Week 8: pick a mate
School has sucked all the life out of me. I'm tired lol the time and the lackluster feeling doesn't seem to go away. I count down the seconds to 3 o' clock.
Teaching every day all day takes its toll on your mind and body but I feel like I've finally found my rhythm. Teaching back to back lessons all day and then marking till my brain hurts and I can judge an entire essay by the first two paragraphs.
I've picked up so many skills which I would never have learned in a classroom.
I had a lesson to teach which was very challenging and relied a lot on previous knowledge. It was then that I realised that these learners know nothing about live outside of school, their friendship circles, and social media. This saddened me that they didn't know we have a vice-president or mayor.
I want to do something big and great and grand and show them that there is life beyond the box they live in.
Besides all the doom and gloom and erratic happiness I've successfully planned an open panel discussion for next week. I have invited various members of the LGBQTI+ community to show them a bit of the real world. I am very excited and so are the school kids. I hope it will all run smoothly. Sexuality has been my main focus in teaching Life Orientation. It is a rapid I am passionate about teaching as awareness is needed and the younger you are educated the better for our society.
Hopefully I'm doing something good even if it is only for a small community for now.
Last week, bring it on.
Marking is not fun
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