My last prac begins tomorrow.
At a fancy private school.
I want to go back to my nice quiet little State school and hide in the familiar.
…but then I always get like this when I’m nervous.
I wrote this on my FB status the other day:
“Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I’m from, this shouldn’t be a problem….”
nuts but true.
I know my maths and science. Apparently I seem to get this teaching gig. ….and yet I’m freaking out.
So if you don’t hear from me for a few days I’m either madly writing unit plans or have been gobbled up by the education machine….
Corymbia's Mutterings 
Best of luck today! Now go in there and act with all the finesse of Sir Les Patterson — you know you want to.
I hate that introduce myself thing, i always do a gimpy little laugh after saying my name like it is some kind of joke (it isn’t).
I realise I am a little late but I hope you are having a lovely weekend reveling in your successful prac.
Good luck, I hope it goes well.
Good luck, I know you’ll blitz it 😉
Good luck sweetie. You know, and we know, you will rock their socks off.
And I am exactly the same with the icebreakers. HATE THEM WITH A PASSION!
Thanks for your encouragement … but …Hmmm – not sure about Expensive Private School.
I sat through the first 2 observation classes as the elephant in the room because the teacher didn’t bother introducing me to the girls. (how rude is that!).
But I was able to scaffold some of the problems for the girls in the remedial maths class which he related to teh whole class. He also taught 2 kick-arse maths lessons with everything I think should be in there. It was great to see and somethign for me to aim at (minues the rude non-introductory stuff).
He might just be OK….