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Post by PASTIE on Feb 12, 2007 21:27:23 GMT -1
I just reread my opening. IF I'm not already on drugs I am in serious need of medicating I can sell you some of Mrs Gres's 'uppers' they might help!! Just had a seizure, the result of a one liner overload, what with getting upper Gres' style and Ster's King Kong... Think I'd better get back to work.
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Post by ITFC Dudette6 on Feb 12, 2007 21:28:23 GMT -1
PASTIE you should give up the geography and go for the English teaching!
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Post by PASTIE on Feb 12, 2007 21:30:39 GMT -1
PASTIE you should give up the geography and go for the English teaching! You think? That's where I started out but was drawn by the need for flood hydrographs, oxbow lakes and, apparently, brown Austin Maestroes in my world.
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Post by GresleyRam©®™ on Feb 12, 2007 21:33:18 GMT -1
PASTIE you should give up the geography and go for the English teaching! You think? That's where I started out but was drawn by the need for flood hydrographs, oxbow lakes and, apparently, brown Austin Maestroes in my world. only 1 E in Maestros mate!!
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Post by PASTIE on Feb 12, 2007 21:33:39 GMT -1
Right. Grindstone. Got to be done.
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Post by ITFC Dudette6 on Feb 12, 2007 21:36:30 GMT -1
PASTIE you should give up the geography and go for the English teaching! You think? That's where I started out but was drawn by the need for flood hydrographs, oxbow lakes and, apparently, brown Austin Maestroes in my world. I know about hydrographs because I've just done them in my course, but the rest... I have a lot to learn before I take a step towards teaching...
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Post by Pete the Wolf on Feb 12, 2007 21:45:31 GMT -1
You think? That's where I started out but was drawn by the need for flood hydrographs, oxbow lakes and, apparently, brown Austin Maestroes in my world. I know about hydrographs because I've just done them in my course, but the rest... I have a lot to learn before I take a step towards teaching... I've already decided teaching ain't a career for me. Granted the financial benefits sound good, but I wouldn't stand a chance of being able to control classes.
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Post by GresleyRam©®™ on Feb 12, 2007 21:47:48 GMT -1
I know about hydrographs because I've just done them in my course, but the rest... I have a lot to learn before I take a step towards teaching... I've already decided teaching ain't a career for me. Granted the financial benefits sound good, but I wouldn't stand a chance of being able to control classes. That quite clearly hadnt put off a lot of my school teachers!! ;D
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Post by ITFC Dudette6 on Feb 12, 2007 21:52:41 GMT -1
I know about hydrographs because I've just done them in my course, but the rest... I have a lot to learn before I take a step towards teaching... I've already decided teaching ain't a career for me. Granted the financial benefits sound good, but I wouldn't stand a chance of being able to control classes. That's what's made me want to teach. I'm fed up of people messing around and disrupting people's education!
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Post by Pete the Wolf on Feb 12, 2007 22:02:11 GMT -1
I've already decided teaching ain't a career for me. Granted the financial benefits sound good, but I wouldn't stand a chance of being able to control classes. That's what's made me want to teach. I'm fed up of people messing around and disrupting people's education! I was generally ok with regards to people messing about. At the risk of sounding arrogant, I was in the high ability classes from Year 7 onwards, so the only class where people messed about really was D+T through years 10-11, where it was mixed ability, so I was with some people who weren't gonna carry on fater GCSEs, so just made it annoying for everyone else as well. Otherwise, people were a lot more interested in learning than disrupting others.
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Post by ITFC Dudette6 on Feb 12, 2007 22:05:40 GMT -1
That's what's made me want to teach. I'm fed up of people messing around and disrupting people's education! I was generally ok with regards to people messing about. At the risk of sounding arrogant, I was in the high ability classes from Year 7 onwards, so the only class where people messed about really was D+T through years 10-11, where it was mixed ability, so I was with some people who weren't gonna carry on fater GCSEs, so just made it annoying for everyone else as well. Otherwise, people were a lot more interested in learning than disrupting others. I got all level 7's in my Year 9 SATs. Maths is fine, I'm with people of the same ability Science is fine, although it's mixed because I took Triple, but it's good because we're a small group. English on the other hand, I'm in a group of people who couldn't give a monkey's what they get on their GCSEs, they got level 3/4/5 on their SATs and every lesson there's more and more disruption. My teacher can't control us either. In West Suffolk we have a three tier system, so it's primary, middle, then upper. Whether this has a part to play in it I don't know.
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Post by Pete the Wolf on Feb 12, 2007 22:14:48 GMT -1
I was generally ok with regards to people messing about. At the risk of sounding arrogant, I was in the high ability classes from Year 7 onwards, so the only class where people messed about really was D+T through years 10-11, where it was mixed ability, so I was with some people who weren't gonna carry on fater GCSEs, so just made it annoying for everyone else as well. Otherwise, people were a lot more interested in learning than disrupting others. I got all level 7's in my Year 9 SATs. Maths is fine, I'm with people of the same ability Science is fine, although it's mixed because I took Triple, but it's good because we're a small group. English on the other hand, I'm in a group of people who couldn't give a monkey's what they get on their GCSEs, they got level 3/4/5 on their SATs and every lesson there's more and more disruption. My teacher can't control us either. In West Suffolk we have a three tier system, so it's primary, middle, then upper. Whether this has a part to play in it I don't know. Worcestershire follows a three tier system as well. Years 5 and 6 in middle school were mixed apart from Maths, but when it came to Year 7, there was one class set apart from the rest, which did higher level stuff. High School, all classes were grouped according to ability, and I came out with Level 7 in Maths and Science (4 marks off Level 8 in Maths), but only 5 in English. Luckily my marks in other subjects, plus probably my behaviour record kept me in the top set and I avoided the troublemakers mainly. It partly depends on the sort of teachers you have as well I reckon. Some of them were so firm you didn't dare put a foot wrong, some were laid back, but because they captured the respect of pupils so we still did our work. Others though were too relaxed and weren't able to get any respect either, so it was near enough impossible to be motivated enough to work.
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Post by GresleyRam©®™ on Feb 12, 2007 22:18:25 GMT -1
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Post by ITFC Dudette6 on Feb 12, 2007 22:20:40 GMT -1
I got all level 7's in my Year 9 SATs. Maths is fine, I'm with people of the same ability Science is fine, although it's mixed because I took Triple, but it's good because we're a small group. English on the other hand, I'm in a group of people who couldn't give a monkey's what they get on their GCSEs, they got level 3/4/5 on their SATs and every lesson there's more and more disruption. My teacher can't control us either. In West Suffolk we have a three tier system, so it's primary, middle, then upper. Whether this has a part to play in it I don't know. Worcestershire follows a three tier system as well. Years 5 and 6 in middle school were mixed apart from Maths, but when it came to Year 7, there was one class set apart from the rest, which did higher level stuff. High School, all classes were grouped according to ability, and I came out with Level 7 in Maths and Science (4 marks off Level 8 in Maths), but only 5 in English. Luckily my marks in other subjects, plus probably my behaviour record kept me in the top set and I avoided the troublemakers mainly. It partly depends on the sort of teachers you have as well I reckon. Some of them were so firm you didn't dare put a foot wrong, some were laid back, but because they captured the respect of pupils so we still did our work. Others though were too relaxed and weren't able to get any respect either, so it was near enough impossible to be motivated enough to work. They're trying to get rid of the system here, I don't want them too, but because all the people who can have a say on it live in East Suffolk and are biased towards the two tier system, I may as well kiss them goodbye I have some great stories from Middle though My Media teacher's a legend. He's approachable and enjoys a laugh with us. In fact, most of my teachers are good. Some just annoy the hell out of me (my geography and my Chemistry) but I keep on trying. Just so long as I get good grades, I'll have nothing to complain about really!
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Post by ITFC Dudette6 on Feb 12, 2007 22:21:10 GMT -1
*comes in, looks around, sees sensible conversation and leaves quick sharp* I know! I was thinking that... Sorry!
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Post by GresleyRam©®™ on Feb 12, 2007 22:25:14 GMT -1
*comes in, looks around, sees sensible conversation and leaves quick sharp* I know! I was thinking that... Sorry! LOL - PASTIE will love the 'teacher related' posts!! ;D ;D ;D
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Post by ITFC Dudette6 on Feb 12, 2007 22:27:49 GMT -1
I know! I was thinking that... Sorry! LOL - PASTIE will love the 'teacher related' posts!! ;D ;D ;D My geography teacher dresses like a 20 year old, yet she's probably 50 or 60! And I sit at the front. It's not pretty.
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Post by PASTIE on Feb 12, 2007 22:34:22 GMT -1
You think? That's where I started out but was drawn by the need for flood hydrographs, oxbow lakes and, apparently, brown Austin Maestroes in my world. only 1 E in Maestros mate!! I suspect that there is no definitive answer on this one but I went for the safer bet of adding an "E" in the plural of a noun ending in "O"
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Post by GresleyRam©®™ on Feb 12, 2007 22:35:03 GMT -1
LOL - PASTIE will love the 'teacher related' posts!! ;D ;D ;D My geography teacher dresses like a 20 year old, yet she's probably 50 or 60! And I sit at the front. It's not pretty. does she drive a brown Maestro though??
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Post by PASTIE on Feb 12, 2007 22:36:17 GMT -1
You think? That's where I started out but was drawn by the need for flood hydrographs, oxbow lakes and, apparently, brown Austin Maestroes in my world. I know about hydrographs because I've just done them in my course, but the rest... I have a lot to learn before I take a step towards teaching... "Don't do it!!!" Is quite a useful lesson if you're headed down that route...
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