Becoming a secondary teacher

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I thought about this a lot at one time. Anyone gone through with it? Is it an awful job? The wage aint bad, right? But is it truely horrible?

― C-Man (C-Man), Thursday, 24 June 2004 12:34 (twenty-one years ago)

It can be. The potential is there for it to be hugely rewarding and satisfying. But I have regrets.

― edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 24 June 2004 12:36 (twenty-one years ago)

How long you been doing it? Do you get any free time? How do you handle the really evil kids?

― C-Man (C-Man), Thursday, 24 June 2004 12:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Brave, I think is the correct answer.

― ___ (___), Thursday, 24 June 2004 12:37 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm not at the moment, I took some personal leave and am now only doing relief work. I won't be going back to full time precicely because I never had free time AND I AM TOO YOUNG TO NOT HAVE THIS. Evil kids, you have to approach them in a one-to-one situation as the group dynamic gives them power over you, I guess.

― edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 24 June 2004 12:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm thinking og approaching this career path again, but I'm hugely unsure. Any advice appreciated.

― C-Man (C-Man), Thursday, 24 June 2004 12:41 (twenty-one years ago)

It's something that I alwasy felt was assumed that I would do when I was younger; I haven't considered it at all since I was 18 though. My mum is a teacher and I have several friends who teach at various different levels - it's not something I'd even entertain considering these days.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 24 June 2004 12:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Don't assume because you get on with teenagers that you'll get on with them in classroom settings. "Delivering curriculum" as some may call it is very challenging. Depends on what you want to specialise in, I guess.

― edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 24 June 2004 12:43 (twenty-one years ago)

I've known a couple of people who've had good experiences in teaching but in both cases taught in private fee-paying schools. There was less of the problem with difficult/evil kids but obv the emphasis on good results around GCSE time was a lot higher.

― robster (robster), Thursday, 24 June 2004 12:52 (twenty-one years ago)

fifteen years pass...

I think I'm going to do this. If anyone out there is already doing this, I'd welcome some advice.

― the salacious inaudible (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 28 February 2020 23:31 (six years ago)

Your first year will be awful, no matter how prepared you think you are. Make sure you have a decent support system around you before you go into it. I had a pretty good teaching assignment and some years of university-level teaching experience (albeit in a different subject), and my first year still systematically broke me down in a way that I don't even like to think about.

― Lily Dale, Friday, 28 February 2020 23:38 (six years ago)

Great

― the salacious inaudible (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 28 February 2020 23:48 (six years ago)

I mean... I'm not saying don't do it. Just be prepared for the first year to be much worse than they tell you in your teaching program, and don't feel like it's your fault if you're having a hard time, because everyone does.

― Lily Dale, Saturday, 29 February 2020 00:46 (six years ago)

It won't be awful. It might not even be worse than you're told. But It'll be a lot harder on you than you'd expect, emotionally. There's no way not to internalize a lot of the failures that's part of learning how to teach. Good luck!

― rb (soda), Saturday, 29 February 2020 01:17 (six years ago)

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