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I know if I never see the sun again, I’ll learn to cast my own light.

Tomorrow is my very last day of field study for university and I would be lying if I said I wasn’t going to miss it. It has been the only thing over the past four weeks that I have found joy in. Whenever I have felt like shit over the past few weeks I have remembered the joy I had in my first day in field studies where I was nervous as hell and expecting a less than joyous reception into the classroom, from teacher and student alike. What I found at Taigum was an accepting family-like culture. It was so warming, every day since then I have had a grin on my face every time I enter the gates.

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Cool. Awesome. Im locked out of my house and its late and its raining and my family is pissed at me. Fuck.

Can’t waste the day, when the night brings a hearse.

To me this is obviously a metaphor for life. Life is represented as one day and as night approaches so does death. It says to me don’t waste your life because we will all die and to me that is the most powerful message of all, telling people to live. Therefore this quote or lyric really means a lot to what I believe in as a person. However it reminds me also to spend every day as if it were my last day, because in actual fact the next night could in fact bring a hearse and it also says to me live in the moment as well. Can’t waste the day, by saying that and using a small time frame to me they are also directly referring to now and how your end could be so close, therefore don’t waste it. 

Super Bass

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Gibberish

I am currently listening to ‘Unfinished Symphony’ by Hybrid.

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I do believe it’s true.

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Oh, You Don’t Want To Change The World Like You Say

So I have been listening to The Offspring a lot on the way to work and I forgot how awesome they really. I mean yeah they have songs like Pretty Fly For A White Guy, but it is not the only song they have. They have a great library of songs. They get me in the mood for a day at school, which brings me onto my next point.

Teaching is a pretty big deal to me, its been so good over the first five days. I’ve definitely made my choice already that this is definitely what I want to do which is great. I never do a good job of sticking to things or following thngs through. I am hoping I stay this positive because I wake up and can’t wait to get there. It is literally the best feeling. Sure there are some kids that are little shits but man do they make each and every day unique, you never know what you will get which I am really loving as well. This experience is going so excellent so far and its onle been 5 days. 15 more to go. Only a quarter that is awesome, I can’t wait for tomorrow. 

Also I get to teach a lesson of my own choosing this Thursday. I really need to get cracking so I’ve planned it well so it comes across well. Too excited for words. 

So

It has been four days since I started my prac work at Taigum State School and can i just say I am so glad that the days drag on because every minute spent there is a joy. The students in my class all have this one thing about them that really makes them stand out and I love that. Its so cool to see kids develop and see their little groups and all that. I hope I can continue to have this outlook towards because it is definitely something I would love to do as a career. Teaching really is a hard job. You may only get paid from 9 to 3 but you really are always working every minute you are awake. You are thinking of ways to improve, new lessons to teach, how to deal with problem kids, etc. Really I think this is the biggest misconception about teaching that people assume it is an easy job. It isn’t, every decision you make in a classroom is under scrutiny. Being organised is probably one of the biggest assets a teacher can have and as much as I would love every student to like me, truth is its not the way it can be. Some students just need constant discipline all the time. Which really sucks because most of the time they are pretty good. Being a prac teacher for four days has been awesome. I haven’t even taken off the clothes i wore today yet, because it was a good day and I just haven’t wanted to. 

Fell asleep for 5 minutes.

Drool everywhere.

Today

Today was really good. I got to help some kids research stuff for a project, help them out with artwork and also maths. I forgot to write an observation for today though because I got too involved. I also chatted to another of the preservice teachers in the class next to me. She is in fourth year and had a pretty rough day today, some kid got into her bag and apparently her wallet. Anyhow I also did my first duty on the playground which was good but it was with grade ones so they all want gross amounts of attention, which is hilarious. Getting used to talking to kids again which is good because they love to talk to you about absolutely everything and anything. That was my day.