I not only loved it because the tutor was so very animated and enthusiastic (unlike our geography lecturer, which i think is inscreasingly becoming one of those subjects i'm going to despise solely because of the tutor) but because he gave our class a very interesting activity to do which involved us putting together the dates, clues and other evidence of a case together to form the actual series of events (facts) rather than bits and pieces of evidence which got lost in translation and somewhat misinterpreted.
I had pre-judgements before coming to university, as a good handful of friends who are there, or have just graduated seemed quite unenthusiastic about it. Either I'm just extremely lucky i'm on a fantastic course, or they're not in the subject area they should be (my best friend's situation).
I go in every day expecting to be the learner, which obviously I am, but at the same time I'm learning how to be a teacher. When we go into lectures/classes the tutor doesn't tell us what to do, they simply just give us tips on how to teach each of the subjects we have in the national curriculum. First semester: Maths, English, Science, Art, History & Geography. I've got lots of notes and good ideas to do with a class already for each of these subjects so when I go into a class by the end of year 3 I should be more than prepared for teaching properly.
I'm absolutely loving university life, have made great friends, met lots of new people and have become a lot more independent with not only my own responsibilities, but also about how I am. Having to sing nursery rhymes in the first few days in front of an audience, hymns in a spiritualist church and with putting up videos on YouTube whenever I feel like it, I can safely say my comfort zone is steadily expanding, with my inhibitions soon to be out the window!
In history today we were talking about keeping diaries/journals, and so I put my hand up to contribute my experience in this, and managed to raise a few eyebrows when I mentioned my online blog and how i'd hit just over 100 posts, but that was totally fine. I don't actually care what people think about that (if it's something bad), and i'm feeling a lot like this about many other people/situations. Everyone has their own lives, what they like doing and what they don't. It makes you who you are. We should all embrace it, or move on. Simple. As a teacher i'm going to have to deal with criticism all the time! May as well be honest and laugh with it ;)
Positive thinking and enthusiasm seems to go a long way! I got the job at MoDA museum to work in the art rooms being an art leader and organising/helping children create things :) Can't wait to start training, it's basically play time for me with a very good hourly wage :D I initially thought it was going to be more volunteering based (which I also didn't mind) but it's actually not. Bonus! :D
Below is one of their exhibitions: Japantastic
& my video of the day:
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