So that’s it, the end of my PGCE. I can’t quite believe it’s all over. And, as much as I have hated the last nine months, I loved it too. Yes, it’s been tough – but hopefully it’s been worth the pain. I left with a tear in my eye this afternoon: it seems bizarre that I’ll never see my tutors again as they’ve been my lifeline over the course – I regard them a lot like how I regarded my teachers in Sixth Form. But funnily enough, I’m not sure if I’ve made any friends. Yes, it’s been nice seeing people on the course when we’ve been at university so that we can have a moan about things, but I doubt I’ve made any lifelong friendships. Still, we all survived!
Tomorrow I am going to the Association of Science Education (ASE) South East Area Science & CPD Conference being held at the University of Surrey in Guildford. I figured that it was only £30 (because I’m a student) and I have the day off, so I might as well. I’m attending all sorts of sessions on things that I’m interested in, rather than things I should be interested in, so hopefully I’ll enjoy it!
And next weeks starts the biggest change in my life – full time work. I start at Penguin High as an NQT on Monday and I can’t quite believe I’ve been given my wings and been forced to fly! Part of my thinks that I’ve been pushed before I’m ready but I know it’s just nerves. As we were told today: this is the end of the beginning, not the beginning of the end. This is just the end of my training. And now I’m about to start the real thing.
