Sick Again!

Had enough of my whingeing yet? No, I didn't think so, else you wouldn't be reading this would you? Well I've managed to steer clear of illness since about March I think, but it was just too bloody much to ask that I last until after tomorrow, which is the last day of Uni until next year. Not only that, but I thought that I might just skip tomorrow, because it's a long enough day travelling into Aberdeen in the best of health. Doing it while ill would be slightly sado-masochistic. Then I remembered those GTCS forms and disclosure that I was talking about yesterday. They have to be handed in, which means that I have to go in tomorrow.

Yeah yeah, laugh it up, enjoy my suffering, but remember "What goes around..." Well I suppose it could have been worse. If I'd been ill on school experience or while writing my assessment, that would have been more than a nuisance, and anyway I can console myself with the fact that it's the last day, and I have until January 7th to recover. I suspect I might also have other sel-inflicted ilnesses to recover from before that time!

Oh, and I see some great news from Labour this morning. Ed Balls, has decided that all new teachers should be educated up to Masters level. That's nice of him, I've just spent 4 years at College and Uni, and just as I'm about to make a little bit of money, someone thinks that I should start teaching and undertake a Masters at the same time. Genius idea, but why? A teacher should know all they need to know with a degree and a year's teacher training (plus another probation year before becoming fully registered). If they still can't teach, then how exactly is a Masters going to help, there's not going to be anything in a Masters which can be passed on to the pupils, so what good would it do?

The only good that could come from being a teacher with a Masters, is that it would give you a way out of the profession, probably into much better paid work. Yes, teacher's are reasonably paid, but not nearly as well paid as they could be elsewhere. People teach becasue they want to, it's certainly not for the money. If you were to do it purely for the money then you'd be a nervous wreck!