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21-01-2011: A Teacher Eh? Well..... No, not really

So since getting back from Edinburgh in 2011 me an Mark have been doing a lot of work in schools, we did ten days in south London primary schools over November an December 2010. It Was fun, all the classes we worked with seemed to get a lot out of it and all the teachers we met had nothing but positive feedback! Of course mark has a lot more experience working with kids so he’s used to the job. Me on the other hand have worked in schools and youth centre’s but never been trained to do it or worked it full time. I was worried a bit not having the university education or even decent GCSE’s but I felt I settled in very nicely.

Teaching is something part of me had always wanted to do, when I was in school it was never my aim but I always believed I could do some of my teacher’s jobs better than they could. Don’t get me wrong some of my teachers were great but some were terrible. They had the grades to back them up on paper but they lacked so much in social skill, respect and general manners. The sad truth is if I’d liked my teachers more or they had engaged me I may have done better, but hey, I’m not passing blame I can’t have always been easy to deal with myself. Still, I don’t think I’m the only kid that felt that way about school.

I’ve really enjoyed doing this work, now instead of going to the same office and sitting there for 8 hours a day getting shouted at by people over the phone and mugged off by management in the office, I make my living threw performances and workshops, entertaining and inspiring! There’s nothing else I’d rather do, it’s much more rewarding and fun, plus it gives me more time to write. I really can’t complain about much right now. But don’t worry, I’ll find something soon.

The other day I was told I was a natural teacher... Not gonna lie, my head swelled a bit, it was nice to hear, like validation, I felt like I was doing well but wouldn’t believe it till someone else said it. Today I actually got a job offer teaching creative writing and performance to young people, very early days but it looks great at a glance... See how we do I guess