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[melwil]

Well I finished up a not very nice day with coffee, cake and half a bowl of chips at Beadles. It didn't quite make everything better, but it helped.

So far this year uni seems like a lot of revision of what we did last year. Which makes it boring. And seems to be a good advertisment for the old one year courses. The problem is, there's a lot I'd actually like to learn about instead of having the tenth lecture on Piaget or Vygotsky. Like teaching literacy to grade 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. Identification of children with special learning needs whether it be dyslexia, poor eyesight, gifted and talentedness etc. Or how to get the best seat in the staffroom and the best play ground duty shifts.

In half an hour I have to go to the shops. Tomorrow . . . (dum, dum) phys ed on the oval, where you get marked down if you forget your hat and sneakers. (Get me out of this grade nine time warp NOW!!!!!)

Comments

[baggers.livejournal.com]

That's weird that you can't do any of those things as electives. I was looking at secondary post grad entry education, and even in the 2 year course there's room for a few electives of that nature.

[melwil.livejournal.com]

Electives . . . hee.

There's probably a lot more room in secondary because you don't have to do classes on 7 of the 8 KLAs. Our only elective are if we want to do the 8th Key Learning Area (LOTE) or specialise in Phys Ed or Music (no specialisation in dance allowed :() We do a subject on inclusion, but that's only what to do once you realise you've got issues in the class.

[baggers.livejournal.com]

It totally failed to occur to me that you guys have to learn about twenty million different subjects. And how to deal with little brats. Brave, brave people, primary teachers are.