Jesus's advice to his disciples:
"Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
"Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues,
And ye shall be brought before govenors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in the same hour what ye shall speak."
Matthew (10:16-19)
I have my first teaching prac tomorrow. Wise as a serpent, harmless as a dove: I think those a two great metaphors for a high school teacher. I am not a control freak but neither am I a doormat. And who cares if I don't know everything? I'll know what I need to say when I need to say it. Bring it on.
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All that does is prove to me that you need to kick anyone called Mat[t]hew in the cock. They deserve it. [I'm not at all prejudiced, honest.]
You don't need to know everything; you just need to let them know that you're boss. Or, at least, this is the information I've gleaned from other learner teachers that I've known. And, if you want to be religious, go Buddhist - they seem to have a lot to say about only fools thinking that they know everything.
Good luck, first prac is always super fun and entirely terrifying :D
If they ask you something you don't know say "That's an amazing question, let me look into it a bit more and we can really explore it next lesson".
Make nice in the staff rooms, it's harder to get other teachers on side than it is the kids, sometimes!
P.S If you need any other help email me, I might be able to be useful :D
Hey, how'd it go?
Nails - I love you. You're great.
DJ - Thanks :) Actually, meeting the staff was probably the most interesting thing I did all day. I mean, I remember what it was like to be a HS student but I have never been in a staffroom before. There is this weird 'teacher-speak' and atmosphere. I will blog about it one of these days.
Lucy - It went ok. They are noisy and they like to talk a lot but they are not a bunch of ratbags either.
Sorry for the superficial and incoherent replies. I am so tired I can barely construct a sentence. And I have about 250 words to go on a teaching assingment that is due tomorrow.
Must. Finish.
Glad you had a good time. Well done :)
Thanks for letting me be the first to flat-out contradict what Shelley said (and I do love doing it at every available opportunity) - Matthew is tEh r0X0rZ. Even atheists have to dig it. He's all like:
"In the old testament, they said a lot of dumb shit. But now I say, let's just try to love one another and stop dissin'. God is totally down with that, yo."
If Christians actually listened to what he said, the world would be nothing like it is today.
Ross, er, thanks, I think.
Mark, you're a shit. And when did Christians ever listen to sense? These are people who failed to get the hint when fed to LIONS...
Mark - Thanks man. And I couldn't agree with you more about Matthew. Jesus would have a much better reputation if the church behaved like he asked them to.
NPB - No worries mate.
Oh Good Lord, are Mark and Nailpolish fighting over here as well?
Bloody married couples.
I hope today was a better day anyway Ross. I would never have the guts to get on the other side of the desk at school even though I loved the shit out of most of my teachers, so kudos for that.
lol, I think we were fighting on three websites simultaneously... nobody really won - it was kinda sad actually.
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