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"Irish doesn't have a word for please, you have to say if it be your will" buddy do I have news for you about "please"

"Irish doesn't have a word for hello you have to use a shorthand religious blessing" buddy do I have news for you about "goodbye"!

"In Polish the word for car is that which walks by itself" BUDDY what do you think an AUTOMOBILE is?

you have got to understand that your mother tongue is not the model of language. all your words have secret histories and layers of meaning just the same as other people's words. the word you think of as just a word has etymology, it wasn't handed down from God as a finished word. English doesn't have a word for movie you have to either refer to the recording medium or use a short version of "moving picture", isn't that cute?

#languages

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Duties of a teacher

I went to the local bonfire all our kids were talking about - and I was really enjoying the community atmosphere (although I’m pretty certain it wasn't legal). There was music, and families, and a really nice sense of togetherness.

Then a group of older teenagers started throwing bangers and one almost hit a toddler near me. Another one of them was on a motorbike and was drivin near the crowd, onto the road, through red traffics lights doing wheelies then moving back onto the grassy area.

Police rang and nice night over.

I feel somewhat cowardly as I made sure I didn't go too close to the kids so I wouldn't be able to recognise them or they me - our school has quite a 'rough' community and if I actually could name the teenagers doing it I would probably face a lot of animosity at school. I didn’t recognise any of them from where I was, but I didn’t want to risk drawing attention (I am a 5′4 woman who still gets ID’ed for reference - not an imposing figure).

Everyone out there who thinks teachers have it easy - remember few jobs spill out into your personal life this way. When you see a normal colleague outside work, you don't feel responsible for their safety. If they’re doing something illegal or dangerous, it’s easier to turn away. When you see a kid outside of school doing something illegal or dangerous, it’s hard to shut off the instinct to step in, to warn them or tell them off. But that can pose risks for you.

#teaching #bonfire night #teacher #responsibilities #5th november

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prescriptivist (derogatory)

今年は難しいだ。私の仕事が嫌いだと思う。これはつまらないと危ないだ。私の手とくびが焼いた。痛いよ。

でも私の仕事の友達が好きだ。彼の名前はトムだ。私たちはテレビガームが遊ぶ。楽し。

#日本語 #練習 #japanese #language learning #nihongo #practice

Teacher Burnout

(written on Friday, on a train to London, 3 hours after breaking up for half term)

Yesterday I had a 13 hour work day, with no toilet, food or rest breaks. There was not a moment when I wasn’t with a pupil or another member of staff, working in some way. I didn’t even have any time to get a drink of water, so no painkillers for my whiplash.

It’s difficult to complain about without sounding…

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National Sickie Day - 03/02/2020

National Sickie Day – 03/02/2020

This is a day late. The reasons for the lateness will become clear as I type out my inane ramblings and set them free into the endless void of the internet.

I may have taken a lot of painkillers, so bear with.

Yesterday was National Sickie Day, and I was informed this as I spoke to my Line Manager about potentially not being able to make it through the school day. The problem began Friday…

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whatyouwanted-whatyougot

I reblog this every time I see it, because it’s one of life’s hardest lessons.

internetcoward

“Do or do not, there is no try” is the worst damn advice I was ever been given as a child. Fuck telling kids that their mistakes are the result of deliberate choice; let them know that they can fail for reasons totally beyond their control, and let them know that it’s just important that they earnestly try.

kryptonians

I can’t believe Captain Picard learned everything he knows from Beyoncé.

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Always reblog Picard and Beyoncé

wilwheaton

Pretty sure Picard was talking to Wesley in this scene, which makes me 2 degrees of Beyonce, and I AM HERE FOR IT.

#tv shows #life lessons

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My Bag on an Average Day of Supply

At the moment I am on the supply list, which is… an experience.

Most mornings, I wake up, take my husband to work, return home and wait for a phone call. The waiting can be difficult. When I don’t get a call, it feels like a day wasted. I love teaching and waiting at home is not what I trained four years to do. When I do get a call, the work is normally slow and miserable. Kids do not respect…

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Summer Goals - the end result

The end f summer is absolutely gone. Did I manage all of my summer teaching jobs?

So I started this blog by describing my summer goals.

Here is the completely honest update:

household chores left by Hubby – COMPLETE

complete training for supply company – COMPLETE

organise my computer – INCOMPLETE

upload more resources on TES – INCOMPLETE

running more regularly – COMPLETE

finish some video games – INCOMPLETE

upload some videos to Youtube – COMPLETE

read books – COMPLETE

organise…

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Team Teach

A few days ago, I was contacted and asked if I wanted to take part in some de-esculation and restraint training. Thinking back on some difficult moments (highlights include: a pupil threatening to stab me, being hit in the face because two teenage girls started a fight near me, the year 8 girl in my most recent class who had continous mid-level disruptive behaviours that could not be dealt with…

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“Oh you’re a teacher, that must be so stressful, I could NEVER-”

It’s the adults.

The adults are stressful.

The kids are fine. They can be challenging too, but I understand them and don’t really “carry” the stress of having a bad day with a child home with me.

I was prepared for the children.

I was not prepared for the adults in this field. The drama. The backstabbing. The immaturity. The politics. The classism. The racism.

I expected for the adults in this field to have their heads on straight because there is so much we’re responsible for, but toxic coworkers are much more exhausting and baffling than I could have ever expected.

I’ve seen teachers act sweet towards immigrant/refugee children then complain about having to teach “illegals” in the break room. I’ve seen them actively try to get one another fired and ruin each other’s career through gossip and “tattle-telling” to admins. I’ve seen them try to defend “All Lives Matter” rhetoric in a school of 90% POC.

Of course not EVERYONE is like this, most people AREN’T, but I don’t think there’s a single school without individuals like this.

Don’t get caught up with these people. They make the whole field, the whole WORLD seem much bleaker than it really is. Their negativity is contagious and being around it more often than necessary will only lead to early burnout.

Find your people. Find the real ones, the ones you can in this field you can trust and stick with them.

joyabounds

Find your marigolds!! And be a marigold!

Advice is available everywhere you look, and some of it is very good. But a lot of those tips won’t work if you fail to follow this one esse

#this #more than ever this #teaching #co-workers

evilsupplyco

So when YOU sew a bunch of unmatched parts together, it is “a quilt” and “a beautiful gift” and “will assuredly become a family heirloom” but when I sew a bunch of unmatched parts together it is “A MONSTER” and “AN ABOMINATION, AN AFFRONT TO THE GODS” and goes on “A MURDEROUS KILLING SPREE.”

daywatch

Well MAYBE if you BOTHERED TO NAME HIM or I don’t know, DIDN’T BECOME DEATHLY ILL FROM THE SIGHT OF HIM MOVING we wouldn’t HAVE THIS PROBLEM

#this very much reminds me of my Year 8 class #they reacted very strongly to Victor's actions #teaching #English #Frankenstein

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shakespeare is not pretentious. fans of shakespeare are pretentious. shakespeare is twelve hundred dirty jokes strung together by increasingly ridiculous plotlines and increasingly homosexual characters. don’t let the archaic language fool you

#teaching #english #shakespeare #yep #this #all d*ck jokes #and then some serious stuff in between

idk-man-whatever

I cannot be held responsible for my bitchy reactions when you tell me I look 12 or ask if the 27 year old teacher down the hall (with red hair) is my mom.

Stop fucking commenting on how I look. I wear an ID for christ’s sake. Stop.

No, it’s not a compliment, and no I don’t care if “I’ll love it when I’m 40.” It’s insulting and you need to stop.

teaching-the-youngins

This. Constantly.

Even the jokes from my HoD (”Mrs X can’t be married, she’s like 12) are not taken well. I have a mirror; I know I look young. Stop pointing it out weekly.

#teaching #young looks #when you are an authority figure and you look younger than the students #it's not a blessin #it's a battle

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The thing about grading is that as soon as you finish one batch of papers, there’s another batch due. It’s like baking cookies, except that instead of having cookies to eat at the end you just have a headache.

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That’s why you should also make cookies for when you grade, and then you can eat the cookies as you go.

Or, because we teachers don’t have a lot of time, buy cookies and eat them while grading.

#teaching #marking #grading #english #I literally posted a compliation of capital letter errors

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This song always makes me think of teaching and how I have so much I want to do with my classes, and goddamnit I’m going to do it.

Such a bop.

#teaching anthem #movies #music #the greatest showman #a million dreams #teaching #english

psychtrainee

Hey anxiety. hyd?

Teaching has definitely given me some form of anxiety. It’s 11pm on Boxing Day and I’ve marked coursework to help me feel better about not doing any work since the ‘break’ started. My to-do list is so big and I’m constantly thinking about the lack of time I have. I wonder if other teachers feel the same? or are doing the same? Is this the career I want? Will it get any easier? I’m also feeling anxious about going back to work because I’ll have to tell my HoD that I applied for a new job and I know she’ll be disheartened. I saw the job advertised before I flew to Amsterdam and obsessively thought about whether I should apply for the whole first day and spent the same evening writing the application. Why did I apply? Well, their whole sixth form is the same size as my department, which means much smaller class sizes and less marking. I can also walk to work which means less petrol more money and coming home at a reasonable time which will be lovely when I have long evenings! The downsides will be that I’ll be walking home with students and potentially feel isolated with living, eating, sleeping and working in the same small community, but let’s think positively, eh? Oh, Amsterdam was alright and Christmas so far has been…alright. I got two new pedagogy books, which I’m excited to read when I ever have time. Woo!

teaching-the-youngins

Fellow teacher speaking: yes I constantly battle my holiday time between “I shouldn’t do anything and just relax” and “I have 100000000000000 things to get done”. It never seems to stop.

I think it’s hard over the holidays because you’re still left with the grindwork, but no interaction with pupils. For me, the pupils are what brings teaching to life and working through the paperwork without that daily reminder of “this is why I do it” is really tough.

#teacher #nqt +1 #hug a teacher this holiday #english

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