A sign of the coming Apocolypse, I guess...this Tuesday, I'm returning to primary school - although this time around it's to discuss the possibility of me obtaining a voluntary position as a classroom assistant, experience which would put me in good stead for applying for a PGCE later on in the year. It would definitely be a step in the right direction. Besides, since graduating from University at the start of the year, I haven't had a particularly huge amount to do. I'm desperate to get back into something.

Actually, what probably is a sign of the coming Apocolypse is the ever-increasing likelihood that I'm going to follow in both my parents' footsteps and go into teaching after all (which takes on greater significance if you knew me a fair while back and how I would react to such a suggestion)...right now I'm feeling strangely optimistic about the whole notion.

I kind of want to teach latin or something when I get older, but my personal experience at high school tells me I'd rather not. :l

I cant really tell how my day at school went. made a collage in fine arts, watched a movie, did some biology stuff, but then I paid a dollar and they let me just go to a basketball game during class instead. best dollar ever. helps the game was actually pretty fun to watch too.

High school, still full of as much drama as before. :gooblab:

Well, I did it. I just need to complete a CRB check (essential if you're going to do any kind of work with children), then back to the classroom I go. I must say, I'm looking forward to experiencing life on the other side of the coin. :)

Congrats JJ! :yeah: Surely this will be a memorable experience, and lead to greater things in the future. Please keep us updated! Oh, and for those of us who like kids, share cute stories about them, too, when you have them. :berry:

Hey wow! That's brilliant, JJ. Fair play to you! Have you got a start date? Those CRB checks can take a while. I bet you can't wait. It'll be an amazing experience engaging with little humans while they're absorbing all the information life can throw at them.

Thank you! The CRB check can take a few weeks, but then the school Easter holidays are coming up anyhow, so it's kind of convenient that a portion of it will coincide with that. I should hopefully get to start some time in the early summer term.

That's great news jekylljuice. I wish you the best of luck, but teaching is something that I personally would hate to do for a career. As for me, things are going pretty good; halfway done with the spring semester and I'll be continuing class throughout the summer, so if all goes well I'll have my Associate's Degree by August. And then, I plan to take a long, loooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggg break afterwards. And maybe a vacation.

Congrats JJ!

I'm not a very social person at school, because I believe in only doing my work. I'm not there to play around. That, and noise bothers me. (But that all from me being out of school for three years, from being sick.) 4 out of 5 of my school days, I usually never say anything.

Now a days I don't get picked on that often. Actually, I've only got 5 comments this whole school year. (Who knew it payed to be unnoticed?!) But when I was younger...gods, it was terrible! I was that kid that had everything wrong with them, medical wise. (I had to wear a back brace from 5-7th grade) I use to get pushed in lockers, beat up, called names, and etc. (I remember bleeding from my ears, because a group of kids threw basketballs at my head. Surprisingly that isn't the most tramatising thing that has happened to me.)

To be honest...I don't have a single happy memory about school. I've accomplished things, like grade wise, but nothing with friends. I had a small group of 5 chums, "The Outcasts", back in eigth. (I currently have none at school. But then again, I'm not really looking for any. Because I have nothing in common with the average teen.)

Anywho, I'm done with my rambling. I just can't wait for college, so I can learn more things in cartooning.

I know your pain, HWH, I too had to wear a backbrace. Now, it's my cousin's turn to wear one for five years.

How ironic: I sent a letter to T.K. in which I also warned him for kyphosis (I mean, he's slightly hunched over, himself, so it'd be good to monitor his kids on that particular point) and half a year later, my cousin was diagnosed with Kyphosis.