Illusion - Aug 2012 ; Reality - June 2010 : moe dog unleashed

(note from the present - my colleague, on her 1st official day of work was telling me she wished the bond would end soon, she probably din have a very enjoyable practicum in our sch...like it or not though, its gonna be 3 yrs man, unless u pay up...but i was telling her to give it a shot and things realli arent THAT bad...we'll see how the cookie crumbles)

time flies...i remember the apprehension i felt on my 1st day stepping into a class of 40 students waiting to gobble this newbie teacher up...and all of the sudden, ive completed my bond

COMPLETED MY BOND!!

yes...i can choose to walk away from all this admin hell, 16hr days and bureaucratic nonsense and not have to pay 1 single cent...bear in mind of course at the peak of my liability, i had to pay a 6 digit sum had i quit...

decisions decisions decisions? well not quite....the bond might be over but im not walking away just yet...its good to noe that i can if i want to though...

i still love my kids, its amazing watching them grow up...the sec 1s i took when i first started, those blur and tiny jokers, are now in sec 4, some even taller than me, and more savvy than me in so many areas (cept sports and their academic results of course)

and it sortsa gets easier as u get more experienced...steep learning curve for the 1st couple of years to be honest, im not one who was "born to teach", and ive had to grit my teeth and really get into things, learn from mistakes, build my teaching and content knowledge as i go along...

wish all the other shit in teaching would just go away...we wanna teach, just let us teach!!!
screw the awards, screw the inter-sch rat race...

hope in a couple of years, my resolve remains...