type of kids you like most at school? (teachers)

[Treacle Toes]

and i'm always learning my trade - making it better/more fun for them, and for me.

IMO that is the mark of a good teacher, one who knows and accepts that 'teaching' is actually a learning experience.

 

[kakuma]

all of that is true.

but NNNPD is right too, kids are brilliant. i really enjoy their company (nearly all of them, anyway - this year i teach maybe two kids i'd rather vanished) - and i'm always learning my trade - making it better/more fun for them, and for me.

my ideal lesson is a laugh from beginning to end - sometimes they associate Miss Spanglechick with "fun" though, and think that when they step through my door, they can do whatever they think is fun - that's an understandable confusion; i just have to make them see that if they trust me to set the parameters and the agenda, they'll have fun anyway.

agree with that. it's like evil dead walking that tightrope between comedy and horror

 

[LDR]

agree with that. it's like evil dead walking that tightrope between comedy and horror

I think I'm good at that esp. on a Friday night after a session.