Throwing Chalk: diary of a trainee teacher

"Well, howdee doodee everyone. My lovely fellow teaching students! Have a good summer? Mine was average."

Anyway, that conversation didn't take too long.

Though I did ask one guy how his summer had been and he told me about the birth of his son that he had fathered with a lesbian who had wanted to share parenthood. That put my *nice week in north Wales* into perspective. Not that he asked me, actually. One of these people that don't return the question when you ask: how was your weekend - they tell you - then that's the end of that. You're meant to bat the question back over the net - so I can pat it back with a *fine, yeah. Took it easy

Ahh, the rules of small talk. Anyway. That was pretty much it. Lots of admin. Lots of forms. Needing ID. Brief discussion of what modules we are going to be doing. If I was ever going to miss a week, this was probably going to be the one. Dull times 10, if I'm honest. Sometimes it's hard to be here. You don't feel you're getting anywhere or achieving anything. But I guess it's the same for everyone. Jump through hoops, innit?

Next time I will explain more about the class and the two tutors, but...

Current mood: uninspired...

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