Tomorrow is Friday...week one down!

Just a quick post as I seemed to sign out on a negative note last time... apologies! Tuesday, and Wednesday were hard days. In fact so was today, but I'm getting there. David suggested this year might be easier than last... mmmm at present I am really doubting that!! I had been very worried about teaching higher (I have five certificate classes which scares me immensely!) but I had my higher class today for a double period and I actually enjoyed it. It was so nice to have kids sitting there who wanted to be there and were actually enjoying it! (Sounds like im used to kids hating my subject and not enjoying my lessons!) I dont mean that, but at my previous school, pupils were extremely unmotivated and getting a lot of them through higher was difficult. I had bad memories of the higher classes I co-op taught ad this was blighting my view of my own higher class. I hope the pupils' enthusiasm isn't just a first week back phase!! Anyway... tomorrow is Friday! Still feeling like I know no-one in the school, and it is so strange moving from knowing everyone and feeling comfortable to a place where you feel quite isolated! I sympathise with the first years! until next time...

Comfort in blogging...

Well... it seems like no time at all since my last post, and its hard to believe that then I hadnt even begun my year as a probationary teacher! Now more than a year on, I've been recently appointed a permanent job and finding my feet in a school more than double the size of my last one! Perhaps I did feel like this last year... I cant honestly remember... but I'm feeling way out of my depth and i can feel the panic levels inside me slowly rising! Last year wasnt plain sailing, more of a rollercoaster i would say, but I got through it and enjoyed it! Yip even the tough times! And I'm sure with time, I will grow to love this job just as much! But something inside me needs the comfort of sharing my worries and getting stuff off my chest through this blog, hence the reason I'v revived it! will share more soon...