Comments for Quietroom

Comment on (I Can’t Get No Agreement About) Satisfaction by Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:22:37 +0000

The whole system is an absolute farce and destructive rather than constructive. A ‘satisfactory’ can destroy a school esp. because of its effect on staff morale and parents’ confidence in teachers. Furthemore, there are some schools that have worked extremely hard to be ‘satisfactory’ and continue to work hard to remain at that level. I know this wasn’t your main point but I know I am not the only one who knows that Ofsted inspections are far from ideal (to say the least!).

Comment on (I Can’t Get No Agreement About) Satisfaction by Rachel Emmett

Rachel Emmett — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:18:35 +0000

I agree – this debate is crazy.
Just use the label ‘OK’ for those schools. It will be quicker to write on the ubiquitous texting service that schools now use as their main form of communication to parents.

Comment on When will you come out? by Claire Walters

Claire Walters — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:24:17 +0000

My alarm squealed, the cat stretched and tapped me with a ginger paw. I got up and didn’t need to look out of the window to hear the wind howling around the chimney and the rain battering at the double-glazing. I slumped downstairs wondering why I felt as if I hadn’t slept at all and went through my normal 5am paces: porridge, packed lunches, wash, dress, put cat back to bed and head for the car.

Outside, I realised that the four boxes of recycled cans/bottles/cat food pouches has been tipped up and whirled around the street in disaster-movie style, mixing with the general recycling put out by the neighbours.

Muttering and cursing like the bag lady I appeared to be, I let the rain and wind slap me senseless as I gathered the mess up and tried to hide the crates of shiny, soaking wet rubbish in a less windy spot (hah!).

40 minutes of this was enough and I sat gently steaming in the car, wiping my specs on a miraculously dry bit of shirt and wondering if my hair would stay in an almost complete circle for the whole day (it did). I breathed deeply and set off for the regular daily joys of the Blackwall tunnel.

I came home that night to find the bin-men hadn’t even been.

I should have stayed in bed…

Comment on The Santa Brand by James Sheehy

James Sheehy — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:14:40 +0000

Fucking awesome.

Comment on Don’t ever wish me a ‘Happy Xmas’ by Lora Stevenson

Lora Stevenson — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:46:54 +0000

Here here. Amen. Hallelujah. Strike up the band.

Comment on The mystery of the morphing words by Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:36:25 +0000

Promise this will be my last:

The unbearable lightness of peeing.

Comment on The mystery of the morphing words by Kev S

Kev S — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:29:34 +0000

For Whom the Fig Rolls
My Fare Daily
Perfectly Respectable Liaisons
The Little Nap
On the Couch (Jack Kerouac ?)
The BLT

Comment on The mystery of the morphing words by Claire Walters

Claire Walters — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:59:55 +0000

Crime and Community Service
Warm Comfy Farm
Up the Road
Three Men in a Coat
The pram of Miss Jean Brodie (or is that more interesting?)
Gulliver’s Drivels

Comment on The mystery of the morphing words by Hannah Coates

Hannah Coates — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:14:57 +0000

The Handmaid’s Bucket
Blithering Heights
East of Croydon
Bleak House (Ok, so I didn’t change anything, but surely this is the least exciting novel title ever? No changes necessary…)

Comment on The mystery of the morphing words by Jane

Jane — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 23:32:46 +0000

eleventh night
one gentleman of verona
all’s all right
the autumn’s tale
the down-graded storm
a bit of a fuss over nothing of any consequence
behavioural tips and techniques for a small mouse