school attachment

here it is, the inevitable post reflecting on my attachment experience. firstly i must say that ive met some strange characters, seen some interesting ways of punishing students, and grown to appreciate different teaching styles in my short stay here. the greatest take-away is of course the real teaching that we did, cos nothing quite substitutes for really doing it. this wasn't my first time doing relief work, but each time i step into a different environment (primary school, indep sec sch, govt sec sch) there's always new challenges. what doesnt change - the pre-lesson anxieties and the post-lesson self reviews where you have to be brutally honest with yourself. e.g, i get angry too easily, i talk too fast, i use large words and forget that im doing it, etc. but yeah, after a slightly tougher day in school yesterday i had the chance to reconcile with myself what is it that i expect from myself in this profession. there are no shortcuts! and that's one thing i'll have to repeat to myself in the first few years of real work.