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Lalwendë · 08-26-2004, 11:58 AM

Alas I don't teach now, I work in an office instead.

But, without giving away exactly what I do, it is an office which deals exclusively with education! Teaching scared me at the time. It was the realisation that I was responsible for the futures of all those who I taught. I think I could enjoy it now I'm older, without that thought lurking in the back of my mind too much, but I wouldn't like all the directives and targets that get heaped onto the profession. They stifle teachers and turn schools into little more than exam machines.

I'm intrigued though, it sounds as though some schools in other countries are much larger and so some can give their students the chance to specialise more. I only know of choosing subjects, not areas within a subject, although my own teacher did discuss with us what we would like to study at 'A' Level - which was highly unusual.

I studied Of Mice and Men with the terrible teacher I had. We spent the class time reading aloud in turns, and our homework consisted of twenty comprehension questions to answer on what we had just read. This continued for every lesson. Obviously the whole class soon stopped doing homework and also began to mess about in lessons. That's just one example of a bad teacher making you hate a good book (I like this book now I don't have to do such dull work around it).

What's 6th grade? Is that like Year 6, age 10 to 11?

08-26-2004, 11:58 AM	#2
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	Alas I don't teach now, I work in an office instead. But, without giving away exactly what I do, it is an office which deals exclusively with education! Teaching scared me at the time. It was the realisation that I was responsible for the futures of all those who I taught. I think I could enjoy it now I'm older, without that thought lurking in the back of my mind too much, but I wouldn't like all the directives and targets that get heaped onto the profession. They stifle teachers and turn schools into little more than exam machines. I'm intrigued though, it sounds as though some schools in other countries are much larger and so some can give their students the chance to specialise more. I only know of choosing subjects, not areas within a subject, although my own teacher did discuss with us what we would like to study at 'A' Level - which was highly unusual. I studied Of Mice and Men with the terrible teacher I had. We spent the class time reading aloud in turns, and our homework consisted of twenty comprehension questions to answer on what we had just read. This continued for every lesson. Obviously the whole class soon stopped doing homework and also began to mess about in lessons. That's just one example of a bad teacher making you hate a good book (I like this book now I don't have to do such dull work around it). What's 6th grade? Is that like Year 6, age 10 to 11?