Kids say the funniest things…

Teaching practice really is one of the most tiring times and yet one of the most rewarding that I’ve had. The reward is not necessarily because of the warm inner happiness that comes from knowing you’ve shared your knowledge with a young person just starting out on their intellectual journey in life. It’s often just due to the fact that kids, especially kids in secondary school, are hilarious.
So far this week, I’ve been told I’m close to death (roughly translated: over 23 years old), I’m amazing (translation: ‘Miss, can I have an achievement point?’), I’m a Geordie (I’m from St Helens, so have a Lancs/Merseyside accent), and I’m German (I don’t know!)
One of the things I find most difficult during lessons is keeping a straight face when someone says something that’s wildly inappropriate or ridiculously insulting. Retaining the title of teacher and not becoming the class clown myself by joining in, seems to be one of my biggest challenges.
I have had chance to have a bit of a giggle though. Just today, I stirred up some trouble between my class and their rival class (remember the magazines?), by telling the other class that we’re going to beat them with ease. Cue lots of arm-folding and shifting of body weight to one side in order to silently give attitude to Miss. And of course, because I spotted one of my own class in the corridor, I dragged him into the dispute. So now, both classes are pumped up to make the best magazine they possibly can, and I have children from a rival class pounding their fists into their hands when they see me in the corridor, to signify their belief that they are going to win the competition (they’re not going to win- my class are so going to trash them).
It’s all good…
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