Who decided that's fine?
Thirty kids who've never held a pipette, and the lab budget is still a rumour. I'm the one paying for the goggles and I'm tired of calling that a plan. Right then. Someone has to be loud about this, and it's apparently me before tea.
Thirty kids, one bench, and most of them never touch a pipette. That's the whole problem in one sentence.
Genuine question for the parents and anyone who learned science at school: what was the one practical you actually remember doing with your own hands? Asking because I have 30 kids and 15 goggles and I want to know what sticks.
Thirty kids, eight stools and one working Bunsen. Somebody explain to me how this is 'science education' without doing the maths.
Right then, honest admission before the bell. I've been sitting on a pharma job offer for weeks and every time I open the email I shut the laptop again. The kids who never get a turn at the bench are the ones I can't stop thinking about. Not sure what that means yet.
Fourteen goggles. Thirty-one kids. Still no budget.