Usually at this time of the year I'd being getting ready to head back to London and continue my degree. Every September all my life (like most people my age), has been all about starting something new; a School, College or University and all the different stages/years within those.
This September however, rather than continue or start learning in an educational institution, I shall be a Teaching Assistant in one! I'm still getting my head round it and I'm sure I will be for a while as I begin to find my feet. It's a nice feeling knowing that as well as helping the children learn on a daily basis, I will continue learning too. I don't think learning every really stops in life anyway, but I think that having the opportunity to work in a school will allow me to view it from a different perspective; as a staff member rather than a student and this will enable me to inject my passions into school life in a way that will hopefully help others learn, similar to when I put all my passion and hard work into the school work and subjects that I thoroughly enjoyed.
The biggest change I think, will be going right back to basics. Having just spent the last three years examining copious amounts of literary work and writing essay after essay, it feels strange now reversing time and going back to being in Year One. I already know that I am going to learn a lot from this large group of five year old's having already met them during transition week. Their take on the world is of course vastly different from mine or anyone else's and I'm sure that it's going to be refreshing being able to experience a little bit of life from their perspective.
I'm excited for the challenges, of which I am sure there will be many! The first one being that I don't have enough eyes and ears to know where they are at all times and the second being patience. I consider myself a very patient person, but this will certainly be tested over the next year! Most of all, I'm excited to work with those who may be struggling and falling behind as I don't think there is any greater feeling than playing a role in a positive change and making a potential difference to a child's life or education.
I have so many thoughts running through my mind. I hope I like it. I hope I enjoy working in a school environment. I hope that after this year I still want to pursue a career in teaching. These thoughts seem silly on the one hand because I am more sure than not that I will love it, but on the other, change is always scary and this feels like a pretty big one. Saying that though, moving away from home for three years was probably the scariest thing I've ever done and whilst that was hard, I did it and survived, so surely this will be absolutely fine! At least at the end of a hard day I get to come home - this is also a change though because I've not been used to that the last few years either!
One thing's for sure and that's that I am ready for this. I think! To be honest, who ever really is ready for change?
Dotty
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