Three Days In!

[dawn_felagund]

So I have successfully survived three days as an English teacher in an alternative school for boys with emotional and behavioral disabilities. And I plan on going back tomorrow too

Comments

[ellynn_ithilwen]

I am so glad to hear that! :) Congratulations! :)

[dawn_felagund]

Thank you! :)

[spiced_wine]

I'm still boggling over that. That's high praise indeed!

That's wonderful!

(Also, I got your card. beautiful; thank-you so much!)

[dawn_felagund]

You're welcome! I'm glad it made it over the pond to you. :)

[engarian]

WTG Dawn! Although it doesn't surprise me, it is always gratifying to have your students show you how much impact you can make. You're going to do great here. Just remember that students are "tricksy" and keep on your toes. You have to be more than one step ahead of them, no matter how much they may like you and your classes.

Thanks for the lovely card - I really needed something cool and relaxing like that to look at this week.

- Erulisse (one L)

[dawn_felagund]

You're most welcome! :)

These kids, especially, I expect to be tricksier than Bilbo with a magic ring! :)

[naltariel]

One of the best feelings for teachers is when the kids say they love you. ;) YAY for you! I've always known ever since you beta-ed my fanfic that you'd be a fabulous teacher!

[dawn_felagund]

I'm going to try to live up to that hope. :) I think it helps that I honestly like teenagers--even those who make themselves really hard to like. (Especially those, even.)

[silver_trails]

I can imagine that can be very rewarding! It can't be easy to deal with those students, but reaching them is so imporrtant because you manage to help them to have control of their own lives. Congrats, dear!

[dawn_felagund]

So far, I'm trying to keep myself one step outside of my lessons. I don't want to take offense or dislike a kid who comes in and says, "I hate this class! This shit is boring!" (I told a student today that I could stand up and tap-dance for him, and he'd still find class boring. It's almost like a refrain for some of them.)

[silver_trails]

We don't have special classes here, I think, but no kid would ever dare to say a class is boring. Even if they thought so. Of course I studied in a private school, and it might be different in a public one.

In my country, most people study in public schools, but around 20% of the workforce has studied in private schools.