John Heffernan

You should look to the future, they say...... You should look to the past, it does not lie if you take time to learn it. 1918..... 2020

In the last month, I had an epiphany. I attended the funeral of Evelyn O Connor's father, Pat who I had known for over twenty years. For a decade before my teaching career, I was very involved in underage and women's soccer as was Pat. Pat was the first person to talk to me at my first Mayo League delegates meeting which was a scary experience for a newly elected club secretary who was just 10 days past his 18th birthday. I had a few battles with Pat and his partner in crime, MM ( who I think was the most devious of the pair!) on the sidelines and meeting room, but within women's football I would have had to deal with Pat a fair bit more as an ally rather than adversary. We shared some good days in the old Belfield Park and Richmond Park and some sad days attending funerals of colleagues gone before their time. I was chatting to a native of Ballyhaunis just before the hearse arrived at the church. He mentioned that Pat was often more busy with his hobbies than his actua

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CESI conference I am presenting at CESI on FIS which is a primary Film in schools porject. www.cesi.ie www.fis.ie

New Job again I am now workingfor the NCTE (National centre for Technology in Education). so goodbye to the Chalkboard for a while. Pity I was looking forward to podcasting with my students this year. but a job is a job is ajob

Long time no post Have not bothered to write as often as I like to. Like most things it is a habit that you have to get into and keep going. I have got a job since the last time that I posted. I am saving a post on the new job at a later stage. I have been reading far more blogs recently and a video blog that I have come across www.rocketboom.com is a good laugh at times. I hope that it keeps going in the same vein for a few more months. I afraid that it's success will probably kill it. The more bandwidth it consumes the more expensive it becomes the need for sponsorship then the need for ads and then it is TV. Keep safe until the next time you fall into my part off the web.