Teaching English

Teaching English as a Foreign Language for 17 years previously, 9 years abroad and 8 in the UK. Now in a UK secondary school teaching both language and literature to 11 - 16s and am still genuinely questioning if I can handle it nearly three years in.

The whole idea of teaching was just in me from childhood when I used to 'play schools' with various teddies all in a circle and give them work to do. My favourite teddy was teacher's pet for sure and would always get everything right. I seem to remember a small golden teddy that used to get most things wrong and was the bane of my life or so I acted out!

13 weeks holiday and STILL moaning?

Wouldn't it be fairly normal to plan to follow on with your chosen career path into retirement? I think so. Maybe a few years before 67 or 68 (as it will be for my age group) people might slow down a little by possibly reducing hours or going into a less demanding role. In my case, teaching in a state secondary school is more like something I regularly feel I cannot bear much longer and I am in my forties. Despite my absolute and totally unfaltering efforts, I still feel I

Parents' Evening - Playful and Entertaining or Peculiar and Exasperating?

So this week saw me in full 'professional conversation mode' for nearly two hours, without so much as a wee-wee break. It's basically...

Teaching English

13 weeks holiday and STILL moaning?

Parents' Evening - Playful and Entertaining or Peculiar and Exasperating?

Geraldine Joseph

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