Well...

Hey everyone! Guess what!

I GOT THE JOB!!!

I will be teaching Year 8, 9 and 10 English, Year 9 Christian Education and two Sport classes at the very same Secondary School that I went to myself! I'M RAPT!

I went for the interview early last week, which went really well, and I was just starting to get a little sad at the thought that yet another interview was unsuccesful, when I received a phone message on my mobile from the head of the Senior School. I rang him back and he told me that my application was succesful! I'm going to be a real teacher! Continuity, setting work, essays, marking, professional discussion - it's all waiting for me! I'm looking forward to saying goodbye to glorified babysitting (emergency teaching). I begin on 20th May, which is quite soon, so I'll be in at my new school (old school?) in the intermediary to work out a smooth hand over of the classes (it'll be a mid-year swap) and to get a good grasp of where the kids are at and what I'll be doing with them. I'm a little scared of beginning full time work, and of having the responsibility for all of these classes, but I know that I learn best through experience (being thrown in the deep end). I'll thrash around for a bit, but I'll quickly learn to stay afloat, and then after a bit I'll be powering through.

Thankyou all for your support and encouragement - it has meant the world to me :)