30th Oct – I’ve watched every 7 Up episode since I was 7, and today I watched the latest, 56 Up.\u00a0 Michael Apted didn’t plan it this way in the beginning, but thanks to his perseverance, every 7 years I catch up with people I’ve known since I was a child.<\/p>\n
31st Oct – There’s a Halloween party for 20 children under way next door.\u00a0 This is unusual where I live.<\/p>\n
1st Nov – Tutoring a student in a college library, we were asked to leave for recess.\u00a0 The library closed for 15 minutes.\u00a0 Who made up that rule?<\/p>\n
2nd Nov – A tutoring agency asked me to fill in my details on a page entitled “Teachers Backend”.<\/p>\n
3rd Nov – In the last two years my neighbour in the Housing flats has had two babies.\u00a0 The father has taken them away to another town.\u00a0 She accepts it;\u00a0 she has no money to get them back or even to go and see them.\u00a0 Her life is so different from mine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
30th Oct – I’ve watched every 7 Up episode since I was 7, and today I watched the latest, 56 Up.\u00a0 Michael Apted didn’t plan it this way in the beginning, but thanks to his perseverance, every 7 years I catch up with people I’ve known since I was a child. 31st Oct – There’s … <\/p>\n