So, I have been snowed in to my suburban London home and though it would be an opportune moment to blog about my teaching career thus far.
I love it, plain and simple. If you know me at all, I love filling in forms and pretening I’m organised. (I know, I’m weird.) That’s why teaching’s the perfect profession for me – I love paperwork. It’s got nothing to do with educating people! Seriously though, I love that moment when a penny drops for a pupil or you manage to convince a totally disinterested pupil that science can be fun. Or someone who has no faith in themselves realises, with some help, that they can actually do science. I love giving pupils that little push to help them believe in themselves and to develop the confidence to admit they don’t understand some things – too many people are too scared to admit they don’t know everything.
I love teaching, I love working in schools – I just hate doing my PGCE! Sessions at university are so dull and lectures are so irrelevant. I wish I could be back in school. Even School 2, with the delight that is Bob, my new mentor.
