So last year around this time, I had some hopes, fears, expectations, and doubts about being a newly qualified teacher in the classroom for the first time ever. Well, it is year 2 now ... https://letsteachroyalty.com/2022/01/16/hopes-and-fears-new-teacher/ Those hopes and fears for really every go away. They are sort of ever-present, and you learn to live... Continue Reading →
Teacher, Don’t Suffer in Silence
I once saw a picture that said "If your profession has an 'appreciation day' it is probably because you are not being paid enough". I laughed in realisation that truer words were never spoken/written. Earlier in this month, 5th October, we observed World Teachers' Day. As we know, teaching is a very noble profession that... Continue Reading →
A Not Well Teacher
I think as teachers we are really afraid of becoming ill or missing classroom time for personal reasons. Although we are only human, surrounded by many other humans, these things do happen and we should not be too hard on ourselves. The curriculum or rather the annual teaching plan does not factor in public holidays... Continue Reading →
Give Them Confidence
Sometimes I wish that I could take the confidence I have in myself to do academic work, bottle it up in over a hundred mini capsules and just give it to my learners to drink, mix into their food or even spray it on like a perfume or cologne. That is my greatest challenge in... Continue Reading →
Student-Teacher Chats Part 4
https://open.spotify.com/episode/359BMYz04Z30xc8Jw4qDxW?si=kcmt-BXETxCC4dihOO89Jg&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1 A WHOLE ENTIRE MONTH!! Time flies for real, for real!! I'm not too sure if I was a fully qualified, full time teacher, whether or not I'd feel the difference in time. I might not be able to document it then, but at least I'll have this experience to look back on. Days at... Continue Reading →