WOW
so my plan to contribute on a regular basis to livejournal went out of the window the moment i made the vow. all i can say is wow. i have been incredibly busy. being back at uni after a three year gap was quite a blow to me. not in the sense that i feel old. there are quite a few mature students in my group. i mean more in the sense that they literally bombarded us with so much information. policies. teaching strategies. target levels. attainments. gah. the list goes on. i have a tonne load of literature, booklets and more text that i simply have not been able to look at in any depth because the lectures and group sessions have been very full on. the first week of uni i went home almost everyday with a headache because it was too much for me.
it has eased up slighty. time has flown by already. half term break is next week. can't wait. i'm currently in my second week at my first school placement. it's a great school and the kids are great. i've always had the scary feeling of not knowing how the kids will be and how they will treat you or how i would come across to them. after having observed lessons for the first few weeks and talking to individuals in lessons i've realised i've got nothing to worry about. there are the odd one or two disruptive kids but i've noticed that if you give them the right attention they are interested in learning and they will do work when you ask them.
right now i am just shattered. i can't believe i'll actually start teaching after half term. i don't know if i'll take a whole class just yet. maybe i'll start off by doing a portion of the lesson and go from there. while i'm in school during my free lessons when i'm not observing i'm already busy killing trees with my photocopying of schemes of work and thinking up resources for lessons to make them exciting.
i'm really having a ball with this course. i'm knackered after each day but i come away happy.
other news:
darren and i are looking for a flat together. just saw one today. absolutely love it. it's not in the most desirable of places but it's on a quiet road. huge place with lots of storage space to stuff all my junk that i have accumulated in the past. dragging darren to go and see it tomorrow and hopefully we can sort all the paper work out with the estate agents soon-ish. would be great if everything could be done during half term because my landlord has just had a baby and i feel like i should be finding my own place as it's getting a mite crowded in this house. it will mean that i pay more rent and pay those awful things called BILLS but hey. it's all part of life and i'd rather do it now rather than later.
i've FINALLY left my weekend job. it had to be done. management were just useless and horrible. you might as well be shit on the floor to them. yeah. seven years there was MORE than long enough. i'm glad to have my weekends back to mundane things like laundry and ironing. last sunday was great. i had my driving lesson in the morning and picked up a sunday paper on my way to darren's place. we spent the whole morning going through all the supplements included with the newspaper and that took us the better part of the morning and lunch time. i did some uni work then we went out for a walk down to the high street and had yummy cake and coffee.
money wise i should be ok. i think :/ i've spent so much already on close and stupid stationary. because i'll be teaching a shortage subject i've got quite a big training bursary every month up until the end of my course so that's keeping me going. i don't see the need for me to take up a weekend job again unless my situation turns dire. i'll try not to as much as possible.
so yeah that's my life in a nutshell for now. i'm still reading what everyone else has been up to even though i don't leave a comment.
i can't believe it's nearly CHRISTMAS O_O
it has eased up slighty. time has flown by already. half term break is next week. can't wait. i'm currently in my second week at my first school placement. it's a great school and the kids are great. i've always had the scary feeling of not knowing how the kids will be and how they will treat you or how i would come across to them. after having observed lessons for the first few weeks and talking to individuals in lessons i've realised i've got nothing to worry about. there are the odd one or two disruptive kids but i've noticed that if you give them the right attention they are interested in learning and they will do work when you ask them.
right now i am just shattered. i can't believe i'll actually start teaching after half term. i don't know if i'll take a whole class just yet. maybe i'll start off by doing a portion of the lesson and go from there. while i'm in school during my free lessons when i'm not observing i'm already busy killing trees with my photocopying of schemes of work and thinking up resources for lessons to make them exciting.
i'm really having a ball with this course. i'm knackered after each day but i come away happy.
other news:
darren and i are looking for a flat together. just saw one today. absolutely love it. it's not in the most desirable of places but it's on a quiet road. huge place with lots of storage space to stuff all my junk that i have accumulated in the past. dragging darren to go and see it tomorrow and hopefully we can sort all the paper work out with the estate agents soon-ish. would be great if everything could be done during half term because my landlord has just had a baby and i feel like i should be finding my own place as it's getting a mite crowded in this house. it will mean that i pay more rent and pay those awful things called BILLS but hey. it's all part of life and i'd rather do it now rather than later.
i've FINALLY left my weekend job. it had to be done. management were just useless and horrible. you might as well be shit on the floor to them. yeah. seven years there was MORE than long enough. i'm glad to have my weekends back to mundane things like laundry and ironing. last sunday was great. i had my driving lesson in the morning and picked up a sunday paper on my way to darren's place. we spent the whole morning going through all the supplements included with the newspaper and that took us the better part of the morning and lunch time. i did some uni work then we went out for a walk down to the high street and had yummy cake and coffee.
money wise i should be ok. i think :/ i've spent so much already on close and stupid stationary. because i'll be teaching a shortage subject i've got quite a big training bursary every month up until the end of my course so that's keeping me going. i don't see the need for me to take up a weekend job again unless my situation turns dire. i'll try not to as much as possible.
so yeah that's my life in a nutshell for now. i'm still reading what everyone else has been up to even though i don't leave a comment.
i can't believe it's nearly CHRISTMAS O_O