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How did you get into Teaching
Posted by TimWicks • 5/03/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: change, education, kids, modeling, school, teacher, teaching, University
It is a question I am asked sometimes, and for me there are two defining factors in my career as an educator. The first is how I actually got into teaching and the second is why I stay in teaching.
What got you interested in teaching?
As per usual I have an A grade blog post about this very topic. Have a read at www.blog.timwicks.com.au and if you have something to say, say it.
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The day after writing this post I received an email from a friend I used to teach with. She has the same surname as me, so we used to trick the kids about being cousins, married, siblings, you name it. Here is the email, I will put it into better context once you read it:
“Hello Tim.
I had to email you Tim. I hope this email reaches you. I was relief teaching at a school yesterday in a grade 4. After I had introduced myself, a boy named Michael asked me if I knew Mr. Wicks from Gray Primary School. He said that you taught him in Transition at Gray. What a small world it is!! After that, we became best buddies. I promised I would email you to let you know that I had met him, and, say hello to you from him.”
I taught a Transition (4 & 5 year old) class at Gray PS in 2005 (Michael was in that class), and in 2007 taught with ‘Mrs Wicks’.
What a small world indeed. I got goosebumps when I read it.
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