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Topic: eeek
Posted By: lizzle
Subject: eeek
Date Posted: 03 February 2008 at 9:36pm
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So have been teaching at my new school since wednesday and so far everything is going really well - i'm calm, collected and in control. But Monday - well, on monday the actual students arrive. turns out I'm a great teacher when there are no students around. now am getting more than a little nervous. everyone has said to me what a great teacher I will be - but I'm not convinced. I mean, i lose my temper with the kids heaps - I cold do the same ting with these thugs. At staff meetings the deputy was saying how in our job you really need to enjoy kids - I don't know that i do. i see them in the street and generally avoid making contact cause most of them are idiots - not the kinda thing you should be thinking as a teacher.
i am honestly terrified that I'm going to screw up on day one and lose their respect forwever - and it beinga christian school, that I offend all and sundry with talks about going for a wine after work and I haven't seen lewis properly in days - i arrive home at 3:30. 3:40 he goes to work. i miss talking things through with him. have resorted to crappy email letters. |
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 03 February 2008 at 9:41pm
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ROFLMAO!!!!! Best of luck for tomorrow but I had to laugh at teaching at your new school with no students!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 03 February 2008 at 9:48pm
sounds like first day gitters to me 
tomorrow night you will report back wonder what all the fuss was about (I hope )
 Good Luck ------------- Ann 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 03 February 2008 at 9:49pm
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Good luck tomorrow Liz, I bet you'll be a star! I wish I had you as a teacher! -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 03 February 2008 at 10:06pm
| i'm not sure you do. at present am trying to think of a movie I can study with year 12s. i really want to do The Green Mile - but would it offend anyone???? Christian people!!!!! help me! I would love to do Moulin Rouge, but not sure it is "boyish" enough to appeal to everyone - lewis wasn't keen on it. Could do Spirited away, but i only have the Japanese version - wth French subtitles. |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 03 February 2008 at 10:11pm
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You'll be fine Liz, i'm trying to remember what movie I did in year 12. What about doing Remember the Titans?? ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 03 February 2008 at 10:12pm
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Is that 7th form? ------------- http://lilypie.com">
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 03 February 2008 at 10:14pm
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We did a Matthew McConaughey movie, I just cant remember the name ------------- http://lilypie.com">
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 03 February 2008 at 10:22pm
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Oh it was called "A Time To Kill" ------------- http://lilypie.com">
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 03 February 2008 at 10:23pm
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Nope year 12 is 6th form. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: AliaDawn
Date Posted: 03 February 2008 at 10:29pm
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If you liked spirited away, maybe Howl's Moving Castle? It rocked - made by the same people I think too.
We did a horrible Australian movie in 6th form... I don't even remember what it was... just some aussies with really sharp accents complaining about their house being demolished. I think half the class fell asleep  -------------  
 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 03 February 2008 at 10:34pm
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The Castle Alia ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 03 February 2008 at 10:34pm
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What about Coach Carter? That has to be one of the most inspirational movies I've seen in a long time...or To kill a mockingbird? I love that movie, we did it in 6th Form, a lonnnnnnnnnggggg time ago. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 03 February 2008 at 10:35pm
| actually i suddenly wonder about Rabbit Proof Fence? |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 03 February 2008 at 10:36pm
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Ohhh I know 10 Things I hate about You, it's based on Taming of the Shrew (I think).. and it's got the gorgy Heath Ledger in it (RIP)....
Ohhh and lots of luck for tomorrow :) ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3)
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 03 February 2008 at 10:41pm
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Ooo Rabbit proof fence will be great Lizzle ------------- http://lilypie.com">
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 03 February 2008 at 10:45pm
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Nope don't know that one. 10 Things would be cool. Remeember the Titans is based on a true story, i'm watching that now. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 03 February 2008 at 10:47pm
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It about the aborigines in Australia and the segregationa nd the fence that some kids followed across OZ. I cant really remember the whole story but do remember bawlingmy eyes out in the picture theater lol ------------- http://lilypie.com">
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 04 February 2008 at 7:39am
Yeah, Rabbit Proof Fence would be a good one for writing essays - lots to talk about with that movie. So sad  though
Good luck for today Liz! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 04 February 2008 at 8:08am
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Good luck for today! I'm sure you will do great!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 04 February 2008 at 8:18am
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Liz - Being a teacher I can safely say...I don't really like kids either ROFL most of my kids have "loved" me though (mind you primary school kids LOVE every teacher they have and dump you like a hot potato as soon as they move up a year, lol)
All the best for today.  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 04 February 2008 at 8:21am
lots of luck lizzle i,m sure you will be fine ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 04 February 2008 at 9:37am
| Good luck I'm sure they will love you |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 04 February 2008 at 9:40am
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LOL Ana!!
Liz I hope today is going well and looking forward to hearing about it tonight. Good luck!! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: susieq
Date Posted: 04 February 2008 at 9:41am
| Good luck for today Liz |
Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 04 February 2008 at 10:24am
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Good Luck Liz, am sure everything will be fine once you get into the swing of it. Rabbit Proof Fence would be a good movie to study, lots of good discussion points....but a word of advice - if its a fairly stauch christian school, I would maybe "run it past someone" first, its so easy to offend people or be seen to be teaching something other than the "principles" of the school. My mum works at a christian school and I know that they have to be pretty careful to not get complaints from parents. At their school they banned the Harry Potter books as they thought that witch-craft etc was not a good thing for children to be exposed to, I think thats a bit OTT personally, but its their school...so they can do what they like I gues....sorry off topic....anyway, prob best to just check with someone first! Save yourself any future grief!
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 04 February 2008 at 10:49am
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Sheesh, difficult! The christian schools I know haven't been christian at all! (Well, the kids atleast!)
I'm sure you will be great Liz. Seriously. I think you are hilarious enough that the kids will be well taken with ya. It's the ones lacking a sense of humour that I really worry about! Let us know how it goes! |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 04 February 2008 at 11:21am
| At high school we had an awesome teacher for the movie side of things.. we studied the matrix, the green mile and shawshank redemption. Shawshank was by far the easiest to study, there was sooooooo much to write about. |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 04 February 2008 at 11:45am
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Shawshank is a great movie. So looking forward to hearing about it tonight Liz, if you need to debrief I have plenty of wine here ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 04 February 2008 at 6:36pm
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Check all those movies Liz, as a new teacher you want to run everything you do by the bosses until you have a proper feel for it. i would have said Howl's moving castle too, but again it is a witchy movie, so may not be suitable.
They may have rules on ratings - a lot have had m ratings that have been suggested, that may not be allowed. BTW, i also don't really like kids. And I ama grumpy bag, but that is seperate to teaching. SOmething makes it different somehow! -------------  
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 04 February 2008 at 6:47pm
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yeah, i plant to run everything past the HOD. there was one fanatical grandfather who protested to his granddaughter reading anything but the bible - apparently novels are the work of the devil - but she's been pulled out now so should be okay.
todayu went well. no classes so brilliant! bvut everytime i went past the assistant principal I got a new job - so have gone from part-time to very fulltime. Also have been given a laptop. But am less freaked and more excited now so thanks everyone for your support! will post more tomorrow night! that will be the real test! |
Posted By: Bubbaloo
Date Posted: 04 February 2008 at 8:16pm
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I'm glad your day went well Liz and good luck for your first class I'm sure everything will go well. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  Was danni-chick Mum to James My Angel 28/07/08 |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 04 February 2008 at 8:21pm
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Yay Liz, glad it went well! Best of luck with the little critters themselves tomorrow! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: nictoddie
Date Posted: 05 February 2008 at 7:00am
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hope you have a fantastic day today,I'm sure you'll do fine, will be thinking about you, I have rabbit proof fence on dvd if you want to borrow it???? It's a good movie lots to talk about. ------------- 
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