Texan Teacher Shortage in UK
Consonant reader,
The job I'm in, well, it's funny.
Any other teachers out there must agree, nod in agreement, say "Yeah, I've been there", laugh and say "I know, I know" or just say "10-4 good buddy", if that teacher happened to hail from Texas, USA.
Texan teachers in the UK are rare (although this is not the rule, merely a common observaton).
You really are on the go all day. Nothing stops. From the moment you get in to school you find yourself preparing for any last minute details you forgot to iron out from yesterdays lesson preparations and plans (photocopying, copying files on the network- it all takes time)
Pupils stop and talk to you, staff talk to you, pupils ask you things, inane yet useful things which you must give a meaningful answer to, even if the answer you give is by no means the whole truth.
There's moving rooms after each bell. Remebering which lesson is next.
Talking a lot. Shouting a bit too. Yelling sometimes. (Thats just the staff -*arf!*)
You get a lot more aware of the time that you work through in the day. At lunchtime, hopefully the 40 minutes you get is your own, if your not on duty or helping out in computer club (By the way, thats helping some kids to print off essays etc.- not just geeky programmers, although by god, we get them too)
After school, clearing up, maybe a departmental meeting or AFTER school computer club. More lesson preparation. Then get home as quick as your tired worn out legs can carry you (However most teachers nowadays use cars or other automated transports to get home, which makes walking a virtual 'thing of the past').
I type this knackered, sick to death of looking at a computer screen. I hate computers...
..
..However, folks, its all good, believe me. I wouldn't change it for anything. I DO enjoy it, the whole shotting match. As they say, every day is different, and you just don't know whats going to happen; the fire alarm might go off, you might have to break up a fight or you might be talking to one of your forms parents over the phone to discuss their work.
Anything out of the ordinary on a daily basis is ok by me. It keeps me on my toes, doesn't make me feel completely comfortable and makes me a lot more aware of things going on around me. Sounds funny, but its a good thing.
*WHACK!*
..Who threw that!
B x.
The job I'm in, well, it's funny.
Any other teachers out there must agree, nod in agreement, say "Yeah, I've been there", laugh and say "I know, I know" or just say "10-4 good buddy", if that teacher happened to hail from Texas, USA.
Texan teachers in the UK are rare (although this is not the rule, merely a common observaton).
You really are on the go all day. Nothing stops. From the moment you get in to school you find yourself preparing for any last minute details you forgot to iron out from yesterdays lesson preparations and plans (photocopying, copying files on the network- it all takes time)
Pupils stop and talk to you, staff talk to you, pupils ask you things, inane yet useful things which you must give a meaningful answer to, even if the answer you give is by no means the whole truth.
There's moving rooms after each bell. Remebering which lesson is next.
Talking a lot. Shouting a bit too. Yelling sometimes. (Thats just the staff -*arf!*)
You get a lot more aware of the time that you work through in the day. At lunchtime, hopefully the 40 minutes you get is your own, if your not on duty or helping out in computer club (By the way, thats helping some kids to print off essays etc.- not just geeky programmers, although by god, we get them too)
After school, clearing up, maybe a departmental meeting or AFTER school computer club. More lesson preparation. Then get home as quick as your tired worn out legs can carry you (However most teachers nowadays use cars or other automated transports to get home, which makes walking a virtual 'thing of the past').
I type this knackered, sick to death of looking at a computer screen. I hate computers...
..
..However, folks, its all good, believe me. I wouldn't change it for anything. I DO enjoy it, the whole shotting match. As they say, every day is different, and you just don't know whats going to happen; the fire alarm might go off, you might have to break up a fight or you might be talking to one of your forms parents over the phone to discuss their work.
Anything out of the ordinary on a daily basis is ok by me. It keeps me on my toes, doesn't make me feel completely comfortable and makes me a lot more aware of things going on around me. Sounds funny, but its a good thing.
*WHACK!*
..Who threw that!
B x.