When I was in Year 11 myself I don't remember ever really feeling the stress of the exams, and definitely not to the extent that I felt it at university. But am I ever feeling it this year - I feel like I am personally taking 30 exams on Monday, and I suppose that in a way I am. Whilst I know that the results of my Year 11 students are not completely down to me, a huge part of how they are doing and how confident they feel going into the exam hall on Monday has to rest on my preparation of them for this...
I've spent this past week stressing and worrying about how they are getting on and whether they are revising enough and getting enough sleep and eating properly. I'm sure this is partly what it must feel like to be a Mum!!
A massive worry for me is about what they will do after they leave school. I can't see them every week to make sure they are doing okay or check how things are at home or with friends, I won't be able to remind them just how capable and interesting and special they are or to pick them up when they've had a bad day. And I'm terrified. And more than that, I will miss them. I'll miss the constant laughs and the chaos of our lessons, and the silly things they always say that reminds me that they are just human! I'll even miss the headaches that set in 30 minutes into the lesson when FT hasn't stopped talking for the entire time and the rest of the class is screeching at him to stop! Or when JP gets his phone out and decides to treat us all to the latest Scouse rap battle...
I never thought I would love teaching as much as I do when I work with these kids - they make the last two years so much more worthwhile, and I am gutted for them to be leaving, although excited for the what the future may hold! But now for the next week and the stress to continue and the exams to happen and here's every possible part of me crossed for a positive outcome!
Friday, 6 June 2014
Tuesday, 6 May 2014
Jag älskar sniglar...
私は新しい言語を学ぶのが大好き ... 私は日本語の単語の多くを忘れてしまった!!
Quand je parle Français, je fais beaucoup d'erreurs. Il n'est pas facile pour moi de penser en Anglais, traduire en Français et parle en même temps, donc je dois arrêter et penser ce que je dois dire à côté.
Ja govorim vrlo malo hrvatski. Ja znam kako da pitam, ako se ljudi mogu govoriti engleski! Volio bih naučiti više i više vremena provoditi u Hrvatskoj ...
Så min vän är att lära mig svenska. Men hon lär mig dumma meningar. Jag kan säga att jag hatar Spongebob Squarepants, och att jag älskar när sniglar snubblar. Jag är inte övertygad om det kommer att hjälpa mig i livet!
When I was growing up we learned Japanese at school and home because we lived in Tokyo. It was second nature to me to speak in Japanese as a child and yet, as I have grown up I have forgotten so much of it! I wish that I had thought to keep practising when I was back in the UK.
I studied French at A-level and then took another course in university, but I haven't used French in ages, except to send random texts to friends who have also studied French!
Croatian came as a bit of a random, I was on holiday there in the summer with no real company except a 7 year old Croatian boy who did not speak English so we naturally communicated in half and half and I learned a few words from him!
As for Swedish...my flatmate is a Swede and the other day I was speaking to her and she taught me a few Swedish words and since then I have been daily adding to my vocabulary. But it is a lot of random words which I haphazardly pile into a sentence which makes no sense!!
I really do love learning languages and wish I had a little bit more time to dedicate to doing this these days, but with work and different afterschool commitments I really don't have any time to just sit down and study a new language. Also, I think I would first of all want to practise my French and Japanese before working a little more on Swedish and Croatian. I would love to go and work in another country and immerse myself in the language, I think that would be amazing, but it just depends when vacancies arise and what I am able to get job wise! Maybe one day...
Quand je parle Français, je fais beaucoup d'erreurs. Il n'est pas facile pour moi de penser en Anglais, traduire en Français et parle en même temps, donc je dois arrêter et penser ce que je dois dire à côté.
Ja govorim vrlo malo hrvatski. Ja znam kako da pitam, ako se ljudi mogu govoriti engleski! Volio bih naučiti više i više vremena provoditi u Hrvatskoj ...
Så min vän är att lära mig svenska. Men hon lär mig dumma meningar. Jag kan säga att jag hatar Spongebob Squarepants, och att jag älskar när sniglar snubblar. Jag är inte övertygad om det kommer att hjälpa mig i livet!
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When I was growing up we learned Japanese at school and home because we lived in Tokyo. It was second nature to me to speak in Japanese as a child and yet, as I have grown up I have forgotten so much of it! I wish that I had thought to keep practising when I was back in the UK.
I studied French at A-level and then took another course in university, but I haven't used French in ages, except to send random texts to friends who have also studied French!
Croatian came as a bit of a random, I was on holiday there in the summer with no real company except a 7 year old Croatian boy who did not speak English so we naturally communicated in half and half and I learned a few words from him!
As for Swedish...my flatmate is a Swede and the other day I was speaking to her and she taught me a few Swedish words and since then I have been daily adding to my vocabulary. But it is a lot of random words which I haphazardly pile into a sentence which makes no sense!!
I really do love learning languages and wish I had a little bit more time to dedicate to doing this these days, but with work and different afterschool commitments I really don't have any time to just sit down and study a new language. Also, I think I would first of all want to practise my French and Japanese before working a little more on Swedish and Croatian. I would love to go and work in another country and immerse myself in the language, I think that would be amazing, but it just depends when vacancies arise and what I am able to get job wise! Maybe one day...
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