Why I Actually Miss School….

Hey There!

So today I thought I would do a more chatty post and share with you some of the things I actually really miss about school!

1. My Friends. I miss a lot of my friends from school, it was the consistency of seeing them everyday, knowing they were going to be there. Having time to talk to them and sharing a common goal. Now most of them are at uni and finding time to see each other is tougher than we thought.
2. My Teachers. I had some amazing teachers at school. For example, I was predicted a D in maths when I first started secondary school and achieved an A. That was down to an amazing, young, fresh maths teacher that made maths fun. I also had another maths teacher who I just adored, and she became my mentor whilst I was there and suffering from anxiety.
3. The Structure. I love structure, I like knowing what I’m doing, when I’m doing, whats going to happen etc. And school was just like that, you had a timetable, you very quickly knew where you had to be and when. It was the routine and the stability of it I liked. You knew where you were going, ultimately GCSE’s, but you had a goal, a sight.
4. That Year 11 Feeling. I think year 11 was definitely my favourite year. Even though we were working hard for our GCSE’s we had a lot of fun too. We got to do more of what we wanted, especially in subjects such as P.E, which was compulsory, but when we got to year 11 teachers knew they couldn’t really force us into something we didn’t want to do. And in things like maths, we got to choose subjects to go over and revise which I liked. Plus, after four long years we were at the top of the school, the oldest, ready to move on, reluctant to leave.

And that is my small list of things I miss about school, there’s more, but I think these four main ones cover them. Even though there were some really hard times at school for me, bullies, anxiety, counselling, I do miss it a lot.

Do you miss school? Or were you just glad to leave? haha

Lucy xxx

First Day Of Work Experience and an Autumn Walk…

Hey there!

So today was my first day of my work experience at my old secondary school! It was so strange to be back and seeing everything thats changed and what remains comfortingly the same.

It was also fun to see a lot of my old teachers, and a lot of new ones that I didn’t recognise! Its always going to feel weird being on ‘the other side’ a bit like letting someone drive your car when you’re a passenger, it doesn’t feel quite right. However by the end of the day I was just about getting into the swing of things and actually quite enjoyed it. Of course theres always some difficult kids, and to be honest a lot of them intimidate me! haha. But overall really good first day! I got to go into lessons with an LSA and help out and had a look at their new Study Centre.

I’m excited about tomorrow because I’m in the art department all day which was always my favourite place when I was at school, it was definitely my safe zone. My mum also did some voluntary in the art department there so thats cool 🙂

As soon as I got home I had to walk my dog and I don’t know about where you are but its been a funny weather day anyway, but the clouds were crazy! It’s also been a lot more cold today, certainly feels like Autumn!! Here are some shots I got on my iPhone….

I hope you enjoyed this post, talk to you tomorrow! 😀

Lucy xxx

Teachers! :@

Hello!

It’s been a few days, but today I have a blog post that hopefully many of you can relate to…

Teachers. Whether at school, college or university, there are some you love and some you loath. But why is that? What makes a good teacher? What do you like about the ones you love? What do you hate about the ones you loath?

I had the idea to do this post after a particularly hard day at college, with a few annoying teachers…

I can tell you what I think makes a good teacher:

• Someone who has authority but doesn’t take advantage of that fact
• Someone who understands their pupils
• Someone who gives constructive  criticism

And then there are the teachers who just don’t have any of these qualities…

Teachers that pick on you for answers, which just makes you panic and then you can’t think of the answer even if you know it. The teacher that instead of saying, ‘I can see where you’re coming from, but…’ or ‘not quite right…’ just says ‘No, that’s not right’ and then starts having a go at you about how you should know the answer because ‘I have taught it to you’.

Yes, teachers like that annoy me, which makes me not want to go to the lessons and makes me nervous when I’m in lessons, so I don’t learn anything anyway, don’t they get that?

Anyways, on a more positive note, I had some brilliant teachers at school that everyone loved, but they were still able to keep control of the class, I don’t know if its like personality factors or just the fact some people should not be teachers…

Well, let me know what you think on the whole good/bad teacher thing, what makes a good teacher? What makes a bad teacher?

Lucy xxx