A Day in the Life of a Teacher

A Day in the Life of a Teacher

I hear the sound of my alarm clock at 6:30am. Time to get up! I wish

it was Saturday, no school! No, I'm not a child, nor a student, but a

teacher! You don't think we enjoy everyday at work, do you? No. That's

rubbish. Let me continue with my story of a day in the life of a

teacher..

As I force myself out of bed, a chilling thought comes over me. It's

Wednesday. This means I still have three whole days to get through

until the weekend. Better get a move on if I want to make it on time.

First, I take a shower. I do this every morning to liven myself up and

to prepare for the day ahead of me. Today first up we have a whole

school assembly. That's one reason why I don't like Wednesdays. The

other few reasons I particularly don't like the day Wednesday is that

I have recess yard duty and in the afternoon is the paper parade.

I step out of the shower, thinking such thoughts of what has been

happening in the last few days and what I have to do today. I get

dressed and go out to have breakfast. Mmm, I like breakfast, my last

chance in the morning to relax and not think about work, but it

eventually creeps into my head anyway. Once I am finished I remember

and organize, well I try to remember and organize everything that I

will need. Which is a lot.

When I arrive at school, about 10 to 8 I park, load up my stuff and

walk to the front office. In the staff room I have a social chat to

the other teachers, we talk about assembly, make our coffee or tea and

get ready to leave. With a mug in one hand, handbag and everything

else in the other, we back onto the staff door and out the front

office. You can...

... middle of paper ...

...up to the office. I

have no time and energy to deal with them. I have a rather small class

now so I actually have a nice afternoon watching the kids and marking

work. I ask them to pack up and that takes a while but I think the

kids don't mind because it's always fun to do art. Even cleaning up!

The last bell goes and I sigh a breath of relief. It's a busy day for

a teacher and the afternoon has just begun.

After the students leave I then go ahead and work for another hour or

so typing and planning for the next day, I get so much more work done

when the students are all gone. When I feel I've done enough I go home

and spend the rest of my day doing ordinary things, like crafts, or

watching TV or grocery shopping. I love what I do because I'm

interacting with people all day and children can be wonderful

sometimes!