Coming up…
Well, prac is now finished for the year, and I have to wait until next year before I find out where I’m placed for the last 45 days of prac. Fingers crossed I get somewhere close(ish) to home, with not too feral kids! I finally got the whole English/History Major/Minor blah blah thing sorted out [...]
My life right now
My job with the year 12s at the alternative school has ended because they go to Europe next week and don’t get back until about 3 days before the HSC exam. We managed to cover the entire HSC syllabus in 2 terms! It was a great learning experience for me, and I hope that it [...]
Catching up
I’ve been completely absent from the online world (other than the occasional tweet) for a while now, I haven’t even had the chance to read all my regular blogs. I’ll catch up soon though… as soon as the new semester starts. Finally got my grades for last semester: a HD for EDUC107; another HD for [...]
First day
Today was my first official day as a teacher’s aide at a state high school a few suburbs over. What a hilarious day! First period was induction and training and 2nd was a faculty meeting, so I got eased in nicely. Period 3 was spent on the computers in the library – there specifically for [...]
New job!
Today I scored a job as a teacher’s aide (there’s some fancy schmancy name for it that I can’t remember right now) 2 days a week at a high school about 30 minutes from home. Ideally I’m after another day’s work, but 2.5 days is better than a half day! I start next week, and [...]
In over my head?
Last term I spent Friday afternoons with a group of year 12 kids looking at the very broad topic of “History of the Middle East.” The kids were there because they’d decided not to do HSC maths, and the school wanted them to be learning SOMETHING rather than just taking off early. Anyway, that ended [...]