I am a 27 year old Religious Education teacher at a Catholic High School for boys in London, UK. I live with my wife, Hazel, and our cats, Brandy and Mal.
On this blog I hope to record the key events that have been happening in my life. This will involve:
- My experiences as a teacher.
- My role as organiser and leader of liturgies in school.
- My passtimes and the ways in which I relax.
- The key events in Hazel’s and my health, as Hazel has been suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for the last few years and I have had numerous health problems.
Why I am Intellectual Bohemian can be found here.
January 6, 2007 at 1:03 am
Hi there,
I was glad to find your blog today, I’ve been searching for other R.E. bloggers. I also teach RE at a Catholic High School. It’s just outside of Toronto, Canada.
I also was looking for educational bloggers to “tag”. It’s a way to sort of build community in the education blogosphere. So you may want to check out my blog http://mrocarroll.wordpress.com/ as I have tagged you. Sorry to post this in your About Me page, but I couldn’t find your email address.
Sincerely
S. O’Carroll
March 6, 2007 at 10:59 am
Hi!
You have a great blog. I like the concept of “intellectual bohemianism” and enjoyed reading your site posts.
I am from Northern California where a lot of people think they are bohemian, (Sonoma County even has a newspaper called The Bohemian,) but for the most part, they are more “flakey hippie” than “bohemian. We have a high population of people who enjoy practicing a laid-back-lifestyle. Not that that is bad in itself, but people mistake being a laid-back with being a “bohemian.”
Many people who call themselves bohemian are being different for the sake of fitting in with everyone else. They identify with the groovy, natural, farmer’s market culture, and so they adopt the “lifestyle” and dress of a typical Northern Californian. However, I don’t really think that is being bohemian in the true sense.
Being bohemian means making intelligent choices and not conforming for your own reasons: People might label you as being unconventional as a result, but it is not being unconventional as the goal.
It is the difference between wearing a tie-dye shirt because it looks cool, and making your own tie-dye shirt because you want to express yourself artistically. A hippy wears the shirt because it looks groovy. A bohemian makes the shirt because they want to create something beautiful for themselves. A hippy drives a diesel Volvo because it’s cool to be environmental. A Bohemian might make their own biodiesel–partly because it is environmental–partly because they want to see if they can.
Being bohemian means using your intelligence, and teaching yourself about things you find interesting in the world. Maybe it involves being frugal, but not for the purpose of being anti-capitalist. More for the purpose of choosing not to be wasteful. It means expressing yourself creatively and artistically. Bohemians desire to live richly by appreciating the beauty that is around us.
Anyway, I would like to know your definition of what it means to be an Intellectual Bohemian. The concept is fascinating.
Best wishes, from one free-spirit to another,
Z
May 9, 2007 at 7:59 pm
So I got your site forwarded in the wiki of the month. What a fantastic effort. In the best web tradition I want to steal your ideas and pay homage at my school. We are a catholic school in Salford nr Manchester with a link to a school in Tanzania. What I want is to tie Britain to Africa through a flat earth type project. Perhaps once we are up and running we can link to yourself and Canada too. Is this OK with you, have you any advice? Please dont look too closely at the school website above one of the reasons for this project is to move the supposely professional site forward a bit!
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