Since 2009, when I finished my undergrad course, I have been applying to do my PGCE. January 2011 I started working as a TA and 2 years later, I'm a teacher. It's still sinking in. SO many things to think about over the summer, I'm actually too excited...my new class are in for a treaaaat....
My answer to the most asked questions/comments about my proffession:
"Secondary or Primary?"- PRIMARY. All day. Err' day.
"What exactly do you teach 5 year olds? Do they learn anything?"- We teach them to read, count, write....providing foundations for the rest of their education. We teach them how to be decent little humans...which in some cases will be learnt for the first time...I could go on...
" And how many holidays do you get in a year again? 5/6?"- Depends on what you define as holiday. Report writing, lesson planning, studying and assessing your children's progress and mentally preparing for the next term... most teachers would compare it to working from home.
...and so forth...
At 7:45am when teachers are comfortably engrossed in their morning preparation, then the same teachers are being shooed out of their classrooms at 6:15pm so the caretaker can lock up...and YOU are one of them...you realise you have found your calling.
The craziest thing is that the children I will be teaching in September were being born as I was deciding to go down the teaching path while I was at Uni. Crazy times. Happy days. *all smiles* This is it!
I'm a thinker. A logical introvert. Forever needing to express what's on my heart. And now that I have the time to...Watch this Space ;)
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