to think that would be teachers need to have good Maths and English

[therealimposter]

Woe betide me that I make a grammatical error in this post.

Somebody was telling me that they would like to train as a teacher but they have failed the essential Maths and English skills tests three times each. They want to teach Science in a Secondary School. I cant help but think that they should find another job that they want to do as their Maths and English just isn't up to scratch.

"Far removed like DT"

That's right, as a DT teacher I never use maths in my Engineering lessons!!

the ticking clock on the test freaked me out and I almost had a panic attack

Yes. Ticking clocks on tests will do this. So you woman up and do LOTS of practice in a timed situation in order to prepare. Your students are going to be doing exams in timed situations, aren’t they? You use your own experiences yo help them.

It’s almost as if people expect stressful situations to be made less stressful specifically for them, instead of accepting that life is full of these moments (observed lessons, anyone?!) and learning how to deal with them.

Er yes I would have thought it goes without saying that teachers should be good at maths and english!