First day of my school holidays and I have spent it planning for next term. While trying to entertain my kids while they are off school so their teachers can lazy around doing nothing of course.
Good teachers tailor their lessons to their students and interesting question can set you off on tangent. It is impossible to plan too far ahead and remain flexible enough to cater for your students teachable moments.
Exactly, no other profession garners such bullshit from every man and his dog who because they went to school years ago think they know how much work a teacher does. If it is so easy and the holidays are so fantastic, why doesn't everybody do it? The answer of course is that most people who...