Jon Cocks

Joined November 2021

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Jon Cocks taught Drama and English for many years. 'Angel of Aleppo' is his first full-length novel. Other than an enduring love affair with his Armenian-born wife Lilit, Jon loves books, theatre, movies, the Adelaide Crows, cricket & wine.

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Not a real job
So, says the man-in-real-world-with-real-job to the lefty idiot in classroom. You're a teacher. You got it made. Finish at three, all those holidays. It's not a real job.
By Jon Cocks4 years ago in Education
The Dog Ate My Laptop
Not that long ago, I was a high school teacher. In the past few years, successive conservative governments have cut public education and demanded more from educators: more reliance on technology, more ideological training and development, more planning and outcome documentation, more data, more number-crunching to manufacture favourable-looking literacy and numeracy stats, and, of course, more kids in classes.
By Jon Cocks4 years ago in Education

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