Not that I have many subscribers, but those of you who are around and wondering what has happened to me, here it is: I have left the cruel, corporate world and swapped my modem for a marking pen. That’s right, I’m training to be a teacher. Yikes, eh?
It was an obvious choice, but not obvious in the sense of waking up one day and realising this was what I was meant to be doing. It was a collection of experiences accumulated over the past few years which have carved this inevitable path for me. I did some teaching abroad – loved it! Had some time in classrooms here in secondary schools – loved it! Got tired of the repetative nature of my previous job and feeling unfulfilled and stuck, so added up the small pieces and lept out of my comfortable routine.
I took a chance. I applied for my PGCE course, and essentially signed up for no money, hard graft, being out of my comfort zone, leaving Bristol, and living back with my mother, all for at least one year. Sounds a bit shit when I put it like that, doesn’t it? But the reality of what I have done far outweighs these above so-called negatives. I finally get the chance to do something I genuinely love doing – learning! And what better way for me to ensure I keep learning for the rest of my adult life than by teaching others? None. I get to indulge in great (and sometimes not so great) literature and get paid for it. I get to wake up every day safe in the knowledge that today won’t be the same as yesterday, and that new challenges await me. I get to work with some amazingly creative, exciting, open, honest and inspiring people every day, people who haven’t had a lifetime of prejudice build up around and inside them, people who aren’t drowning in cynicism or political ideology. People who are fragile, and caring, and fun, and funny. Exciting isn’t it?
I hope to chart my progress here as and when I can so that any long-lost or ether friends can take a peek at what I am up to from time to time, and so that one day, when I am cynical and burnt out, I can remember why I took this leap of faith, and what I had planned for my life.
Well done for taking up the challenge. I’ve no doubt you will be a great teacher 🙂
Aw that’s lovely! Thank you for your kind words 🙂
It does feel like a ,assive challenge at the moment, although my first assignment will be handed in this week and I start my first placement on Monday, so I’m hitting milestones quite rapidly. Me thinks this year will fly by!
Will keep you updated 🙂
best of luck kiddo. Keep blogging! wanna hear all about it 🙂