I am nearly done with my PGCE, which I will finish but the trouble is, I wonder if I should actually teach. The truth is I just don't enjoy it very much. I find it so stressful, and so tiring, and most of the time I feel overwhelmed by a feeling of failure. I don't feel that I have really cracked the behaviour thing, and feel that most of my lessons are boring, lack creativity, pitched at the wrong level (which of course has the dual impact of not helping them learn and affecting behaviour), and too bound to the strategies. Days that I have felt happy and relaxed with a modicum of confidence in the classroom I could count on one hand.
I know it is different when you have your own class, and things (maybe) get easier, but many teachers I have spoken to say that it usually gets better after 2-4 years. Don't know if I can stick it out for that long if it feels like this. It is affecting my relationship with my own children and my husband - they mostly see someone who is short tempered and too busy to give them much attention.
Oh! I feel quite upset and unhappy about this - what should I do? I don't want to go back to a stupid job that means nothing to me, I know I wasn't happy being a SAHM, yet I really have doubts about whether or not I can make a good go at this.
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jennifersofia · 29/06/2005 21:32
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