Make Up?

I don't often wear make up. When I do wear make up I brush some powder on my face (which I'm sure falls straight back off) and I apply some mascara. I don't feel the need to cover my face in loads of gunk to face the world, that's just not me. And it never has been.

Teaching in a year 5 class last week I had a girl come up to me and very bluntly say, "You don't wear make up, do you?" My TRT brain suddenly clicked in. Was she asking an honest question or was this one of those situations where the kids are trying to test you, just to see what you'd say. 

I smiled at her and explained that I think my face is beautiful just the way it is, but I sometimes do wear mascara for fun (I wasn't on this day though). She went on to tell me that her mum wears too much make up it looks like cake frosting and that she'd never seen a teacher who didn't wear make up before. 

In the end I was glad it wasn't a trick question and she happily skipped back to her seat to tell her friends what I had said. 

How'd I Get Here?

It feels like just yesterday I was sitting in my art studio at Uni mixing kilos of uncooked rice with litres and litres of PVA glue. It’s strange to think I’ve completed a teaching degree and have been working as a TRT for the past month.

I learnt a lot at Uni about teaching theories and effective pedagogies. They constantly told us that we must plan student centred lessons that relate to real world situations. Not to do this, always do that… But I don’t think anything can fully prepare you for the world of being a relief teacher.

The past month has been interesting to say the least. I have been relieving in schools all over Adelaide and while some days are much harder then others, the kids teach me something new every single day!

While I would really like to get a contract somewhere I can teach the same kids everyday, so far I’ve received a lot of rejection emails. Nothing can hold me back though, and until then I am getting really good at remember 30 new kids names everyday! =D