Visually the site, Demob Happy Teacher, is simple. It is a slightly modified blogger template which I’m sure you have seen before. The colors are a soothing combination of greens. The blog is written by a teacher named Jenny who resides in lovely Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom. The earlier blog entries are mostly about her experiences in teaching and other work related issues, more recent entries are much less work related and accessible for a broader audience. Her non-teaching topics include her garden, dog, her driving angst with the Runcorn Bridge, computers (the entry entitled ‘computers!!’ was rather funny), aging (and honest reflection on aging), spiders (big ones to by the looks of it – eek!) sheep and her experimentation with blogger code.
Jennytc seems like a good natured, fun person, and this character is reflected in her writing. Most of the entries are pretty light hearted and maintain a light, somewhat humorous tone. This is best exemplified in her entries about the many spider
invasions. ‘They’ve been reading my blog – they must have been, and now they’re ganging up on me. It’s an organised assault – on my nerves! This morning’s specimen had quietly insinuated itself into the bedroom. There it hung, swaying slightly, on the bedroom ceiling, grinning triumphantly – well it probably was. I didn’t actually get close enough to pick up on facial expressions.. The entry ‘Find your perfect mate :)’ (which is also highly recommended) is also funny. I enjoyed going through the photos she has in her photoblog section. Sheep are funny. BahhhHHH…
The author seems to really enjoy blogging. Her enthusiasm comes through in her many stories (she is now touring France) and observations about life. The blog is amusing and expressed in an open and honest manner. Clearly as Jennytc continues with her html experimentation I’m sure there will be various changes and improvements to the site. I’m not a big fan of a bunch of unconnected links and different looking banners on the sidebar. It seems Jennytc recently added a bunch of them… such as the weather pixie, phase of the moon, clock, weather and quotes. I just find it makes a site look kitschy unless you can tie them together somehow it makes a site look very inconsistent visually.
Overall an enjoyable read. I’m sure most readers would find something enjoyable reading Demob Happy Teacher. A great spirit, I’m curious as to where it will taker her.