So this week I’ve been helping out at my olf primary school, Galston Primary, and just getting a feel what being a Primary Teacher is all about. On Monday afternoon I was stuck teaching P7’s how to make a PowerPoint presentation on a really nice Imac G5 and then was struck down with a really bad cold. It’s really interesting what has stayed the same since all those years i was there (about 11 years ago i left):

Pupils holding thier hands up and using the other hand to keep the hand thats up elevated

The gasp (”Oh me … mee”) as the teacher says can someone clean the blackboard

There’s always “one” in the class that spoils it for everyone

But the funniest thing that happened this week was today in P6. We were showing the class how to make Limerick (You know “There once was a man from Kentucket ……”) and the example had been shown and the kids were to write on thereselves. Out of the cornor of my eye, at the back, i see one kid really struggling. I go to Investigate and she had written:

There once was a Robot called Max,
Who always stuffed his face with Snacks.
His belly was orange,
…………….

This Kid wasn’t going to change it even when i told her that no word in the English language ryhmes with orange.
Ahh well the joys of being a teacher

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