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Great Day

21 replies

hmb · 08/10/2004 16:45

Just to redress the ballence a bit regarding how tough teaching can be .....

I have had the best day ever. Kids were great, subjects I was teaching were interesting. Kids asked and answered some amazing questions. And my Year 9 class managed to grasp energy transformations last two lessons on a Friday, which was nothing short of a miracle! Some of them even thought!!!!!!

Days like this I should take the pay.

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marthamoo · 08/10/2004 16:51

I'm glad you've had such a good day, hmb - you've sounded very disillusioned lately. And I'm glad you're back too, btw (not much of a flounce, I have to say )

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lou33 · 08/10/2004 16:51

Excellent hmb, I'm glad you had a good day

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hmb · 08/10/2004 16:55

It was such fun today. I just wish that my 'difficult' classes could realise that if they behaved a bit better we could all have fun!

The bit that realy made me chuffed was when I was teaching Y10. I had done the same lesson on Wedneday with a different set. I asked them to do something as a demo and one of them said, 'Oh yes, the other class told us about this, it is great'. I almost fainted with pleasure! That kids should tell each other about a lesson! What a day! I'll take Monday being crap as pay back!!!

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tammybear · 08/10/2004 16:57

well done hmb, u must be feeling dead chuffed xxx

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popsycal · 08/10/2004 19:00

WELCOME BACK

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hmb · 08/10/2004 19:02

THanks, I realy tried to stay away, but couldn't. Waded back into two education threads as well, how daft am I???

I did have a kick ass day today tho!

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roisin · 08/10/2004 19:04

I'm delighted to hear about your great day. Thanks for posting.

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luckymum · 08/10/2004 19:23

Hmb - glad to hear you sounding a bit more positive

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JanH · 08/10/2004 20:21

hmb, what a lovely post, your classes are luckier than they know and I wish all our teachers were like you.

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sassy · 09/10/2004 07:14

Well done hmb, it really makes our job worth the hassle when you have a day like that doesn't it?

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Freckle · 09/10/2004 07:16

Welcome back. Glad you had such a great day. Hopefully the way it has made you feel will carry you forward to further great days in future.

We went to visit a local grammar school on Thursday (DS1 is due to take his 11+ in January) and I was so impressed by the students and the enthusiasm of the teachers that I quite fancied going back to school myself!

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Hulababy · 10/10/2004 20:02

Welcome back hmb

Glad you had a great experience on Friday.

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JoolsToo · 10/10/2004 20:05

yer doin' a grand job! - I wouldn't do it for a gold clock!

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Skate · 10/10/2004 22:24

What do you teach hmb?

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hmb · 11/10/2004 06:51

Sorry, wemt to bed before the last post. I teach science 11-14. Biology and physics 14-16, biology and human biology 16-18. Have done Human physiology in my time, and also did some teaching in university in biochemistry and neuroscience (teaching the latter to Y10 today....love it so much!)

Have a 'bad' day today with my 'worse class 1-2. Still, will keep the thought of Friday with me to keep happy!

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JJ · 11/10/2004 07:09

Hope today is a pleasant surprise for you hmb -- congrats on the awesome day on Friday!

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Skate · 11/10/2004 11:34

Ahh, I thought it sounded like science - I did physics and biology A levels and my degree is physiology and pharmacology.

I hated my physics teacher at secondary school so I did crap in my A level so went to college and did another year with a fantastic teacher and sat it again - got a B that time!!

Bet physics is a tough one to teach as so many kids find it incredibly hard.

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Skate · 11/10/2004 11:34

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hmb · 11/10/2004 18:41

I don't do a lot of physics, tbh. We try to keep teachers to their specialist subject and mine is biology. However we are so short of physics teachers we all get drfted in at GCSE. We tend to get placed with the lower attainment groups that are doing foundation level, so that cuts out some of the more demanding stuff.

I'm not briliant at physics (I do have an A level in it, but didn't do it at university, did biochemistry) which in an odd way makes it a bit easier to teach kids who also find it hard. You tend to strip a topic down to the bare essentials and teach it a baby step at a time.