[sixpakistan]

i take *****z to school.

does that count?

[Sha_]

So I talked to my lecturer today about doing the 16+ pgce course that he himself did. He said being

Muslim
and
Female
and
wanting to teach religious studies

& the uni generally not being too fussy about grades

im in with a good chance Alhamdulillah, yay, insha'Allah!

[fatima]

Originally Posted by Jamroll

Good news, gang. I just got a call from the course leader at the teaching college. I got a place on the course. I start in 2 weeks. Yay!

congratulations jam! i think you'll be great at teaching, iA

[Caramel_Candy]

Originally Posted by Jamroll

Good news, gang. I just got a call from the course leader at the teaching college. I got a place on the course. I start in 2 weeks. Yay!

Congrats! You'll do awesome, iA

[ChotooMotoo]

No, I'm not going to give you any more points on the exam. You didn't show any work, AND your answer was wrong. Since you didn't show any work, I'm not buying the "well I just forgot to divide by" blah blah. If you had shown ANY work at all, I might have given you a point. As it sits, you get no points.

[RestlessSoul]

Originally Posted by Jamroll

Good news, gang. I just got a call from the course leader at the teaching college. I got a place on the course. I start in 2 weeks. Yay!

congrats! you'll do great, inshAllah.

[Nabisco007]

I'm considering teaching at a nearby full-time Islamic school. Not sure yet though..just something on my mind

[Jamroll]

Hi guys and girls,

Thanks so much for all your support and well wishes. Really appreciate it.

Okay, so today was my first day of college, and I have to say it was quiet fun.

Starting off, we had to do that creeping death exercise ( you know when you have to introduce yourself and say one interesting thing about you). Yikes, I couldn't think of anything interesting. I was going to talk about Islamica, but I thought others might think it to seem a bit loserish so I just mumbled something about liking snooker. When I heard other people's interesting things like working for charity, scuba diving, and performing in TV shows, I was like "oh wow, mine was sooo interesting... NOT!" But the teacher said it was okay, and I was brave because I agreed to go first.

Then we got a crash course in how to use the IT stuff, and the LAN and all that. I understood it had to be done, so that everyone was up to speed, but I found that bit a tad slow and boring because it was pretty basic.

Then we broke for lunch - we only got half an hour! (barely enough time to run to Cafe Nero, and order a panini and get them to toast it)

We had a health and safety session straight after lunch which was quite fun and lighthearted given the supposed blandness of the topic. The teacher had a PowerPoint slideshow of photos from around the world, of dire health and safety problems, and we had a discussion about each one. That was a laugh. (there was one of a chinese guy holding up the target at a shooting range!! lol.

In the afternoon, one of the exercises we had to do, was the Squashed Spider. Basically, you have a piece of paper with a spider diagram (it looked like a squashed spider), and we had to write our names, and job titles on the middle, and then each of the eight branches we had to write why we wanted to go into teaching. It was a fun exercise, and encouraged us to see the similar reasons people had chosen to go into teaching, and some different ones too, to think about.

We had a Q&A session aswell which was interesting. Oh and I almost forgot. We, or rather I, was thrown into the deep-end straight away. We were split into groups and had a big piece of paper and some markers, and each group had to come up with ideas on a particular topic. Then, one person from our group had to take the paper, stick it to the board and give a talk to the rest of the class about it. Was a little nervous at first, but I got into it after a minute or two. And everyone clapped afterwards... which was nice.

Today was only the introductory stuff, but I can see this course will be quite intensive. The good thing is, the teachers seem really nice, and we have a good class - it looks like they've chosen everyone from really different backgrounds, so it really adds to the flavour and experience everyone brings to the sessions.

Anyway, that's my update for today!

[Spice]

Aw, that sounds like a good day! Good to see you've gotten a good start, but you mentioned its intensive, so prepare for the worst

Also, how many people in your 'class'?

[Bruinrab]

Originally Posted by Jamroll

Hi guys and girls,

Thanks so much for all your support and well wishes. Really appreciate it.

Okay, so today was my first day of college, and I have to say it was quiet fun.

Starting off, we had to do that creeping death exercise ( you know when you have to introduce yourself and say one interesting thing about you). Yikes, I couldn't think of anything interesting. I was going to talk about Islamica, but I thought others might think it to seem a bit loserish so I just mumbled something about liking snooker. When I heard other people's interesting things like working for charity, scuba diving, and performing in TV shows, I was like "oh wow, mine was sooo interesting... NOT!" But the teacher said it was okay, and I was brave because I agreed to go first.

Then we got a crash course in how to use the IT stuff, and the LAN and all that. I understood it had to be done, so that everyone was up to speed, but I found that bit a tad slow and boring because it was pretty basic.

Then we broke for lunch - we only got half an hour! (barely enough time to run to Cafe Nero, and order a panini and get them to toast it)

We had a health and safety session straight after lunch which was quite fun and lighthearted given the supposed blandness of the topic. The teacher had a PowerPoint slideshow of photos from around the world, of dire health and safety problems, and we had a discussion about each one. That was a laugh. (there was one of a chinese guy holding up the target at a shooting range!! lol.

In the afternoon, one of the exercises we had to do, was the Squashed Spider. Basically, you have a piece of paper with a spider diagram (it looked like a squashed spider), and we had to write our names, and job titles on the middle, and then each of the eight branches we had to write why we wanted to go into teaching. It was a fun exercise, and encouraged us to see the similar reasons people had chosen to go into teaching, and some different ones too, to think about.

We had a Q&A session aswell which was interesting. Oh and I almost forgot. We, or rather I, was thrown into the deep-end straight away. We were split into groups and had a big piece of paper and some markers, and each group had to come up with ideas on a particular topic. Then, one person from our group had to take the paper, stick it to the board and give a talk to the rest of the class about it. Was a little nervous at first, but I got into it after a minute or two. And everyone clapped afterwards... which was nice.

Today was only the introductory stuff, but I can see this course will be quite intensive. The good thing is, the teachers seem really nice, and we have a good class - it looks like they've chosen everyone from really different backgrounds, so it really adds to the flavour and experience everyone brings to the sessions.

Anyway, that's my update for today!

Yay! Sounds like you've made choice that you're going to enjoy.

And it's great when people love what they're doing. We (read: I) sometimes have a tendency to forget why we chose our careers, and we (I) just end up complaining too much.

[Jamroll]

Originally Posted by Spice

Aw, that sounds like a good day! Good to see you've gotten a good start, but you mentioned its intensive, so prepare for the worst

Also, how many people in your 'class'?

There's about 12 people in the class, I think, all from different fields and background, all different ages. The room is a little small, and 12 is about maximum capacity, so it's a little cosy in there. But now that I think of it, I think 12 is a pretty good class size, especially because a lot of the stuff sounds like it's going to be hands on. The teacher said "this class is really about getting involved. the more you get involved the more you'll get out of it. this is not really a class, where you can stand on the sidelines and watch others." I think if it was more than about 12-15 in a class it would be difficult to do that.

[Jamroll]

Originally Posted by Bruinrab

Yay! Sounds like you've made choice that you're going to enjoy.

And it's great when people love what they're doing. We (read: I) sometimes have a tendency to forget why we chose our careers, and we (I) just end up complaining too much.

Yeah, it could be newbie buzz, but I'm really excited about this. I don't remember being excited about getting into my current/previous career. It was more like "oh, makes money, professional, status, sounds very respectable, tick, ok i'll do it".

Whereas this is more "oh this could be really fun, ive never woken up in the morning thinking I really like what I do".

I hope its not just newbie buzz. No, it's not. :n00b:

[Spice]

Originally Posted by Jamroll

Yeah, it could be newbie buzz, but I'm really excited about this. I don't remember being excited about getting into my current/previous career. It was more like "oh, makes money, professional, status, sounds very respectable, tick, ok i'll do it".

Whereas this is more "oh this could be really fun, ive never woken up in the morning thinking I really like what I do".

I hope its not just newbie buzz. No, it's not. :n00b:

After not being in a formal classroom for 2 years I started my first year on a BUZZ. I was so incredibly excited and would tell everyone "i love school!". And then exams happened, and nuked me. Now I'm exhausted, and sick, and exhausted some more. Saturday is the last exam, I could use duas

Originally Posted by Jamroll

There's about 12 people in the class, I think, all from different fields and background, all different ages. The room is a little small, and 12 is about maximum capacity, so it's a little cosy in there. But now that I think of it, I think 12 is a pretty good class size, especially because a lot of the stuff sounds like it's going to be hands on. The teacher said "this class is really about getting involved. the more you get involved the more you'll get out of it. this is not really a class, where you can stand on the sidelines and watch others." I think if it was more than about 12-15 in a class it would be difficult to do that.

I think you're really going to benefit from the smaller class, theres a lot more interaction with other students/thr prof, and its generally much more helpful.
While I was doing my taleem course, we had a group session with 8-12 girls, and we'd sit down in the morning/before tafseer and discuss the last days learning and such, and it was always so interesting to hear everyone elses perspective and ideas on things. So yeah, smaller groups are much better. Enjoy!

[Ameerah]

Sounds like a nice first day, Jam. If things stay the way they were today, the 12 weeks will fly by. All the best.

And a for your quick thinking and not talking about Islamica.

Originally Posted by Spice

After not being in a formal classroom for 2 years I started my first year on a BUZZ. I was so incredibly excited and would tell everyone "i love school!". And then exams happened, and nuked me.

Same here. Only I realised it wasn't going to be so fun after the frist two weeks.

But I love it, really.

[Sha_]

Originally Posted by Jamroll