| Teaching is not for everyone. It is hard
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| | students' books. A teacher only spends
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| work, has long hours and pay is only
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| | half of his or her time teaching, the
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| average. What about the holidays? Well,
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| | other half is spent on these less
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| yes every job has its compensations. The
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| | rewarding tasks.
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| holidays in most countries are fair
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| | A typical teacher spends 20 hours a week
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| reward for the hard work during the
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| | teaching, 2 hours a week in meetings, 10
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| academic year.
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| | hours a week preparing lessons and at
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| Teaching has changed and individual
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| | least 10 hours a week marking books - a
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| teachers no longer have the freedom of
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| | 42 hour week.
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| action that they had thirty years ago.
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| | Most teachers in their first year spend
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| This has benefits as well as
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| | 30 hours a week preparing lessons,
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| disadvantages. No longer do teachers just
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| | including becoming familiar with the
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| work from a syllabus, preparing all their
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| | school level requirements of their
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| own work schemes. No longer does the
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| | subjects - 62 hour week.
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| young teacher have to spend hours every
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| | Schools usually expect teachers to run
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| night writing worksheets.
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| | extra-curricular activities for students,
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| Most people thinking of entering teaching
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| | though there is rarely a contractual
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| want to know what they are letting
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| | obligation to do so. Teachers in their
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| themselves in for. Hard work, stressful
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| | first few years should think very
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| days, short evenings and little free time
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| | carefully before agreeing to take part in
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| is the simple answer.
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| | any time consuming extra-curricular
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| Why would anyone want to take all that on
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| | commitments, because of the already heavy
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| for a teacher's salary? Most eachers
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| | workload that is unavoidable at this
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| enjoy their time teaching. The teaching
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| | time.
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| day is structured, but the fine details
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| | Is teaching for you? The best way to find
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| are unpredictable. You will never be
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| | out is to spend some time in a school
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| bored.
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| | with teachers. The best way to do this is
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| There can be an enormous sense of
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| | to talk to someone at your local school
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| satisfaction from communicating parts of
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| | about observing teachers in action,
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| your knowledge to groups of young people.
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| | explaining that you are thinking of
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| An experienced and successful teacher is
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| | becoming a teacher.
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| one of the most skilled communicators on
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| | You need to do this for at least 2 weeks
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| the planet.
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| | when the school is in a normal period of
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| There will be rare instances of 100%
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| | activity, rather than the end of term or
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| perfect communication between teacher and
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| | in exam sessions. This will give you a
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| students that are worth a lot. These
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| | feeling for what is involved in a
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| golden moments are ones you will remember
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| | teacher's day to day life. Ask if you can
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| all your life and they make up for the
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| | spend some time following an individual
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| day to day grind.
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| | teacher around for a whole day to grasp
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| Every young teachers make mistakes, like
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| | fully the pressures and pleasures of
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| in any job. It is unfortunate that a
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| | teaching.
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| teacjher's mistakes affect others'
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| | If you do enter teaching you will have to
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| learning, but they can be rectified and
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| | learn to respond intelligently to the
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| it is important to recognise your
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| | many detractors that the profession has.
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| mistakes and to learn from them.
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| | Many peole will say "Anyone can teach.
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| Unfortunately there are other aspects to
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| | Those holidays...".
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| a teacher's life that are less rewarding.
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| | "Why don't you teach then?" is the best
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| These include staff meetings, parents'
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| | way to answer.
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| evenings, assessment forms and marking
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