Mrs Plug has battled through the whole shingles episode, and despite feeling rough, took her numeracy exam today. All newly qualified teachers need to pass a numeracy test, a literacy test and an ICT test to prove their competence. Whilst I am not against the general principle of this, the tests themselves are ridiculous. Why on earth an art teacher needs to be able to effectively demonstrate the ability to work out a fairly complex mathematical problem in their head within 18 seconds is beyond me. However, this is what she must do. She had already passed the other two, and missed out on the numeracy by one mark. With a little bit of hard work, and some assistance from a friend, she went off and stormed it, so much relief at Plug Towers. It looks like she is well on course for qualifying. Now all she needs is a job.....and they are are rare as hen's teeth or intelligent ideas from Michael Gove. We are also looking at the business and the other opportunities that are on the table at the moment. We have just got permission to put in the electrics required into the garage to get the pottery empire back up and running. This is very exciting for Mrs Plug. We are also looking at expanding the business significantly now, and I hope to have more news on that soon. I know the economy is Ina Keres at the moment, but now is the time to be working harder and trying out more and more things. I do not want to look back and think we didn't really give it a proper go.
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