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Preparation time-How much do you do?

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  • 23-01-2020 1:25pm
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    Paulramone66
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭


    Hi New here
    I have been teaching about 15 years-Religion and English. We don't do Religion as an exam subject. I teach in a mixed school-boys and girls.
    Im mainly an RE teacher-just 3 classes of English.

    I dont really take much stuff home except an honours group I have for English.
    I do feel I should more preparation. Especially in Religion
    Its just hard to motivate yourself in the evenings. I have two young kids.
    I don't do s and s. So I do prepare during my free periods.

    Am I a lazy teacher??!


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    2011abc
    Registered Users Posts: 1,661 ✭✭✭2011abc


    No matter how much you did there would always be some gob5**** who would suggest you weren't doing enough /they were doing more .It seems standard now to expect grown adults to fear the inspector like a childhood bogeyman and to guilt everyone into feeling inadequate about their input e.g. Race to arrive in school first and leave last .The very antithesis of teaching in past when it was the opposite ,teachers happier and kids were smarter ...


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    Postgrad10
    Registered Users Posts: 2,792 ✭✭✭Postgrad10


    Paulramone66 wrote: »
    Hi New here
    I have been teaching about 15 years-Religion and English. We don't do Religion as an exam subject. I teach in a mixed school-boys and girls.
    Im mainly an RE teacher-just 3 classes of English.

    I dont really take much stuff home except an honours group I have for English.
    I do feel I should more preparation. Especially in Religion
    Its just hard to motivate yourself in the evenings. I have two young kids.
    I don't do s and s. So I do prepare during my free periods.

    Am I a lazy teacher??!

    Nope. That sounds like you have it to a T. Don’t ever think otherwise. You’ll find there’s a lot of faffing about by some teachers who look very busy but have very little substance.


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