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When I Did My Teacher Training, One Of The First Things They Made Very Clear To Us Was This: Were Not
When I did my teacher training, one of the first things they made very clear to us was this: we’re not here to teach you subject matter. Not brilliant at your maths, English, sciences? You’re on your own. We’re here to teach you how to teach. And I am immensely grateful because:
I just BLAGGED my way through AN HOUR AND A HALF of 1-to-1 GCSE Physics I know NOTHING about electromagnetic formulae I was speed-reading the kid’s study guide UPSIDE DOWN while TALKING VAGUE ELECTRICAL BOLLOCKS.
<wheeze>
I think I’m going through one of those near-death-experience natural highs...
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Do...do I feel validated? Called out? Welcomed? I’m afraid.
The last time my parents helped me move house my mother looked around my partially-packed flat and said half-thoughtfully, half-bewildered,
“Have you ever considered....not buying books..?”
Person: You need to stop buying books.
Me: no I don’t
Person: there is no space in your room for them!
Me: I need more bookshelves!
Person: you’re hoarding them.
Me: I’m collecting them
Ramadan observations -
* “I know our lesson’s usually at 3pm but can we make it 1pm for this month? I just... I just really need my afternoon nap.”
* *two guys washing a car, one hurls a bucket of water over the top that splashes into the face of the other* “Bruv! Aw, maaan! That went in my mouth, man! I swallowed that! You broke my fast, man! Aw, screw you bruv, I may as well just go get a sandwich now. Gonna eat it right in front of you, man.”.
* Evening train; within the space of about 30 seconds something like five separate phone alarms go off in our one carriage. A little old Bengali woman immediately dives into her big bag, cracks open a huge tupperware of dates and starts offering them around to everyone within reach regardless of race, creed or colour. I don’t even particularly like dates but I take my three because it seems to make her happy.
Me, noticing the sky is getting darker and darker: Look, I have to go out in less than an hour, could we maybe not rain?
Sky:*slowly starts to blizzard*
Me: Well, I think we both know that’s not what I meant...
