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    anyone here a teacher?

    just been asked recently "why don't you become a teacher" by my mum after enjoying the rowing coaching that I did - and quite successfully I might add - the past few months. And so I was wondering if anyone here is or has ever been a teacher at all...
    is it good?

    Its not something Id have considered but now that the idea's been miling around my brain it doesn't seem too bad an idea...
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    I start the long road training to be one in september. As im doing it all in one go, they will pay my masters degree for me
    Its basicly a bsc + masters + training.

    Saying that, ive not fully made my mind up yet.

    edit - im only aiming for college level teaching at a minimum. Im not even entertaining the idea of primary / secondary school.
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    at a school? My mum was a teacher for 26 years.

    She took early retirement at the age of 51 after little to no recognition for all the years of work, the pathetic excuse of a head teacher and after a 15 year old boy jabbed a pair of scissors into her face.

    And that was at a relatively 'nice' school.

    Still want to teach?

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    Both my parents are teachers. Their advice: don't go into teaching. Seriously.

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    Look forward to:
    working at weekends, working late most nights, having to deal with darling parents who know whats best with their dear little Madison, being mucked around by the government, having lots of paperwork to do, not getting much holidays, and everyone else thinking you have a cushy 9-4 job with long holidays.
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    My mum is a Reception /Year 1&2 teacher and she really hates it sometimes. Theres so much "Homework" to do its stupid, and she has come home crying because of the horrid pupils she has to deal with.... and this is kids up to the age of 6!

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    ah ha but you see i went to public [read: private] school, and I'd go with the intention of being a rowing coach but have some teaching qualification on the side to keep things going - if that makes sense. and guessing having some good contacts at previous schools hoping, if I so choose to follow that path, I caould be set up somewhere quite nice - where some kid wont stab me in the face, or shoot me, or claim I assaulted them in some awful way.

    where abouts does these teacher training things? i know oxford and cambridge and bristol and london do them. [have friends doing each!...]

    oh and I've already got an MSc so apparently I only do 9 months...!
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    p.s. 6 year old kids! ew!
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    You can do a PGCE almost anywhere, although if you're going into a public school you don't need one. A friend went straight from Oxford into teaching Maths at Harrow. You have to really want to do it.

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    been there.. though for me, I qualified as a lecturer rather than a teacher, did my courses, enjoyed the teaching.. HATE all the paperwork
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    not got much information on it but one of my best mates from school is doing a degree in "throwing and catching" (read P.E) as he describes it, at Bedford Uni with the aim of teaching secondary school i think after, at the moment, he does a placement at a school while doing his course too and seems to be really enjoying it. i can't ask him some questions about it if you'd like, just let me know what you want to know and i'll see if he can help.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zathras
    Both my parents are teachers. Their advice: don't go into teaching. Seriously.
    Either you are my younger brother, or it just happens to be a coincidence that my parents said EXACTLY the same to us!

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    My Mum became a teacher- she started off as a researcher after leaving uni but did her PGCE after I was born. She started off in a state secondary and ended up hating it, then moved to a private school. She's still there 15 years later, and still enjoying it.

    TBH, I wouldn't be that keen to teach in a state school (with the possible exception of a Grammar), but I reckon most good private schools would be a nice place to work.

    Rich :¬)

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    Quote Originally Posted by headbrace
    Look forward to:
    working at weekends, working late most nights, having to deal with darling parents who know whats best with their dear little Madison, being mucked around by the government, having lots of paperwork to do, not getting much holidays, and everyone else thinking you have a cushy 9-4 job with long holidays.
    You forget the fun (not) of an OFSTED inspection

    I always wanted to be a teacher, it would be a job I could do quite happily, but after seeing the amount of work my mother does I decided not to. I now work 8.30-4.30 as a computer technician and my mother actually envies me!
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    I have worked at two schools for 4 years and becoming a teacher is worth it! my g/f is just about to start her training, working here I get to see what teachers can do, and it is rewarding to say the least.

    PLUS!!

    My g/f gets 6k to train, 4k golden hello, and then 10k student debts wiped! Not bad for a 9 month training session!

    Seriously though becoming a teacher is a hard job BUT a rewarding one, you get to make the difference in someone life... it's a worthwhile job, bud go for it if you feel your lacking direction or wanna help people!

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    i trained as a futher education lecturer (ie: technical colleges etc, only teaching to over 16s) but found it wasn't anything like what i wanted or imagined.

    the amount of paperwork is ludicrous, most colleges are underfunded with dangerously old equipment & even tho 16+ students are apparently there by choice, a lot of them were only there becuse they cba getting a job & had no interest in the courses - its very disheartening to spend time preparing & delivering courses & setting work, only to get a handful of disinterested people turn up & never hand in any work...which you then get the blame for when they don't pass anything!!

    this was, in part, down to the college i taught in & i'm sure there are much better places out there, but i thought it worthwhile letting you know what you *could* expect

    oue this about teaching is that can be a useful route into other professions tho - i'm currently enjoying a job as a trainer in a large company where i get paid more than i would as a teacher, have no work to mark in the evenings, i have much better facilities at my disposal & have a captive audience who (unlike students) are answerable to their department manager if they don't turn up or misbehave, so teacher training has come in handy for me in other areas, and i can always earn additional money providing private tutoring during exam times if i needed to
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