Secret diary of an Irish teacher: I love physical books and always will

So, I put a link to a short story up for my students the other day. The story was by Michael Morpurgo and I was delighted to find an online copy. It can be challenging when you are relying on non-paper texts to teach.

What I hadn’t noticed was that it had been published in The Sun. Midway through the lesson, I glance into a student’s device. Along the margin are images of bikini clad women. These are first years: they’re always first years when I do things like this.