I'm applying to be a teacher at the moment (secondary school biology/general science), so anyone browsing this page feel free to leave comments about teachers you have had, teachers you hate, teachers you like, and what I should do once I am a teacher! Any creative punishments I can level on unsuspecting students??
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If you want advice you should say what level you are teaching at. (Elementary, high school, college etc.)
Ha, fair point, I asumed the vast majority that would end up here would come from my recent thread in general on the subject, so forgot about that.
I'm looking at secondary school biology and general science teaching, with a bit of sports coaching alongside.
My Masters program is extremely difficult. I get around 5 hours of sleep a night on a good day and sometimes two and a half or three on work day. I am not only taking classes for my degree but part of that is interning in the classrooms as well. I find it difficult to balance the two. My suggestion- Don't worry if you can't get it all done. At some point you just have to learn and accept that.
Hopefully I won't find it as intense as that, after all I'm not doing a Masters and my biology degree is already done! From what I understand I do 3 or 4 days in school and one or two of lectures- a busy five day week, but not as bad as that! Where are you studying? Sounds intense!
I'm thinking of the teacher Ferris Bueler had in 'Ferris Bueler's Day Off'
'Bueler? Buellllllerrrrrrrrrrr?'
Never seen it...
Good luck on that teaching career, just hope the stress of the job doesn't kill you. I've had a fair amount of decent teachers in school. The best kind are the ones that students can relate to, basically, be the hip young teacher that everyone likes. Getting to know your students would make your teaching easier for you and for them, I find that building a good Teacher-Student relationship makes the class more enjoyable, and increases a more..."willingness" to learn.
I mean, I'm not suggesting to befriend a bunch of kids. But, uh, hope you know where I'm getting at.
I know what you mean, it is important to maintain a professional relationship, but similarly it is crucial that I can be approachable and ideally liked by the students, or at the very least respected. I am young at heart, and I don't envisage any problems talking with students at their level, and strangtely browsing the forums here does a lot to keep me in touch with how younger people behave today (all be it a limited demographic).
Hopefully I come across as a likeable person, and with extracuriccular sports etc I should be able to get to know students better outside of a classroom environment.
Thanks for the good luck anyway, and I hope the stress doesn't kill me either!
I always liked the sound of Teacher Rob =P
Nothing much to tell. Every teacher is different and I'm sure whatever you give to students will be unique too and soulfully you.
Hope everything is going fantastic.
Well you may have to get used to it, interview in 2 weeks :D.
That is as good advice as any- its important to be me and not try and be like the teachers I had at school, no matter how much I liked or respected them. Just hope the students appreciate it!
And all is going well thanks, interview coming up will hopefully end this barren unemployed spell (cursed recession), and moving in with the girlfriend in a months time... growing up fast it seems :S. Not planning on leaving NG just yet though...
I hope all is well with you as well!
Hmm So being a teacher... u remind me of my 2nd grade teacher never mean but one day he started to curse at us and said to my friend (Didnt know what this meant at the time) Woah hes a Skanky Whore right Now ahh Good Old times
BankingOntheEnemy
Teaching is a great profession! Good luck with it. Where are you thinking of applying? I am about four months away from my Master of Arts in teaching. I think I am a pretty fun teacher.
Sentio
I already got rejected by Cambridge, no surprise there, so Bath is second choice (interview soon), which is also where I studied my degree. York third and Warwick fourth should it come down to that. Obviously I have no real experience yet, but I hope I'll be a good fun teacher- what have you thought of the experience so far? Any tips?
Really looking forward to it anyway!