Here's something to add to my list of reasons I love being a teacher - SNOW ( Read more... )

RIGHT. I am planned up until Wednesday, I just need to figure out where the exam papers I am doing with Yr 8 are. I has an urge to punctuate that announcement with obscenities, but I shan't. It's probably only because I hate one of my Year 8 classes, anyway. Although, it was very funny when one of them stormed out the room yelling that she hated ( Read more... )

So, I have a sneaking suspicion that I might have got my job because a)I <3 SMARTBoards, b)I speak Japanese, c)I'm willing to teach a Year 10 extension class after school and d)I set someone's gaydar off at my interview. The last one makes more sense if you were ever to meet the rest of the German department. XD ( Read more... )

Woohoo, first day at school tomorrow! :D Everyone else I know who managed to start their NQT year a term before me (Pfft. French/Spanish teachers...) is not looking forward to it. Even though it seems that everyone has an INSET day. Bwhahaha. I am still very excited. I have just, in the height of sadness, made sure that my mp3 player is fully ( Read more... )

I am going through a mass of Year 9 (Hah! Score! I only have one Year 9 class!) powerpoints to get a comprehensive list of common mistakes to go through in class. I have planned the lesson, made the IWB resources, I just need this list ( Read more... )

URGH. Today has not gone well. As a result of not-going-well-ness I have made absolutely zero progress with any of my planning for next week. Yes, it's next week now. HORRORS. I have made a list detailing everything I want to do with each of my classes for every lesson next week, I have remote access to school resources, I have textbooks galore, ( Read more... )

Epic Saturday tomorrow. Epic Saturday is a new day which has been spontaneously added to this holiday because people are retarded and would give up their precious tickets to see the RSC performing Hamlet just because the goggly-eyed man from Dr. Who has broken his leg. Or back. Or whatever it was he broke. I am far too excited to care, as Janet and ( Read more... )

1. Ticketmaster finally sent me my Wicked tickets.
2. Cab-drivers in the Ruislip/Pinner area. Dey is da dudes innit. Respectin the cabbie massif.
3. The man in Subway giving me a free donut.
4. I have a job.

A real job.

I can has job now.Yep, after the Christmas holidays I shall be teaching German and maybe even some Japanese at a "High ( Read more... )

I am in my room, packing for what is now, in hindsight, an unfortunately timed trip. The phones rings. As I am half-expecting to be called at some point re: the somewhat terrifying interview I have on Monday, I answer the phone ( Read more... )

So, from Monday I will be teaching random French to primary school children, and unless I manage to get a full-time post teaching German for January, I will be teaching MORE French part-time in Cressex after Christmas ( Read more... )